Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the ObserverThe first of Sonos’s popular multiroom speakers to come loaded with Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa. “The best all-round music-focused smart speaker available in the UK,” says the Guardian. FitnessTangram Smart Rope (£80)Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the ObserverNo ordinary analogue skipping rope, this tracks your fitness data as you jump. RobotAnki Vector (£200)Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the ObserverAn update on the toy company’s Cozmo, the Vector is a listening, talking, seeing, always-on robot “companion”. SmartphoneHuawei Mate 20 Pro (£900)Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Samuel Gibbs for the GuardianWith its triple-lensed Leica camera, 3D face-scanning software and an in-screen fingerprint sensor, Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro is, as the Guardian says, “cutting-edge brilliance”.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2018 07:00 UTC