1+ week, 1+ day ago (88+ words) The handheld remote player recently added cloud streaming, and now it's cheaper than ever. While Sony has improved the overall experience of the PlayStation Portal, it still has some notable limitations. For instance, it only supports the wireless Pulse Explore earbuds and Pulse Elite headset. That means you can't just connect any Bluetooth headphones you have lying around. It does, however, feature a 3.5mm headphone jack, allowing you to easily connect wired headphones. See All by Brandon Russell See All Black Friday See All Verge Shopping...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago (1036+ words) Plus, in this week's Installer: a power-user streaming app, Outer Worlds is back, a home robot, and much more. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 104, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy belated Halloween, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I also have for you a great new streaming app update, a couple of fun battle royales to play, a cheap new phone, tales from the robot uprising, and more. Let's do this. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / reading / playing / listening to / carving out of pumpkins this week? Tell me everything: [email protected]. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.)…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago (172+ words) Here's what readers of The Verge are buying for Black Friday this year. The list includes AirTags, AirPods, streaming video bundles, and pet hair removers. It may not surprise anyone who is tech-aware that publications such as The Verge track the affiliate links that their readers click " in fact, every article that links to a vendor has this statement on top: "If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission." So we will be totally honest with you: we do have some idea of which products our readers are purchasing during the Black Friday sales. (But no, we have no idea what you personally purchased.) And it can be interesting to see which products are more popular " because they are definitely not all tech. If you also find it as interesting as we do, here…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (140+ words) Valve showed The Verge versions of its Steam Frame VR headset and Steam Controller with clear plastic shells, and we put together a photo gallery so you can look at them, too. Perhaps Valve will release something like them as limited editions, like it did with the Steam Deck OLED. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0072.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0073.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0075.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0064.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0067.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049_Valve_2025_EverythingTimeStudio_0065.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]...

20+ hour, 52+ min ago (423+ words) It's your friendly neighborhood wearables lady, and these are the three Garmin deals I'd put in my cart. Every deals holiday, I break my brain and eyeballs scrolling through endless lists of smartwatch models so you don't have to. Garmin has a ton of deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there are only a few that I'd be putting in my cart if I were buying for the outdoorsy person in my life. Garmin's midrange Forerunner watch has an OLED display, a week's worth of battery life, and dual-frequency GPS for better accuracy. Read our review. But for the super, ultra-optimized athlete in your life, Garmin's Fenix 8 is also 21 to 25 percent off, depending on the size you get. That's good news since the Fenix 8 starts at a whopping $1,000. The Fenix 8 adds some smart features, like messaging, but the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (178+ words) Despite a $50 price hike to offset Trump's tariffs, Sony shipped 3.9 million PS5 units globally in the recent quarter (up slightly from 3.8 million last year) with help from Ghost of Y'tei sales that reached 3.3 million after just one month. Lifetime shipments now sit at 84.2 million consoles after five years, putting it roughly in line with the PS4. [Link: Sony earnings | https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q2_supplement.pdf | Sony] Despite a $50 price hike to offset Trump's tariffs, Sony shipped 3.9 million PS5 units globally in the recent quarter (up slightly from 3.8 million last year) with help from Ghost of Y'tei sales that reached 3.3 million after just one month. Lifetime shipments now sit at 84.2 million consoles after five years, putting it roughly in line with the PS4. - YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout - Google says its confusing Gemini Home rollout is going just great - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus reappears in renders…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago (398+ words) There's a little bit of portable gaming for everyone. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the absolute best moments of the year to buy a laptop. While several thin, lightweight productivity machines have dropped to their lowest prices, so have a batch of exciting, powerful gaming laptops. We handpicked several gaming laptops at a variety of price points and performance levels that are currently offering the biggest discounts. It's easy to be tempted by super low prices on years-old hardware, but these are all options running the latest (or just last-gen) chips " ensuring your purchase goes years before feeling outdated. Below, you'll find a little something for everyone, from the entry-level 1080p laptops that excel with games like Fortnite and Roblox to pricier options made to power through the latest AAA games at 2.5K resolution and high frame rates. Our favorite gaming…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (110+ words) Cloud streaming PS5 games to your PlayStation Portal is out of beta, and includes streaming for some games you own. Here's some of what you can play. At launch, thousands of PS5 games support Cloud Streaming, including blockbusters such as Astro Bot, Borderlands 4, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Fortnite, Ghost of Y'tei, Grand Theft Auto V, and Resident Evil 4. In addition, hundreds of compatible games from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog, including Cyberpunk 2077, God of War Ragnar'k, Hogwarts Legacy, Sword of the Sea and The Last of Us Part II Remastered are also streamable directly from the cloud. See All by Ash Parrish...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (275+ words) The Redmagic 11 Pro is the first phone (outside of a OnePlus concept design, at least) to feature true liquid cooling, and it's launching worldwide later this month "including the US, though you won't be able to buy it direct from any carriers. We've seen plenty of phones launch with vapor chambers and call it [] Redmagic's latest phone is as subtle looking as ever. The Redmagic 11 Pro is the first phone (outside of a OnePlus concept design, at least) to feature true liquid cooling, and it's launching worldwide later this month " including the US, though you won't be able to buy it direct from any carriers. We've seen plenty of phones launch with vapor chambers and call it liquid cooling, but the 11 Pro is the first to have liquid coolant actively pumped round the phone's body to cool the internals. It's…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (297+ words) Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, allowing almost anyone to try it out. Since it launched back in September, Gemini for TV has only been available on a limited number of smart TVs. If you didn't have one of those devices, you were out of luck. Gemini for [] Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, allowing almost anyone to try it out. Since it launched back in September, Gemini for TV has only been available on a limited number of smart TVs. If you didn't have one of those devices, you were out of luck. Gemini for TV will soon be much more widely available " all you need is a TV with an HDMI port to connect a Google TV Streamer to, HDCP 1.3 or later, and a…...