Author: Sally Hudson

What is the most important new feature on your next smartphone? Is it a whopping 200-megapixel camera? Is it a battery that lasts two days? Is it lightning-fast facial recognition to unlock it? The answer is your smartphone just got a whole lot smarter – thanks to artificial intelligence. And not just ordinary, earth-bound smarts, but Galaxy AI. Samsung has been working on AI development for years, building this capability in new devices, and this is an obvious culmination of all that hard work. Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, interest in AI has exploded. Generative AI,…

Huawei has done something clever with its new Watch GT 4 smartwatch. Unlike many Android makers who don’t, Huawei lets you sync the watch with an iPhone. It seems like a small thing, but it isn’t. Very few iPhone owners are going to give up their smartphones for a watch – as would be the case with other Android manufacturers which only let their watch connect to their phones. So one of Stuff’s iPhone-owning triathletes was able to really test the stylish Watch GT4 – using it with their phone as they would with their Garmin 6S Sapphire. Easy on…

The Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale 2 turned up at my house during the last bout of Stage 4 lockdown, and it was just in time. With the kitchen full of delicious food and all sorts of snacks just a few steps away, I’d hoped that a daily step on Xiaomi’s new smart scale would curb my overindulgence. Pulling its weight It’s hard to believe that such a skinny box could contain an item capable of providing such a wealth of information. Being a fitness fanatic in a family of exercise freaks, the Mi Body Composition Scale 2 proved to…

Puma’s latest Deviate Nitro Spectra runners promise increased comfort, padding, and less weight. Apparently, this was achieved by injecting nitrogen gas bubbles into the foam of the shoe! So that’s a thing. I have always been an avid promoter of Nike’s running shoes. Having being told at the tender age of 12 that my running style was “neutral” and therefore being recommended shoes such as the Nike Pegasus and Zoom, I never really considered the possibility of switching to another brand.   However, over the last six months, I was the lucky guinea pig allowed to test Puma’s latest Deviate Nitro…

Stuff’s resident triathlete Sally Hudson puts the Under Armour’s new Machina 2 connected shoes through their paces. Because I am a triathlete, I run a lot. Running shoes are therefore an important part of my training equipment. So what more could a sports gadget-junky, triathlete want than an intelligent running shoe? That’s what the UA Hovr Machina 2 promises to be and, I’m happy to report back, actually does. When it comes to running, even for elite athletes, you can always do with more assistance. The shoes have embedded sensors that you link to a smartphone and UA’s Map My Run…