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From chocolate phones to handheld batteries that throw a phone into them, this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is serving as a showcase for how unique phones are still possible — even after years of touchscreen slabs running iOS and Android.

And this year it’s not just phone-inspired creations. Robot dogs and electric cars are also making the show floor their home this week, combining for an eclectic mix of technology to check out.

Here are the most attention-grabbing sights that we’ve seen so far at this year’s Mobile World Congress.

Motorola’s chocolate Razr

Sometimes, when attending a press event, tech companies putting on demos will provide various refreshments. Motorola decided to re-create its Razr phone in chocolate as its own snack for visiting journalists.

This edible edition of the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra — otherwise known as the Razr Plus in the US — shows off the “phone” in mid-fold with a display coated in the Peach Fuzz shade that debuted late last year.

The phone’s specs are otherwise just chocolate (aka cocoa butter and sugar instead of Snapdragon chipsets and lithium-ion batteries). And if you try to text on it, the bar might start to melt.

Energizer battery puts a phone inside

We’ve seen lots of phones advertise big battery life. But we don’t usually see a battery that advertises how it can be a big phone. But at Mobile World Congress, the company Avenir has developed an Energizer branded device that theoretically keeps going and going with a 28,000mAh battery. For comparison, a 5,000mAh battery is considered a large for a phone.

The Energizer Hard Case P28K’s battery comes with a 6.78-inch display, a 60-megapixel main camera, IP69-rating for water and dust resistance and a three-year warranty.

Unlike a lot of the concepts we’re seeing at MWC, Avenir reportedly does plan to sell this battery-with-a-phone. It’s said to go on sale this October for $300.

Motorola and Samsung’s wearable phones

Both Motorola and Samsung brought out phones that you could strap right onto your wrist like a watch. The Samsung Cling Band concept and Motorola’s similar concept device both can be used as a standard candybar phone — but that’s not what’s fun about them.

Both devices have screens that can bend backward, and it does so far enough that you can them curve it around your wrist. While neither company is announcing plans to develop these concepts into future products, it does signal a possible future for a smartwatch that could also literally be your phone.

Honor Magic 6 Pro lets you ‘tap’ with your eyes

The Honor Magic 6 Pro is offering a different way to control your phone. It uses artificial intelligence to track your eye movements, allowing you to open and interact with apps without needing to tap your screen.

We’ve seen phones sense eyes in the past, but mainly in limited uses like assisting with screen unlock or to play and pause media. While we haven’t yet tested the eye tracking itself, a demo video showing it off reminds me of using the since-retired Xbox Kinect camera. You use your eyes to focus on areas of the display, and after a few seconds the option gets selected.

While whether eye tracking becomes a practical way to use a phone isn’t yet known, after years of scrolling and swiping it’s nice to see new ways to control our mobile devices.

Barbie as a minimalistic phone

HMD has previously reinvented Nokia-branded basic phones with MWC debuts, but in 2024 the company plans to do the same with Barbie. The company announced that a Barbie-branded minimalistic flip phone is in the works, debuting sometime in 2024.

Having a Barbie phone itself — specifically as a minimalistic device — raises some interesting questions about what it could be like once we do learn more about it. Will it try to re-create the early 2000s flip phone aesthetic while providing access to essential communication apps like WhatsApp? Or will it dive into an even more simpler experience enriched by the Barbie brand while having more in common with an e-Ink device like the Light Phone 2.

What we do know for now is that Barbie can be anything, and HMD Chief Marketing Officer Lars Silberbauer said, “It’s for any kind of fan of Barbie.” We’ll find out more as the year continues, with the Barbie Flip Phone expected to debut in July.

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One of our favorite projectors of the past year has been the BenQ HT2060. It offers excellent performance for the money, but on the downside it’s not as bright as some projectors, and it’s “only” 1080p. Enter the BenQ TK860i, which seems to be the result of someone asking “Yes, but what if more?”

The specs list certainly reads like a beefed-up version of the HT2060. It sports 3,300 claimed lumens, a nearly 50% increase from the HT2060, as well as 4K resolution. Like the HT2060, and unlike many similar projectors, the product does include a lens shift (though not a lot). The projector also has built-in streaming, which in this case is a bundled Android TV dongle.

Not surprisingly, it’s also more expensive. List price is 80% more expensive than the HT2060, at $1,800. After testing and comparing, the TK860i definitely offers enhanced detail over the HT2060, and is a great-looking projector. It’s not “80%” better, but if the extra money doesn’t hurt your wallet, this is a worthy step up.

