Fujifilm's X-E5, New Bose Speakers, and Qualcomm's Smart Glasses Chip—Your Gear News of the Week

Fujifilm announced a caller camera this week, nan X-E5, nan latest successful its X-E rangefinder-style mirrorless camera series. Think of nan X-E arsenic an interchangeable lens type of nan X100. The large news successful nan X-E5 is Fujifilm's latest 40-megapixel APS-C sensor and 7-stop in-body image stabilization (IBIS). This is nan first X-E bid camera pinch IBIS, which Fujifilm says will summation you astir 7 stops of handholding. The caller sensor besides intends video specs jump to 6.2K astatine 30 frames per 2nd (with a 1.23 crop) and 4K 30 fps afloat sensor video.

The X-E5 regains nan attraction mode move connected nan broadside of nan assemblage (notably absent from nan X-E4), and adds a caller movie simulation dial. While galore of Fujifilm's enthusiast-level cameras person this control, nan 1 connected nan X-E5 tin shop civilization presets pinch your ain movie recipes. One point that remains unchanged is nan upwind sealing, which still doesn't beryllium here. Also disappointing is that nan viewfinder remains small, pinch nan aforesaid paltry solution (2.36M dot, 1025 x 768) arsenic nan older model.

The X-E5 will beryllium disposable successful nan US successful August for $1,699 for nan assemblage only and $1,899 for a type pinch Fujifilm's caller 23mm f/2.8R WR lens, launching alongside nan X-E5. To meet request (something Fujifilm grounded to do pinch nan X-E4), nan institution won't beryllium trading nan lens arsenic a standalone until precocious 2025. You tin preorder it astatine Adorama aliases B&H Photo now. —Scott Gilbertson

Bose Announces New Buds And Speakers

Bose has a trio of caller products incoming, including an update to immoderate of our favourite earbuds. The QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) are getting a full big of improvements, including amended AI algorithms to thief them select retired sound spikes much efficaciously and amended wide sound pickup and telephone quality. There’s besides wireless charging retired of nan container now, a caller wax-guard, and a punchy, limited-edition Deep Plum colourway. They’ll costs $299/£299, and tin beryllium pre-ordered now.

Joining nan buds are 2 caller speakers, nan SoundLink Plus and nan SoundLink Micro (2nd Gen). No prizes for guessing nan large quality betwixt them, but nan Plus is simply a caller mid-range portable speaker that sits betwixt nan SoundLink Flex and nan SoundLink Max successful nan range, while nan Micro is an updated type of nan company’s smallest Bluetooth speaker.

For nan latter, Bose is promising improved sound quality—particularly successful nan precocious frequencies—USB-C charging, a amended 12-hour artillery life and Bose app compatibility. The Plus promises a “ready-for-anything” creation that “brings nan bass,” on pinch a 20-hour battery, charging USB-C port, and IP67 rating. It’ll beryllium disposable successful Black, Blue Dusk and summer-ready Citrus Yellow for $269/£249, while nan Micro will costs $129/£119, pinch colorways coming soon. —Verity Burns

Qualcomm Demos a New Chip for Smart Glasses

At Augmented World Expo (AWE) this week, Qualcomm demoed its caller Snapdragon AR1+ chipset designed for smart glasses, and its capacity to tally a mini connection exemplary without nan request to beryllium tethered to a smartphone aliases trust connected nan unreality for processing.

Right now, astir smart glasses are designed to enactment connected pinch smartphones, which will grip immoderate processing for AI-related queries, for illustration erstwhile you inquire Meta AI a mobility via nan Meta Ray-Bans (powered by nan original AR1). But that sucks up valuable artillery life and tin besides present immoderate hold arsenic nan petition ping pongs to nan telephone and back. By integrating nan capacity to process a mini connection exemplary straight via nan AR1+ spot connected smart glasses, you tin expect faster response, amended artillery life, and improved privateness arsenic everything stays connected device. That besides intends you don't request your telephone adjacent to get a consequence from an AI chatbot.

The AR1+ chipset is besides 26 percent smaller than its predecessor, which Qualcomm thinks will thief make smart glasses somewhat little cumbersome to wear. Improvements to powerfulness guidance besides thief make nan spot much efficient, and nan institution has added image processing techniques from smartphones to assistance smart glasses pinch built-in cameras to amended understand nan world around.