Stuff Magazine South Africa

Stuff Magazine, the world's best-selling gadget & technology magazine. Stuff is your expert, up to the minute guide on gadgets, gear, technology - and how to play with them. Our expert reviews and tests sort the best from the rest in digital cameras, cellphones, computers, games, fashion, wheels, lifestyle products and the weird and wonderful. Stuff is a magazine about technology, but it’s more about how a product looks and how it fits into the reader’s life.

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Stuff Magazine South Africa

HOTSTUFF • ALL THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM PLANET TECH

Lexus LM VAN LOVE COMES TO TOWN

NEWS FEED

TAG HEUER CONNECTED GOLDEN BRIGHT

STREAM • Here are your new-to-streamin hihlihts for the next few weeks – watch them all and win a special prize! Except not really!

FIRST PLAY VIEWFINDER • PC, PS5

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Seven knows I'm admissible now • Despite its epic photo skills, last year’s ‘budget flagship’ Google Pixel 6a was outclassed in other areas – but the 7a is ready to hang in the smartphone VIP zone

The alternatives: Other mid-price monsters • There’s no shortage of sensibly priced smartphone competition… but the Pixel 7a’s closest rivals come from Samsung and Apple

ON THE ROAD AGAIN • Sunglasses, guide book, ironic hipster Count Duckula T-shirt? Yep, you’re just about all packed – but don’t forget to bring a gadget companion or two along on your big trip…

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KIDS' CARRY-ONS • You can’t just let them play Switch games all holiday – but there are other ways to make sure your youngsters won’t have time to be bored

EASY ENTERTAINERS • Forget trashy airport novels – slip one of these transportable time-sinks into your carry-on and banish holiday boredom forever

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ALTERNATIVELY…

MEMORY MAKERS • If you want to remember your summer holiday forever, leave room in that suitcase for a specialist camera. Who needs underpants anyway?

TOBY'S TOP TECH TRAVEL TIPS • Before Covid, Stuff Publisher and Editor in Chief Toby Shapshak was a regular traveller. When the pandemic hit, he unpacked all his travel gear. This is what he never leaves home without.

Travel Apps

Air way to heaven • The 15in MacBook Air is here at last, with an extra 2in of screen to turn every task into M2-powered bliss… but does it do enough to rise above the already glorious 13in model?

Mini meme WE'VE GOT THE BOTS FOR YOU • Given that artificial intelligence is going to take all our jobs before too long, it’s just as well these AI web and phone apps are all free

THE CREAM OF THE CROP • August is Women’s Month, time for Stuff to celebrate the pioneering South African women who are excelling in technology-related fields. Scientists, bankers, communicators, educators, entrepreneurs … these people are making a difference and paving the way for girls and young women to excel in tech.

On good terms with your X • Huawei’s only gone and made the best-engineered folding phone we’ve ever encountered, which explains the price. A bit.

Three bird • With its trio of cameras, the Pro version of DJI’s Mavic 3 drone is an aerial imaging beast. Let’s find out if it’s a worthy upgrade from the original…

Get the arty started • Pro-grade hardware, including a dazzling OLED display, all packed into a portable package… has the MacBook Pro for Windows fans arrived?

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS • Home entertainment can be a touch overwhelming, with so much choice and with terms like ‘variable refresh rate’ and ‘dimming zones’ being thrown at you, it can leave the most patient of punters flummoxed. It’s not only about screens. To get the kind of sound that gives...