Category: Technologies

If you’re buying a new phone, one of the biggest pain points can be ensuring all your data moves over from your old phone. To make this easier, WhatsApp is finally letting you transfer all your chat histories with accompanying media over to a new device without needing a third-party app, as long as your new phone is on the same operating system as the old.

“If you want to move your WhatsApp chats to a new phone, you can now do it more privately without your chats ever leaving your devices,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday on Facebook.

How to move your WhatsApp chat history to a new phone

Here’s how to do it.

1. Make sure your new phone and your old phone are connected to Wi-Fi with location enabled.
2. On your old phone, go to Settings, and then click Chats.
3. Tap Chat transfer, and a QR code will show up.
4. Scan the QR code on your old phone with your new phone.
5. Keep both phones on that screen while the chats and media all transfer over.

Your data will be fully encrypted while being transferred, Meta said. The company’s focus on WhatsApp security has seen it introduce a number of new features over the past few months, including automatically silencing unknown callers and locking away your more intimate chats for extra privacy.

If you’re looking to buy a new phone, you may want to wait until Amazon Prime Day next week to see if they have any phone sales. You can also check out CNET’s guides for the best phones to buy in 2023, or the best iPhone to get right now.

It didn’t have the same pizazz as the VR headset, or as much interest as the anticipated iPhone updates, but there was another announcement at Apple’s WWDC event this year that demonstrated the company’s deepening reach into the wellness market: the Health app coming to the iPad this fall.

Apple has been subtly building up a health-tracking empire for the Apple Watch and iPhone — most recently, it added features aimed at vision and mental health. But for Deidre Caldbeck, director of product marketing for Apple Watch and Health, the Health app’s arrival on a larger screen represents how health information is becoming more user-friendly, and what the company is reaching toward in terms of future health and fitness apps.

“We think this is gonna give you new ways to see your health and fitness data,” Caldbeck told CNET. “And maybe more importantly, open up new opportunities for developers to create health and fitness experiences with iPad apps.”

Since it came out in 2014, the Health app has been a treasure trove of information collected from the iPhone itself, as well as the Apple Watch and third-party apps that can sync to the iPhone app, thanks to HealthKit, Apple’s framework for developers. Metrics like how well you’re sleeping, how steady you walk, your heart rate and more are all available on the little heart icon on your phone.

But you may be wondering what moving the same app to another, bigger device will do. In addition to opening the door further for app developers to create apps specific to the iPad and a larger screen, the iPad Health app reflects a growing interest in wellness, how much space it takes up in our lives and on our screens, and how increasingly eager we are to share our health bulletins with other people.

Here’s what your health information may look like on the iPad, and what a larger screen could mean for app developers.

Bigger display and new app opportunities

The Health app on iPad will have a split-screen view, which means you’ll be able to toggle between your health information and another app or page — something that Caldbeck says may be particularly helpful to people who use the sharing features in the Health app, like caregivers of other adults or patients at doctor’s appointments.

Apple is also hoping that the iPad-only accessories, like the Keyboard and Pencil, will stir some creative ideas in developers on how to create new health and fitness apps through HealthKit. Already, there are “tens of thousands” of apps on the app store that use the HealthKit API, Caldbeck said. But this new format for health information may bring more developers and apps on board, in addition to apps that will be carried over to the iPad.

Read more: Apple Unveils iPadOS 17 at WWDC 2023

Rise, a sleep-tracking app, is one app moving to the iPad — it was given a special callout during WWDC this year. According to Jeff Kahn, Rise’s co-founder and CEO, the beauty of HealthKit in general is that it makes the world of health tracking a little more seamless for consumers who don’t necessarily want to wear a watch or buy an extra device: they just want the health information from their chosen apps.

“They don’t want hardware, so the fact that HealthKit exists allows us to pull in all the data on the background,” Kahn explained. He added that having a more centralized framework benefits developers, and it’s an advantage Apple initially had over the different Android integrations, though it’s “getting better.”