Starting with specs

• Resolution: 3,840×2,160 pixels
• HDR-compatible: Yes
• 4K-compatible: Yes
• 3D-compatible: Yes
• Lumens spec: 3,300
• Zoom: 1.3x
• Lens shift: +10% (vertical)
• Lamp life (Normal mode): 4,000 hrs

The TK860i is a 4K, HDR-compatible projector. While no projector can fully take advantage of HDR or wide color gamut, it doesn’t have any notable issues playing back HDR content. BenQ claims a brightness of 3,300 lumens. I measured an impressive 1,942 in Bright mode, and 918 in the more accurate Cinema mode. (To put that in perspective, the brightest projector we’ve ever tested put out only slightly more lumens, at 2,098.) The contrast ratio was approximately 551:1, which is a little below average for DLP projectors, but better than LCD projectors in this price range.

While the amount of lens shift is small, only +10% vertically, that’s still more than most cheaper DLP projectors have. That, paired with a 1.3x zoom, should let the TK860i fit fairly easily in most rooms. I would have hoped for a bit more zoom and shift for the price, but that’s a big ask for this technology in this price range. If you need to mount or place the projector especially close to or far from the screen, this isn’t the projector for you.

The TK860i uses a traditional lamp, no LEDs or lasers here. In its Normal lamp mode, it’s rated to last 4,000 hours. At 4 hours of use a night, that’s about 2.5 years before you need a new $149 lamp. The ECO mode drops the brightness by about 35%, but increases lamp life to 10,000 hours. The SmartEco mode changes the lamp’s brightness depending on the brightness of the video, dimming for darker scenes, and extends lamp life to 15,000 hours, or approximately 10 years.

Inputs and dongles and ports, oh my

• HDMI inputs: 3 (1 with eARC)
• USB port: 3, +1 for service
• Audio output: Analog (3.5mm), Optical
• Internet (dongle): 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2.4GHz/5GHz
• Remotes: Backlit (1), not backlit (1)

Like many new projectors, the TK860i comes with a dongle for streaming, in this case one that uses Android TV. The dongle does not come preinstalled. Worse, you need a screwdriver to open the case to install it. That’s not a huge deal, but it’s definitely annoying. Also similar to other projectors that include dongles, there are two remotes. One is just for the projector, the other controls the streaming stick. Oddly, only the projector remote is backlit.

On the back of the projector there are a lot of inputs. I understand the need for manufacturers to include more features to justify higher prices, but I’m at a loss when someone would need three HDMI inputs on a projector. If you have that many sources you should be using a receiver or separate HDMI switcher. Don’t run three (long) HDMI cables to a projector. There are analog and digital audio outputs and both RS-232 and a 12v trigger for control. Two of the USB connections are on the back, one is inside to power the dongle.

Picture quality comparisons

I compared the TK860i to two of our favorite projectors, BenQ’s own HT2060, and the Epson HC2350. The HT2060 is much cheaper; it’s less than $1,000. I was curious to see what the extra money compared to the HT2060 would get you. Is the HT2060 great, or great for the money? The HC2350 is closer in price to the TK860i, $1,300 as of this writing, and closer to the BenQ’s claimed brightness (2,800 vs. 3,300). It’s also 4K. However, it’s LCD — and an extra $500 isn’t nothing. For some reason, the Epson doesn’t play well with others when connected to a distribution amplifier (DA), so it got its own source, while the BenQs shared a signal via the DA. I swapped source material so as not to bias the results, and viewed them all side-by-side on a 102-inch 1.0-gain screen.

Not surprisingly, there was no loser here. These are three great projectors. They each have their strengths, while the TK860i had the fewest weaknesses overall.

Color-wise, the TK860i is a little less accurate than both the HT2060 and HC2350. Those two are standouts in terms of the field, though. The colors don’t look wrong, even in the less accurate Bright mode, but both the Epson and the HT2060 just look a little more realistic. Grass is a little too green, for instance, on the TK860i. It’s better in the dimmer Cinema mode, but even still, the other two just look a little better in this regard. I wouldn’t call this a weakness per se, as the color isn’t bad, but it’s definitely the weakest aspect of the TK860i’s overall performance.

In terms of brightness, the Epson and TK860i were very close. I measured roughly 100 lumens less from the BenQ, but watching actual video the difference was negligible. Meanwhile, the HT2060 was noticeably behind here, not surprising given its 30% lower lumen claims, though in my testing I measured about 50% less. Still plenty for a 100-inch image, but the others pop a lot more.

