It was announced in 2017 but never made it to customers It was announced in 2017 but never made it to customers is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech ...

The oft-forgotten Essential Home never officially saw the light of day following Essential’s 2020 closure, however, a prototype for the smart device has surfaced on eBay. The Essential Home was a part ...

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The now-defunct Essential only ever released its PH-1 smartphone, a device I personally loved. But before that, the company had promised to release “Essential Home,” a unique smart speaker that ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

Google demoed its Android XR smart glasses prototype at Google I/O 2025. We now learn that this Android XR prototype is called “Google Martha.” Its companion app handles connected features like ...

Back in May 2017, the now-defunct technology company Essential announced its first two products — a smartphone dubbed Essential PH-1 and a smart speaker called Essential Home. But only the former made ...

We may have had an early look at a pair of prototype smart glasses after a mystery set were spotted in a photo beside none other than Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. What’s more, Zuckerberg wasn’t shy ...

An alleged Apple Watch Series 3 prototype appears to sport some type of smart connector system, hinting at the company's past experimentation with smart bands. Images of the prototype were posted to ...