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Best smart glasses in Australia in 2026: top picks compared
Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 remains the safest smart-glasses buy for most Australians, while XREAL 1S leads the display-first field and VITURE Beast sits at the premium end.
Best gaming phones Australia 2026: 3 worth buying
Best gaming phones Australia 2026 comes down to Asus for outright play, RedMagic for value and Samsung for a premium all-rounder.
Best iPad for students in Australia 2026: Air vs A16 vs Pro
For most Australian students, the iPad Air remains the safest 2026 buy, while the A16 fits tight budgets and the Pro suits specialist courses.
Best portable monitors Australia 2026: 4 top picks
Portable monitor prices in Australia now run from $199 to $501. Here is where ASUS, espresso, Lenovo and Arzopa fit on price, touch support and retail confidence.
Best smart rings in Australia 2026: Oura, Samsung, RingConn
Australians buying a smart ring in 2026 are choosing between Oura's polished sleep tracking, Samsung's Galaxy fit and RingConn's lower-cost, no-subscription pitch.
eero 7 vs eero Pro 7 review: which AU mesh router to buy
eero 7 vs eero Pro 7 review for Australian buyers: the cheaper dual-band model suits smaller homes, while Pro 7 earns its premium on busier networks.
The case for end-to-end encrypted email, and the four services that actually deliver it
Three independent providers build proper end-to-end email encryption: Proton Mail, Tuta Mail, and Mailfence. Microsoft 365 with S/MIME sits beside them for compliance-bound enterprises. Everything else is metadata theatre.
Australian households need a real password manager. Two are worth using.
Browser-saved passwords leak, breached vaults like LastPass keep surfacing, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre keeps repeating the same advice. The two managers worth installing today are 1Password and Bitwarden, with Proton Pass close behind for households committed to the Proton suite.
Meta Ray-Ban Display review: are smart glasses with a screen finally useful in Australia?
Meta's first smart glasses with a built-in screen and a Neural Band wrist controller are the most genuinely futuristic thing I have worn in 12 years. They also are not officially sold in Australia, cost about $A1,400 to land, and are not the right pair for most readers.
Sony WH-1000XM6 review: still the best noise-cancelling headphones for Australia?
Sony's sixth-generation flagship lands in Australia at $A699.95 with a new QN3 chip, 12 microphones and a folding hinge. After three weeks, two long-haul flights and a lot of tram time, here is the verdict.
AirPods Pro 3 review: hearing aid mode and live translation tested in Australia
Pip Sanderson tests Apple's AirPods Pro 3 around Melbourne for a month: TGA-cleared Hearing Aid mode, live translation in 10 languages, and a $30 lift on the Pro 2. The short answer is yes, with caveats.
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL review: the AI camera phone for Australians
Three weeks with Google's biggest Pixel: Tensor G5, Magic Editor, Pro Res Zoom and Gemini all baked in. At $A1,999 for 256GB, it is the AI camera phone Australians should look at first this year.
iPhone 17 Pro Max review: is Apple's biggest phone worth $A2,199 in Australia?
Apple's 6.9-inch flagship returns to a heat-forged aluminium unibody, runs the new A19 Pro chip and pushes battery life past a day and a half. At $A2,199 for 256GB at JB Hi-Fi and Apple Australia, the iPhone 17 Pro Max is the best big phone Apple has made.
