Verizon Satellite tv for pc Messaging, a Retro Console, and Velotric’s Ebike—Right here’s Your Gear Information of the Week

On Verizon? In case you personal a Google Pixel 9 or Samsung Galaxy S25 collection telephone and end up in a mobile useless zone, now you can ship texts to your family and friends through satellite tv for pc. This is identical performance Apple launched for the iPhone 14 and newer (no matter provider) in iOS 18.

Whereas these Android telephones have been in a position to connect with emergency companies through satellite tv for pc, they will now use satellite tv for pc connectivity to ship texts to anybody, whatever the recipient’s machine or provider. Verizon says this functionality has already began to roll out however will take two weeks to finish.

Verizon is not the one provider centered on offering this sort of satellite tv for pc connectivity to fill within the gaps in terrestrial mobile community protection. T-Cellular just lately introduced a partnership with Starlink that is presently in beta till July. It allows you to ship and obtain texts, and the provider says you may quickly be capable to share images, use knowledge, make voice calls, and extra. T-Cellular’s resolution can be included for subscribers on its Go5G Subsequent plan, and different clients can add it to their current plan for $15 monthly. AT&T can be working with AST SpaceMobile and just lately examined a video name over satellite tv for pc connectivity.

This Handheld Console Lets You Relive Your Nintendo DS Goals

Courtesy of OneXSugar

You’ve seen the Steam Deck, you’ve seen the Change, and also you little question keep in mind the Nintendo DS. However this newly introduced gaming handheld, the OneXSugar, claims to try this multi function. The machine has two screens and rotating gamepad controllers to permit it to remodel into all kinds of intelligent modes of use. There’s the usual panorama mode, utilizing the first 6-inch display screen and the 2 sides of the controller. However flip up that display screen and also you’ll get entry to the three.92-inch secondary sq. display screen. That secondary display screen can be utilized as a kickstand, or you possibly can rotate the controllers to connect to the sq. display screen. Now that’s positively not like something we’ve seen earlier than.

The Android-based machine, introduced on Indiegogo, was unveiled alongside a brand new collection of chips from Qualcomm designed particularly for gaming handhelds. The Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 boasts 28 % improved graphics with ray tracing, particularly designed for cloud-based gaming and retro emulators. Simply don’t count on it to assist Home windows-level video games like AMD’s Ryzen Z-series chips, which you could find in handhelds like the favored Asus ROG Ally X.

The corporate behind the OneXSugar additionally has one thing extra highly effective in its lineup, the OneXPlayer G1, which is a component laptop computer, half gaming handheld. No phrase on the worth or launch date but, however hopefully we’ll hear extra particulars in regards to the OneXSugar quickly. —Luke Larsen

Velotric’s Breeze 1 Is a Commuting, Crusing Ebike

{Photograph}: Adrienne So

After a number of rounds of layoffs and pulling out of the European market, Rad Energy Bikes’ new CEO just lately stepped down. That leaves a giant, Rad-sized gap within the direct-to-consumer electrical bike house—an area the corporate created when Mike Radenbaugh based Rad in 2007.

Which firm will fill within the hole? We’re most excited to check one of many new bikes from the up-and-coming Velotric. The Breeze 1 launched on March 18. It is a commuter bike constructed like a cruiser, with a snug, upright seating place on a step-through body and a strong 750-watt motor with a 70-mile vary.

The bike additionally has just a few cool tips up its sleeve. For instance, you possibly can swap between utilizing a torque sensor, which can modify the stress it’s good to pedal on combined terrain, versus the extra old style cadence sensor, which is finest for longer stretches of roads. It’s additionally built-in with Apple Discover My and Apple Well being, so when you’re an iPhone person, you don’t need to fiddle together with your health tracker to log a motorbike trip. Most significantly, it weighs below 50 kilos and prices below $2,000. I’m unboxing my tester trip (in Violet Haze, naturally) as we converse. —Adrienne So

Fujifilm Debuts a Medium Format Compact Digital camera

Anybody who’s ever dreamed of a medium format Fujifilm X100 digital camera, dream no extra. The brand new GFX100RF is simply that. It takes the identical minimalist, rangefinder styling of the X100 collection, with dial controls and a pleasant wide-angle prime lens on the entrance, however provides a 102-megapixel medium format sensor.

There’s a value to be paid for that a lot bigger sensor although—the GFX100RF is bigger and heavier than any of the X100 cameras. At 5.26 by 3.56 inches, with a depth of three inches, this isn’t becoming in your pocket, neither is the 25.9 ounces (735 grams) gentle sufficient to allow you to throw it in your bag and neglect about it. To make the GFX100RF weather-sealed you’ll have to additional bulk it up with an adapter ring and filter, simply as you do with the X100VI.