So much of our attention has been focused on Apple, Samsung, and Google lately that it was nice to have a week in which the biggest headlines were made by two other tech giants: Meta and Sony. The first of those held its annual Meta Connect event on Wednesday, and it was packed with actually-pretty-darn-huge announcements. Deep breath: the Meta Quest 3S headset, new Ray-Ban smart glasses, massive upgrades to Meta AI, and our first look at the futuristic Orion AR glasses. The last of those products is the most exciting by far, but as our Editor-at-Large Lance Ulanoff explains in the article linked below, you’ll never get to use them – and that’s a real shame.
You will, however, get to use Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Pro – or at least you will if you managed to bag one in this week’s first round of preorders. It was something of a throwback to the dark days of the original PS5’s launch in 2020; we had online queues, stock issues, timeouts, PS Direct failures, and (inevitably) reports of scalpings. Yes, all the old favorites.
I said earlier that it was nice to be able to focus on some other tech giants this week, and Samsung also made news with the release of the Galaxy S24 FE. You’ll find Philip Berne’s hands-on review of that linked below, plus our roundup of the best new shows and movies to stream this weekend and much more.
The big tech reveal of the week was undoubtedly the Orion AR glasses shown off by Meta at its Meta Connect keynote – but as promising as they are, the prototype specs that Meta demoed might have to change a lot before they can be pushed out to the masses.
We had another new product this week in the shape of the Meta Quest 3S, a more affordable yet still feature-packed mixed-reality headset – and we've already spent some hands-on time inside the virtual worlds the device can conjure up.
Pre-orders for the new PlayStation 5 Pro are now live – but that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be able to get hold of one of these consoles easily. To give yourself the best chance of bagging a PS5 Pro, consult our detailed and regularly updated guide.
The newly unveiled Samsung Galaxy S24 FE offers a lot of the same features as the Galaxy S24 flagship – including plenty of Galaxy AI features – but it all comes in at a more affordable price point. Find out what our first impressions of the phone are.
A new report offers some detailed insight into the recent trials and tribulations of Sonos, and explains how its badly botched next-gen app launch came about, with tales of ancient code, screaming matches, and tens of thousands of customer complaints.
There's plenty to keep you entertained across the streaming services this weekend, with our top picks including Inside Out 2, now showing on Disney Plus, and hitman buddy-comedy movie Wolfs, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, on Apple TV Plus.