When it comes to contrast ratio, one of the most important aspects of performance, the TK860i lands mid-pack. The HT2060’s contrast ratio is roughly 2.5x the TK860i’s, an average of 1,380:1 to the TK860i’s 551:1 (for more about how we measure this, check out How We Test Projectors). The TK860i’s impressive brightness does offset this somewhat, so side-by-side, the difference is less noticeable than you might think. However, the HT2060’s blacks are much deeper. Letterbox bars on 2.35:1 movies, for instance, are far less noticeable on the HT2060. There is more apparent depth to the HT2060’s image, but the TK860i doesn’t seem washed out. The Epson comes in a distant third, at 348:1. Its letterbox bars are gray and quite noticeable. Its image does appear more washed out than the other two. While the measured difference between it and the TK860i doesn’t seem huge, it’s quite noticeable in person.

Detail is an outright win for the TK860i. Not too surprising compared to the HT2060, which is 1080p. Side-by-side this is most noticeable in things like face wrinkles, textures in fabrics, and so on. The HT2060 doesn’t look soft, but definitely soft-er. The Epson is closer to the TK860i, but still a little softer. Neither projector has 3,840×2,160 pixels on their imaging chips, but the BenQ’s DLP pixel shifting looks a little sharper. A lot has been written about 4K vs. HD, but in practice it’s not as important as it seems. Yes the extra detail is nice, but this aspect is last in importance because if the TK860i didn’t do the rest right, the extra detail wouldn’t matter.

So where does the TK860i falter? Well, not in its performance, which is great. It’s the price.

Conclusion

The TK860i is a fantastic projector. It’s bright, has a decent contrast ratio, and sharp detail. Its color reproduction isn’t amazing, but it’s at least average for bright projectors. The question is the price. We’ve long held that $1,000 is the sweet spot for home theater projectors, offering the best combination of performance and price. Sure, you can spend more, but there’s diminishing returns as you spend more. As good as the TK860i is, it maintains that theory. Is it a better performer than the HT2060? Yes. It is a step up in detail, with a slight hit on contrast ratio that’s at least partially offset by the far greater brightness. Is it better than the HC2350? Also yes, but the resolution is closer, as is the brightness. The TK860i’s contrast ratio is much better, though. If you were considering the Epson at that price, the step up to the TK860i is even easier.

If you were to draw a line between the HT2060 at $1,000 and Epson’s LS11000 at $4,000, there isn’t linear performance improvement to go with the increase in price. The LS11000 isn’t four times better. The TK860i isn’t 80% better than the HT2060, nor is it 45% of the performance of the LS11000. Which is to say, if you’re willing to pay for incremental improvements, there are definitely improvements. If you want (or need) to save money, you don’t need to spend more.

As of this writing, the TK860i is $1,600, which makes this math a little easier. If that’s not a lot of money for you, the choice is easy: the TK860i creates a beautiful image. If that extra $600, or $800 at its MSRP, is a lot, the cheaper HT2060 is a fantastic projector.

Now that carriers have built out their 5G networks, phones are getting new hardware to better harness them for faster and more reliable speeds. At MWC 2024 in Barcelona, Qualcomm debuted its Snapdragon X80 5G modem, which enables phones to better utilize the signal bandwidth in a carrier’s network, build out satellite connectivity and improve 5G home internet.

The modem is the latest version of the silicon Qualcomm releases every year for premium phones. Last year’s Snapdragon X75 5G modem is found the Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series, for example. The X80 5G sets the course for how the top-end Android phones coming out later this year connect to mobile networks and even satellites.

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The X80 5G is the latest in Qualcomm’s line of premium mobile modems, building on the Snapdragon X75 5G introduced at MWC 2023 that could connect to satellites through the formerly proposed Snapdragon Satellite proprietary service (which Qualcomm seemingly put on hold at the end of 2023). Instead, the new X805G supports a general NB-NTN standard of satellite connectivity that should be open to more satellite solutions.

The X80 5G also expands its use of artificial intelligence through its dedicated AI processor, which Qualcomm says improves data speeds, latency and managing multiple antennas (the modem supports up to six antennas on smartphones), as well as efficiently switching between wireless spectrum and managing power drain.

The AI advancements also help when the X80 5G modem is used in other devices; when used in fixed wireless access solutions (aka 5G home internet), the modem uses AI to extend the range of millimeter wave signal.

Qualcomm expects devices using the Snapdragon X80 to start launching in the second half of 2024 but didn’t specify which phone makers or companies would use the modem in their products.

