How to use Workout Buddy with Apple Watch and iOS 26

Apple’s iOS 26 and watchOS 26 introduced a new fitness companion called Workout Buddy. This feature uses Apple Intelligence to provide spoken feedback during workouts and give motivation based on yo [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

watchOS 26 preview: It's the little things

At WWDC 2025, Apple announced it was replacing the sequential numbering for OS versions and with year numbers. So instead of watchOS 12, I’ve spent the past two weeks with the public beta of watchOS [...]

The best wireless workout headphones for 2025

Regardless of what kind of exercise you’re into, if you’re working out, you’ll want a pair of wireless workout headphones. They allow you to be free and untethered during a serious weight-liftin [...]

Psychologist says ChatGPT helps understanding even if it may not understand

Eighty-one-year-old psychologist Harvey Lieberman describes ChatGPT as "not a crutch, but a cognitive prosthesis — an active extension of my thinking process."<br /> The article Psyc [...]

How to use the AirPods Pro 3’s heart rate tracking feature

Your AirPods may soon become your most important pieces of fitness gear. One of the AirPods Pro 3’s new features is heart rate tracking for both workouts and periodic pulse checks. Apple’s latest [...]

Meta, TikTok and Snap are participating in an online safety ratings system

Numerous major social platforms including Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap say they will submit to a new external grading process that scores social platforms on how well they protect adolescent mental [...]

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor...again

We called 2023’s Galaxy Watch 6 a “modest upgrade” from the Galaxy Watch 5, which itself also got described as “very similar” to its predecessor, the Watch 4. So it’s perhaps not surprisin [...]

TikTok ripe with mental health misinformation, new study reports

The internet is both excellent and horrible at spreading information and community. In one sense, it can provide access to so many people and perspectives that aren't available in a person's [...]