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Honor, a Chinese phone brand that primarily sells its devices in Europe and Asia, announced a new smartphone in its Magic series this week, dubbed the Magic8. It’s notable because it’s one of the first phones to be powered by the recently unveiled Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5—that’s the flagship processor that will power many of the top Android phones in 2026. It also has a positively massive 7,200-mAh silicon-carbon battery cell, but it’s actually a very different Honor phone that steals the limelight from the Magic8.
That’d be the Robot Phone. This is a concept, but Honor says it plans to reveal more details about it at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona next March. Based on the accompanying launch video—which appears to have been largely created using generative AI—the Robot Phone features a camera module that flips out, functioning like a pan-and-tilt camera on a gimbal. It doesn’t just take photos of subjects, but also reacts to people, and even plays peekaboo with a (fake) baby.
While we haven’t seen a phone with a flip-out camera on an arm, there was a time when pop-up selfie cameras were all the rage. Devices like the OnePlus 7 Pro had an uninterrupted display with zero notch or in-display camera; instead, a camera mechanically popped out from the top edge of the phone. Honor’s concept Robot Phone is much more advanced. But even more advanced are the purported capabilities of this little robot camera. I’ll be surprised if the final version will be able to do even half the things shown off in the video.
The Robot Phone wasn’t the only attention-grabbing smartphone this week. Motorola is gearing up to launch an ultra-slim phone that is marginally thicker than the iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge at 5.99 millimeters. The Moto X70 Air will launch in China first, and will make its way to Europe later this year. It’s not just slim and lightweight; this phone also has a bigger battery (4,800 mAh) compared to its svelte peers, which should give it a leg up. However, it’s not a flagship smartphone, powered by the decidedly midrange Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4.
Kohler Lifts the Lid on a Toilet Sensor
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It’s the last wellness frontier—figuring out what your pee and poo are telling you. In 2023, Withings unveiled the U-Scan, a toilet bowl sensor that sits inside your toilet bowl and detects basic biomarkers via a replaceable cartridge. This week, renowned toilet bowl manufacturer Kohler announced the launch of Kohler Health, a foray into the digital health and wellness space with a similarly white, smooth device called the Dekoda.
You clamp the device on the rim of your toilet bowl and log into every, er, session with a fingerprint scanner. Spectroscopy sensors (i.e., cameras) peer down at whatever you put in there to record signs of gut health, hydration, and blood. Your personalized results are sent to the Kohler Health app (which is on both iOS and Android). Unlike a wrist-worn fitness tracker, the Dekoda does seem to assume that you will mostly be doing your business at home. At least it doesn’t need a subscription. It retails for $599 and will be available starting October 21. —Adrienne So
Coros Has a New Mountain Watch
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When it comes to software, functionality, and premium materials, there’s just no competing with Garmin in the sports watch department. But if you appreciate value and functionality, you will love Coros, and I do. This week, Coros launched the Apex 4 ($479), its latest mountain watch. It has truly insane battery life—I’ve had it on for almost two weeks and it’s still at 55 percent—and a Memory-In-Pixel screen that I can see in broad daylight. There are several premium features, like a titanium bezel and sapphire glass screen, topographic and landscape maps, and other mountain-sport-specific features, like automatic route detection for rock climbing.
Coros is a great choice if you want long-lasting battery life, a watch that won’t break, and you don’t want to pay over $500 for a watch. However, it’s worth noting here that even though it has a speaker and a microphone for hands-free calls with LTE connection, it does not have what I suspect will shortly become a standard feature on many outdoor sports watches—satellite communications, which showed up on the Google Pixel Watch 4, the Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro this year. Not a deal-breaker, but something worth thinking about. —Adrienne So
July’s CaseSafe System Can Track Your Luggage
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Losing your suitcase is the worst; there’s nothing that ruins a vacation quite like having to spend the entire time wearing the same pair of pants and a windbreaker from the drugstore. That’s why Australian luggage manufacturer July launched CaseSafe, a built-in tracker on top of its suitcase that works with both Apple’s Find My and Android’s Find Hub networks. Unzip the suitcase, pull out the plastic tab, and find your suitcase in your respective locator-things app.
