Happy New Gadget Year 2017.
Last year 2016 we have seen released of many gadgets including Amazon Echo, iPhone 7.
Here we can take a look what to expect in 2017.
Smart home
COMING SOON: Google Home has just launched in the States. We hope the voice- activated speaker that aims to take on Amazon Echo will be launched in the UK this year. Apple’s HomeKit will also see more compatible products launched.
BEST OF 2016
Amazon Echo Dot: This device, below, answers questions, tells jokes, adjusts the heating. It can even play songs using the new Amazon Music Unlimited service.
Dyson 360Eye: Dyson’s brilliant automated vacuum cleaner can be controlled from your smartphone so you never have to be home when it’s working.
Wireless headphones
COMING SOON: Expect more phone makers to follow Apple’s lead and remove the headphone jack. The USB-C connector will replace it. Best go wireless, then.
BEST OF 2016
Apple Airpods: Not everybody likes the look but the sound is great. These tiny wireless cans, right, are super-lightweight and easy to set up.
Bowers & Wilkins P7 Wireless: Amazing sounding, super-comfy on-ear headphones that are tremendous, though they don’t come cheap.
Mobile phones
COMING SOON: You can bet that the tenth anniversary model of the iPhone, due in the autumn, will be a big deal. Rumours suggest a curved screen, an all-glass body and more.
BEST OF 2016
Apple iPhone 7 Plus: Thanks to its two-rear-camera solution, slick design and jet black colour, the iPhone rules again – though rivals are closing in.
Pixel Phone by Google: The first phone entirely designed by Google, right, is a winner, with the brilliant Google Assistant to the fore.
Virtual reality
COMING SOON: Next week, at Las Vegas’s CES trade show, Sony is rumoured to be revealing its first large-screen OLED TVs. Expect the latest tech: 4K resolution, high dynamic range and more. And let’s hope Apple’s new TV app makes it to the UK.
BEST OF 2016
Panasonic Viera 65DX902B: This 65-incher has local dimming, meaning multiple backlights can deliver stunning contrast and a special design defeats light leakage.
LG OLED55B6V: LG is already going great guns with OLED and this 55in model, right, has come down in price a lot, with a year’s subscription to Sky Q.
COMING SOON: You’ve heard of virtual reality, right? Well, augmented reality is a technology that allows data from the web to be overlaid on a view of the physical world. Microsoft’s HoloLens system will be the biggest news here, though Apple may have its own thoughts.
BEST OF 2016
Pokemon Go: Perhaps the most widely used example of AR, the game, left, got millions out of their living room, prowling the streets for Pokemon.
HTC Vive: The best standalone virtual reality headset, with great screens, super-fast refresh rates and more.
TV
COMING SOON: Next week, at Las Vegas’s CES trade show, Sony is rumoured to be revealing its first large-screen OLED TVs. Expect the latest tech: 4K resolution, high dynamic range and more. And let’s hope Apple’s new TV app makes it to the UK.
BEST OF 2016
Panasonic Viera 65DX902B: This 65-incher has local dimming, meaning multiple backlights can deliver stunning contrast and a special design defeats light leakage.
LG OLED55B6V: LG is already going great guns with OLED and this 55in model, right, has come down in price a lot, with a year’s subscription to Sky Q.
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