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Inspired by James Clavell’s iconic 1975 novel, Shōgun is FX’s new limited series that explores the beauty, violence and political backstabbing of feudal Japan. Much like the book, the series takes inspiration from history and explores the unlikely relationship that grows between a British navigator and one of Japan’s five warlords as the country heads toward civil war.

Co-created by husband-and-wife duo Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, the highly anticipated show features Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai, and marks the second adaptation of Clavell’s book. In 1980, a hugely popular miniseries that starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune took the TV world by storm and gave NBC record-breaking ratings. It was nominated for 14 Emmys and won three for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actor. Will FX’s Shōgun hold up by comparison?

Here is everything we know about the upcoming series, including where to stream it and the release date.

Shōgun release date and time on Hulu

The show will premiere its first two episodes on FX and Hulu on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at midnight, with each new episode airing weekly until the finale on April 23. You can also watch the premiere live on FX’s cable network at 10 p.m. ET on Feb. 27. Each episode will be roughly an hour in length. Below are the episode titles, for reference:

1. Anjin
2. Servants of Two Masters
3. Tomorrow is Tomorrow
4. The Eightfold Fence
5. Broken to the Fist
6. Ladies of the Willow World
7. A Stick of Time
8. The Abyss of Life
9. Crimson Sky
10. A Dream of a Dream

What is Shōgun about?

Shōgun takes place in the year 1600 after the death of the taiko, Japan’s supreme ruler, which causes a power struggle within the Council of Regents.With the arrival of British navigator John Blackthorne (Jarvis) on the shores of feudal Japan, the country’s tumultuous political landscape is disrupted as war becomes imminent.

Blackthorne is seen as a threat by everyone but Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Sanada), a samurai who’s hesitant to pursue the title of shōgun. He sees this newcomer as a potential asset, considering his knowledge of the world outside of Japan and experience with naval warfare.

An outsider in a mythical land, Blackthorne is thrown into the deep end of pre-Edo Japan’s culture and politics. It’s a lot for Blackthorne to process. Jarvis explained during the show’s presentation at the 2024 Television Critics Association winter press tour that he had some homework to do. “I learned at the same pace that Blackthorne learned things,” he explained. “I sort of tried to familiarize myself with the basic geopolitics of 1600, the Catholics and Protestants, Queen Elizabeth and stuff.”

The relationship between Blackthorne and Toranaga — which is based on the real one between warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu and British pilot William Adams — disrupts the natural order of things and sets in motion events that may eventually lead (historically speaking) to a peaceful period for Japan.

Fans will see a mostly Japanese cast in FX’s Shōgun

Jarvis is one of the only non-Asian characters seen in the FX series, a detail that completely sets it apart from the original miniseries. Joining him and Sanada in the cast are an impressive roster of Japanese talent, including Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko, Takehiro Hira as Ishido Kazunari, Toshi Toda as Sugiyami, Fumi Nikaido as Ochiba No Kata, Yasunari Takeshima as Mura, Hiro Kanagawa as Igurashi, Tadanobu Asano as Kashigi Yabu, Ako as Daiyoin, and Yuuki Kouri as Kiku, among many more.

How will this adaptation of Shōgun differ from the 1980 miniseries?

Shōgun is already drawing comparisons to Game of Thrones. With political in-fighting, gruesome battles, jaw-dropping violence and epic world-building, the two programs have a lot in common. But unlike HBO’s fantasy juggernaut, FX’s Shōgun is based on historical events. And authenticity was at the forefront of everyone’s minds during the production process.

The majority of the series is spoken in Japanese, with subtitles for viewers at home to follow along. Justin Marks explained to the Television Critics Association crowd why such a simple detail expanded the scope of the series.

“One of the things, in looking to the book, that we felt was a really under-appreciated aspect of James Clavell’s work was that actually it did an incredible job of telling a story from a variety of points of view,” Marks said, “And using now, I think, a different audience standard that we can do this show in the language of the country where it is set, that we can have this in Japanese and that we can be subtitling it, and using subtitles not as a device to hold us further apart from another culture in another language, and the people who speak it, but to bring us closer to their inner thoughts, and who they are, and what they feel, meant that we could tell a story that was a lot more layered maybe than anything that could have been done before.”

Culturally speaking, there was a proverbial elephant in the room that haunted Marks throughout the whole process of bringing the show to life. “How do we reflect this experience authentically in a way that feels like it is speaking with something new to say?” he said. “How do we get closer to not making the mistakes of the past when it comes to earlier depictions that Hollywood has done of stories set in Japan or set in other cultures?”

