I put the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Apple AirPods Pro through the kind of real-world tests I care about: sweaty runs, high-intensity interval training, and phone calls where latency and clarity matter. I wanted to know whether Samsung’s latest truly outperforms Apple’s stalwart when the...
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I recently wanted to watch a movie with a friend while keeping the noise down,...
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I’ve spent years running hands-on tests on routers, smart bulbs, cameras and...
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I stream a lot from my Chromecast with Google TV — it’s compact,...
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Buying a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S24 can be a smart way to get flagship...
I stream a lot from my Chromecast with Google TV — it’s compact, responsive, and the UI makes jumping between apps painless. But I also want my streaming to be private and free from obnoxious trackers and ads where possible. Over the years...
Buying a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S24 can be a smart way to get flagship performance without the flagship price—I've done it more than once when testing phones for Wcetesting Co. But “refurbished” covers a wide range of realities:...
I set out to answer a simple but consequential question: can the Raspberry Pi 5 handle 4K transcoding for a home Plex server? After spending a week building a Pi 5 Plex test rig, pushing it with different source files and client scenarios, and...
Keeping a mixed Zigbee and Z‑Wave smart home healthy means keeping firmware up to date — but doing that manually across dozens of devices is a chore I actively avoid. Over the years I’ve tested setups on Home Assistant, Hubitat, SmartThings...
I test a lot of laptops and tablets at Wcetesting Co, and one recurring theme I keep coming back to is batteries. Modern devices use lithium-ion (or lithium-polymer) cells that are incredibly energy-dense but also sensitive to how you treat them....
I plan a lot of content — reviews, how-tos, and trend pieces — and over time I built a practical workflow that combines Notion as my single source of truth for ideas and editorial calendars with ChatGPT as a creative and execution engine. This...
When I go for long runs in cold, windy weather or push a tempo session up a steep trail, I want two things from my wearable: reliable heart-rate data I can trust in the moment, and SpO2 readings that actually mean something instead of being a noisy...
I spent the last two weeks living with both the Google Pixel Tablet and the iPad Pro M4 to answer the question I keep seeing in inboxes and comment threads: which is better for drawing, note-taking, and—critically—battery life in real-world use?...
Why I care about offline-first smart home hubsI’m always testing gear with a practical question in mind: can this product do the useful stuff reliably when the internet drops out? For me, privacy and resilience go hand in hand — I want...
Switching from the Apple ecosystem to Android felt like a small leap and a mini migration project the first time I did it. I remember juggling cables, cloud accounts and the nagging fear of losing years of messages and photos. Over several moves...