Jasmine Mannan May 24, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…The appliances you own were not dumb — they lacked the right software layer. With a small, affordable IR blaster acting as a bridge, Home Assistant lets you control any device that responds…
Jasmine Mannan Apr 25, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…If you have a large-screen OLED TV with a variable 144Hz refresh rate and fast software, you're almost all the way there. That said, some features fly under the radar…
Jasmine Mannan Apr 21, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
…But display hardware doesn't evolve that quickly, so software features often fill the gap, adding more appealing selling points to the box of each new model coming out every year. One…
…Related 4 reasons Valve's full SteamOS release will change PC gaming again Valve's full SteamOS release will change PC gaming again, and here are some of the most important ways…
Jasmine Mannan Apr 28, 2026, 3:31 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Megan Ellis Mar 29, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New…
…I abandoned my 250GB Samsung SATA SSD after switching to NVMe SSDs, since the older drive was too small to remain relevant in my setup — until I found a use for it…