One of the ways Marks and Kondo bridged the gap was by bringing on as many consultants and experts as they could to put each world-building detail under the microscope. Clavell’s daughter Michaela has an executive producer credit on the series, as does Sanada — which is the first time he’s been entrusted with that type of responsibility.

“I could hire Japanese crew, specialists for the samurai drama — wig, costume, props, everything,” Sanada told the members of the TCA. “For the first time ever, I had a team to make it authentic as much as possible. I was so lucky and happy. Of course, responsibility was heavily on my shoulder. But more than that, I felt fun and happiness to create the authentic drama with a Western crew and Japanese crew together.”

Will there be more Shōgun on the way?

Much like the 1980 miniseries, FX’s Shōgun is a standalone limited series. The 10-episode story covers the entirety of Clavell’s book. There is no plan, currently, to expand the story for a second season.

MWC 2024 is finally here, which means there’s plenty of new mobile tech to get excited about. The long-celebrated mobile trade show kicked off officially today, Feb. 26, in Barcelona, Spain, and we anticipate plenty of new phone launches as well as other new concepts and technology.

The Mobile World Congress is a chance for the communications industry to launch new phones and debut innovative tech, but much of it may not hit the market for some time. We’ve gone through all the hottest devices to find which ones you can get your hands on right now and have gathered them below. All of the products here are available to preorder or purchase directly.We’ll keep updating this list to highlight new itemsas MWC 2024 continues.

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For all of our MWC 2024 coverage, from the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Ring to Lenovo’s transparent display laptops, be sure to check out our MWC 2024 roundup.

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In February, Netflix, a CNET Editors’ Choice Award pick, released two new titles to its growing game library. While Netflix is virtually synonymous with streaming movies and TV shows, like Black Mirror and Stranger Things, your subscription gives you access to mobile games you can play on your iOS or Android device. If you subscribe to Netflix, you can play these games and many more without ads or in-app purchases at no additional charge.

Here are the new titles Netflix added in February.

Rainbow Six: Smol

Developer: Ubisoft

This fast-paced roguelite shooter is based on the popular Tom Clancy franchise, but it has one key difference: Instead of playing as grizzled soldiers, you play as adorable character sprites. Otherwise, you have to defuse bombs, rescue hostages and take down members of a mysterious cult in order to save the world.

Pinball Masters

Developer: Zen Studios

Calling all pinball wizards! This classic arcade game lets you play on themed cabinets, which feature characters like Godzilla, King Kong and the Addams Family. You can try to beat your own score in single-player mode, or you can try to climb the online leaderboards and prove you know how to handle your flippers.

Here’s how you can access games in Netflix’s library

1. Download the Netflix app onto your iPhone, iPad or Android device.
2. Open the Netflix app and sign in to your account.
3. Scroll down your homepage until you see the Mobile Games carousel.
4. Tap into a game to learn more about it.
5. Tap Get Game to download a game you’re interested in.

An additional pop-up from either Apple’s App Store or the Google Play store will open, asking if you want to download the game. After you’ve confirmed that action, the game will start downloading on your device, like other apps.

For more gaming news, here are the latest titles on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Apple Arcade and Crunchyroll Game Vault. You can also check out what other movies, shows and games Netflix plans to release this year.

In a world where smartphone batteries hardly last more than a day, Avenir Telecom conjured up a device with a 28,000 mAh battery, which the company says can last for up to a week. The catch: It’s a brick, clocking in at about three times the thickness of an iPhone 15.

Avenir unveiled the phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, calling it the Energizer Hard Case P28K — it licenses the name from the battery manufacturer. The Hard Case P28K has three rear cameras (60, 20 and 2 megapixels), a 16-megapixel front camera, and can shoot 4K video. It sports an 6.78-inch, 1080p screen and an IP69 rating. It can reportedly be fast charged at up to 33 watts, and comes with a 36-watt charger.

By comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S24, whose battery life we absolutely loved, has a 4,000 mAh battery. Plenty more goes into battery life than just pure amp-hours but promising this thing could last a week is not far-fetched, based purely on the numbers.

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The tradeoff for ridiculous battery life is a relatively more primitive mobile experience, since the Hard Case P28K doesn’t even have 5G. According to The Verge, the processor is a MediaTek MT6789, and the phone runs on Android 14. There’s 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. And at 27.8 millimeters (1.1 inches) thick and 570 grams, it’ll definitely weigh down your pockets (if it even fits).

