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This is your handcrafted roundup of the week's product news, buying guides and good deals on kit endorsed by the WIRED Gear team.
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This week's gear news
The future of Xbox: Microsoft’s next Xbox, “Project Scarlett”, lands autumn 2020 with 8K support, SSD storage and a disc drive. The Scarlett and (almost identical) PS5 teases are to head off the cloud gaming threat and speak of the devil, we play Halo 5 on a phone at E3.
Ikea's £15 Sonos remote: Ikea's SYMFONISK budget Sonos speakers are getting a configurable remote. It’ll cost just £15 when it launches in October. And because it controls regular Sonos kit, it could well be the best thing about the whole collaboration.
Audemars Piguet’s $93,900 GOT watch: AP’s new Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In White Ceramic would have been perfect for the Night King, had he not been killed, or been real in the first place, or indeed a fan of high-end horology.
Bose’s butt-ugly new cans: We’re not fans of the design for Bose’s Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. Just look at the front view! New drivers, 11 levels of isolation, USB-C charging and 20-hour battery life may sway us when these cans launch end of June, though.
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Get a UE Blast Bluetooth speaker for £80
The brilliant UE range makes up half our best Bluetooth speakers guide and the Blast (RRP £150, though recently selling for cheaper) is currently on sale for £76 and £80 depending on which colour you go for.
View the UE Blast for £80 on Amazon
Deal of the week: Get an Echo Dot for £35
This one's worth a look. Amazon's third gen Echo Dot and second gen Echo (down to £70) smart speakers and Kindle Paperwhite e-reader (down to £110) are all on sale this weekend.
The third gen, fabric covered Echo Dot is down from £50 to £35. That's just £15 off, and the Dot is likely to go on sale again as soon as July, but it's still a great price for the Alexa-powered smart speaker.
View the Amazon Echo Dot for £35 on Amazon
TP-Link's Deco M5 down to £120
Currys has a twin pack of this affordable, reliable mesh Wi-Fi system for £120 right now, down from £180 and cheaper than Amazon's current prices. Its sibling, the Deco M9, made the cut of our best mesh Wi-Fi systems.
View the TP-Link Deco M5 twin pack for £120 on Currys
The Fitbit Ionic is down to £190
Fitbit's old but trusty sports watch is down to £190 on Amazon this weekend. That's from a RRP of £250, which is a saving of £60 and at least £30 on the price you'll get at other retailers right now.
View the Fitbit Ionic for £190 on Amazon
This Xbox One S Fortnite edition is £30 off
Currys also has £30 off this purple, Fortnite-flavoured Xbox One S – perfect for celebrating the Project Scarlett news with, perhaps? Still, £199 is a neat price considering you get Tekken 7 and Project Cars 2 bundled in.
View the Special Edition Xbox One S for £199 on Currys
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