Engadget review recap: Surface Pro, Rivian, Canon, Light Phone and more

I can't blasted you if you've been spending much clip extracurricular lately alternatively of speechmaking gadget reviews. Spring has sprung, astatine slightest for america astatine Engadget HQ successful the US, and there's a batch of touching writer going connected amongst our staff. Still, if you've missed immoderate of our reviews implicit the past 2 weeks, this condensed database has everything you request to drawback up quickly.

Surface Pro (12-inch)

For basal computing successful a highly portable device, the 12-inch Surface Pro does conscionable fine. Senior reviews newsman Devindra Hardawar argued that you won't privation this instrumentality for it's powerfulness anyway, and you'll astir apt beryllium capable to place its lower-spec show too. "You're not buying a tiny laptop for speed, you're buying it due to the fact that it's cute and ace portable," he said. "And successful that respect, the 12-inch Surface Pro succeeds."

Rivian R1S Gen 2

Rivian has go a fashionable enactment for EV shoppers looking for either a motortruck oregon a three-row SUV. Senior reviews newsman Sam Rutherford precocious spent immoderate clip down the instrumentality of the company's second-generation R1S and came distant impressed. "Its size whitethorn beryllium imposing, but it surely delivers connected the look and consciousness of a car that's conscionable arsenic blessed connected asphalt arsenic it is connected unpaved trails," he wrote. "The lone happening that mightiness springiness maine intermission is that for radical who aren't funny successful off-roading, alternatives similar the Kia EV9 connection akin rider capableness for a overmuch little starting price."

Canon Powershot V1

Compact cameras are making a comeback. Canon's Powershot V1 whitethorn beryllium designed for vlogging, but newsman Steve Dent discovered its besides large for stills. "The occupation is that it’s inactive chiefly a vlogging camera and a batch of contented creators person abandoned this benignant of compact exemplary successful favour of the Osmo Pocket 3," he explained. "At the extremity of the day, the PowerShot V1 is bound to beryllium a deed due to the fact that it delivers erstwhile it comes to video and photograph quality."

Alienware AW2725Q

If you're looking for a caller gaming show that tin propulsion treble work arsenic an mundane monitor, Alienware's AW2725Q whitethorn beryllium worthy a look. Senior newsman Igor Bonifacic peculiarly noted the display's wide representation prime and question clarity, but there's a batch to similar here. "The champion happening I tin accidental astir the Alienware AW2725Q is that I'm not looking guardant to sending it back," he said. "It is an astonishing show that has made 1 of my favourite hobbies much enjoyable."

Roku Streaming Stick Plus

Cheap TV streaming devices are typically casual to recommend, and the information that Roku's caller Streaming Stick Plus draws powerfulness from the TV is icing connected the cake. "This is besides the instrumentality I privation to instrumentality with maine connected my adjacent trip," elder buying proposal newsman Amy Skorheim wrote. "I tin plug it successful astatine the Airbnb and, alternatively of logging successful to immoderate random apps the TV happens to have, I tin ticker much Doctor Who. I won’t person to interest astir wherever the nearest outlet is and I’ll beryllium spared the effort of typing successful my stupidly agelong Disney+ password."

Framework Laptop 13 (2025)

Framework offers a mode for you to easy upgrade your laptop arsenic needed, which means you tin swap retired the mainboard for a caller 1 erstwhile the institution makes them available. However, the upgrade mightiness not ever beryllium worthy it, adjacent if it is easy, but Framework's wide premise inactive shows promise. "But portion it whitethorn not person the razzle oregon dazzle, it does person the staying power, and that’s going to beryllium a bigger plus successful the adjacent fewer years," elder exertion Daniel Cooper argued. "If you’re the benignant of idiosyncratic who would bargain a Lenovo Thinkpad and tally it until it falls apart, past this is simply a amended option."

Light Phone III

The Light Phone III seeks to connection a distraction-free smartphone existence, but arsenic lawman quality exertion Nathan Ingraham found, the deficiency of polish successful the company's bare-bones UI is simply a hindrance. "I tin blasted the euphony subordinate oregon deficiency of autocorrect, but yet I was not acceptable for however radically antithetic the Light Phone III acquisition is," he admitted. "But, for a fewer weeks, I near my iPhone astatine location erstwhile I near the location arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable and determination was thing freeing astir the implicit deficiency of notifications and wide siren-call for attraction that I usually woody with."

Doom: The Dark Ages, Despelote and Suborbital Salvage

For each the gamers, we've published reviews of respective titles implicit the past 2 weeks. Most recently, elder exertion Jessica Conditt spent immoderate clip with Doom: The Dark Ages, where she noted the "blood-soaked and beautiful" crippled offered "a well-rounded romp done the bowels of hell." She besides opined connected Despelote, a crippled that explores memories, magic moments and being a kid. And for the Playdate fans, play exertion Cheyenne Macdonald recovered retired what it's similar to person a feline service arsenic your precise opinionated supervisor successful Suborbital Salvage.