Prices start at $325 for the carry-on version, $375 for the checked size, $395 for a larger checked version, or $995 for the entire family set. I am planning on using the carry-on version this weekend, and it easily paired with my iPhone. In every other respect, it’s a normal bag—it has your standard polycarbonate shell with a (I have to say) garish embossed July logo on the side; smooth-rolling wheels, bumpers, and leather finishes. There’s also an inset ejectable USB-C battery.
July’s CaseSafe makes it so you don’t have to fuss with AirTags, but that still doesn’t stop me from saying you can upgrade your current carry-on similarly with an AirTag and a power bank, and it won’t cost you anywhere near $300. —Adrienne So
Fujifilm’s New Instax Has Two Cameras
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Fujifilm announced the Instax Mini LiPlay+ this week, an update to its 2019 Mini LiPlay camera. The LiPlay+ is, like its predecessor, a hybrid camera and Instax printer. In fact, little about the main camera seems to have changed. It still has a 28-mm equivalent f/2 lens that records roughly 5-MP photos to the sensor.
Fujifilm has added a second camera on the back, though, for taking selfies. It’s a 23-mm equivalent f/2.2 lens, but what is kind of fun is the ability to create what Fujifilm calls “layered photos,” shooting both lenses at the same time, superimposing, for example, a circle of a selfie on top of a background. Alas, there does not seem to be a way to make this an actual double-exposure image, which feels like a missed opportunity (especially since Fujifilm’s other cameras, like the X100 series, have long had a double-exposure mode).
The other new feature here expands on the original LiPlay’s ability to record audio and attach it to a print via a QR code. Now it’s not just audio but an animated video with sound and music. The Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay+ will be available later this month for $235. —Scott Gilbertson
GrapheneOS Will Come to Another Phone
The security-focused, Android alternative operating system GrapheneOS has announced it will soon be available on phones other than the Google Pixel. The developers said in a post on Reddit that a “major OEM” will soon be added to GrapheneOS’s list of supported phones. No brands were mentioned, but many users are guessing it will be OnePlus, given the company’s past support for CyanogenMod, another Android alternative. The GrapheneOS developers do say that whichever phone it turns out to be, it will be similarly priced.
In a follow-up post, the developers clarified that the phone maker is “definitely serious about working with us. That’s how we have security partner access.” They also explicitly say it is not Fairphone, which sells a separate version running another Android alternative, e/OS. —Scott Gilbertson
Roku Leans Into AI for Its TV Interface
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Roku has announced some nifty software upgrades coming soon to its popular streaming devices and TVs, and they lean heavily on artificial intelligence. Roku Voice now features AI searches, allowing you to ask things like “What’s Barbie about?” or “How scary is The Shining?” and get a helpful answer. Roku is also adding easier access to movie trailers, better searching for shows to watch, and a simpler interface to help you understand what is streaming where.
Sports like college football will now have live scoring (though you can opt out if you hate spoilers). You can also set up reminders for upcoming games, whereby you’ll be notified to watch via the Roku app on your phone. In addition, Bluetooth Headphone Mode is coming to Roku Streaming Stick models, allowing folks to pair headphones for late-night viewing.
Omega Launches New Moon Watches
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Any news about Omega’s iconic Speedmaster seems to send the watch world into the stratosphere. So no surprise then that this week’s release of a bunch of new Dark Side of the Moon Speedys has been met with considerable fanfare. The range was introduced back in 2013, but these all-new 2025 Dark and Grey Side of the Moon models each measure 44.25 millimeters and boast ceramic cases.
The pick of the litter for WIRED is perhaps the slimmer manual-winding Black Edition with red center seconds hand and 60 hours of power reserve. But if you really want to go into full stealth mode, check out the super-dark “Black Black” model with darkened movement components, a black Grand Feu enamel tachymeter scale, laser-sandblasted black ceramic dial, and polished-brushed black ceramic case. Even the glowing Super-LumiNova on the dial is black—though, thankfully, it glows green in the dark. From $15,700. —Jeremy White