The device will reportedly go on sale in October, for just under $300. Avenir told Android Authority the phone is geared toward countries without a regular power supply, and isn’t slated for a US release. The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information; our team on the ground in Barcelona is trying to get their hands on it right now.

There have been a host of other unique concepts and products at this year’s MWC, including phones that can wrap around your wrist, a Barbie Flip Phone and the unveiling of the OnePlus Watch 2.

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Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, continues to grow its games library, called Crunchyroll Game Vault, with the addition of two retro-style titles. Subscribers to Crunchyroll’s Mega and Ultimate plans — $10 and $15, respectively — can access these titles now without ads or in-app purchases at no additional cost.

Here are the new games, and what you should know about Crunchyroll Game Vault.

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Hime’s Quest

Developer: Poppy Works

In this title, you control a character named Crunchyroll-Hime in the year 1999 as she tries to save the Anime Club’s DVD/VCR combo player — remember those? If you enjoy classic titles, like Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, you should give this game a try.

Thunder Ray

Developer: Purple Tree Studios

Get ready to step into the ring in this retro arcade boxing game. Throw hooks, jabs and uppercuts against a roster of eclectic opponents as you try to become the greatest fighter in the universe. It’s reminiscent of the classic game Punch-Out, except you fight against aliens and cyborgs.

What to know about Crunchyroll Game Vault

Here’s how to access games on Crunchyroll if you’re a Mega or Ultimate subscriber:

1. Open the Crunchyroll app.
2. Tap Crunchyroll Game Vault on the homepage.
3. Tap the game you want to download and you’ll be taken to the game’s page in either Apple’s App Store or the Google Play Store.

Crunchyroll launched Crunchyroll Game Vault in November as an additional perk for the service’s Mega and Ultimate subscription members. The service offered members five games at launch, like the fighting game River City Girls and puzzle game Inbento, but it plans to continue adding games.

“We will work with developers to bring more games to mobile for the first time and bring new features to existing hits,” Crunchyroll’s executive vice president of emerging business and general manager of Crunchyroll Games, Terry Li, said in an email in January.

Crunchyroll is the latest video streaming service to offer games with a subscription. Notably, Netflix began offering games to its members in 2021. However, all Netflix subscribers can access the service’s games library, while only the top two Cruchyroll subscription plans — Mega and Ultimate, but not Fan — offer access to Crunchyroll Game Vault.

For more gaming news, here are other titles Crunchyroll added to Game Vault and the latest Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Apple Arcade titles.

There are a lot of great tablets out there, but Amazon makes some of the best models on the market — particularly on the cheaper end. If you want an affordable device for browsing the web, controlling your Alexa-powered smart home or keeping a kid entertained, you could do worse than Amazon’s Fire tablets for the money. And right now, you can save on several models if you shop at Woot, with prices discounted as low as $35. The sale is slated to end on March 4, though stock is likely limited, so if you find something you like, be sure to snap it up quickly.

The most budget-friendly option in the sale is the Amazon Fire 7 tablet, an inexpensive and pretty basic tablet. It’s ideal if you just need something to read on, catch up on emails with or control smart home devices via Alexa. This isn’t the latest model, but it has 16GB of storage and 1GB of RAM, and you can pick it up from Woot for just $35 instead of the usual $50. There’s also the kids version, which comes in a rugged case for added durability, and is going for a just $10 more at $45. That’s down from a retail price of $100 and the device includes a year of Amazon Kids Plus content at no extra cost.

Going up a size, you’ll find the Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet, another great affordable option, and with a slightly larger screen, it’s probably the one to aim for if you want to watch video. It has a much more substantial 64GB of storage, 12 hours of battery life and double the RAM at 2GB, giving you a smoother experience. You can pick it up for $60, and while it’s almost double the cost of the Fire 7 tablet, it has a more powerful processor and is probably the better purchase if you can swing it.

If you want something that’s a bit more high-end, then you’ll be happy with the Amazon Fire Max 11 tablet, which is going for $140 rather than the usual $230. This current-gen device has a large 11-inch screen with a 2,000×1,200 resolution, plus 4GB of RAM and the more substantial octa-core MTK8188J processor that will let you get some extra productivity work done. It also has a battery life of up to 14 hours or so, although it still only comes with 64GB of storage, so you’ll very likely want to increase that using a microSD card.

Don’t forget to pick one of these up soon before stock runs out, and if you don’t really see anything you like, check out these other tablet deals as well.