Using the iPad for sleep and mental health

Kahn said that it “makes sense” Apple is moving to the iPad as the next step in its health feature expansion, given the health-tracking mission Apple has been on. But it also blends two growing truths in Kahn’s eyes: People are trying to cut down on phone time before bed to improve their sleep and health, and many people may be using their iPad to watch Netflix or wind down before bed instead of their phone.

“There’s a lot of people that either a) don’t bring their phones in their room or b) maybe they do, but that iPad is that bedside entertainment device,” Kahn said.

Read more: Apple Research App: How to Join an Apple Health Study

The iPad may also be in a better position to deliver other wellness features Apple has announced for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, this year’s iPhone software update and its iPad counterpart, including mood and mental health logging and screen distance, which uses the TrueDepth FaceTime camera to encourage people to move their faces back from the screen.

It’s also possible that a shift toward the iPad-as-approachable-wellness-device may be one way Apple could close the gap it has with other companies that give sleep insight, like Oura, which offers more detailed sleep metrics than the Apple Watch. Apple could maintain its simplified approach to health information while pulling in more detailed tracking features (for people that want them) through its third-party partnerships.

The future of the Health app

In terms of data-sharing notifications, the experience should be similar on iPad as it is on your iPhone, according to Caldbeck.

“After you unlock your iPad and open the Health app for the first time, you will actually be prompted to choose if you want to sync your health data to that device,” she said, adding that everything is still encrypted except medical identification information, and that you’ll receive an alert on your iPhone the first time the Health app syncs.

As Apple continues to ride the wellness wave with new features for Apple Watch and narrow in on specific points within the extremely broad topic that is “health,” we can expect the Health app to keep expanding as well — whether this means a new fitness app for the iPad, an improved way to measure sleep through more app integrations or a completely new metric in Health becoming available, in general.

“The goal has really not changed since 2014,” Caldbeck said. “It’s really to provide you with insights that can hopefully break down barriers between you and your health information.”

Read more: Fitness Trackers Are Getting More Personal, Powerful

While a 65-inch TV might seem enormous to some people, it’s actually considered the “sweet spot” of living room entertainment these days. A 65-inch screen is big enough to turn your main living space into a home theater, but not so big that it completely dominates the room. It helps, too, that most of the best TVs around come in a 65-inch size — it’s one of the most popular and common sizes among sizeable big screens. And that vast selection means you can find a number of models at a reasonable price.

The best of the best right now is the TCL 6-Series Roku TV. It’s the TV I’d recommend first to anyone who wants excellent picture quality and features without spending a ton of money. I’ve tested a lot of other 65-inch TVs, however, and many are also excellent for different budgets and priorities. Here’s my picks for the best 65-inch TV options available now.

Read more: There’s Actually a Better Place to Mount Your TV

Best 65-inch TVs

Other 65-inch TVs we’ve tested

Sony KD-X80K series: Sony is a prominent brand and its higher-end TVs like the X90J do well in reviews, but the entry-level TV in its 2022 lineup, the X80K, didn’t make the list. It costs around the same as the TCL 6-Series and Samsung Q60 TVs, and had a worse picture than both, with lighter black levels and contrast. It’s definitely not a bad TV, and we liked its Google smart TV system, color accuracy and connectivity, but you can definitely do better for the money. Read our Sony KD-X80K series review.

Hisense A6H Series: This entry-level model has better style usual at this price, but in our best budget TVs roundup we preferred the picture quality Vizio V-Series and the TCL 4-Series overall. The A6H comes with Dolby Vision support, Bluetooth connectivity and DTS Virtual:X for simulated surround sound. We found that its Google TV system ran slower than on higher-end TVs like the Sony X80K. Read our budget TVs roundup.

How CNET tests TVs

Our TV reviews follow a rigorous, unbiased evaluation process honed over nearly two decades of TV reviews. Our primary TV test lab has specialized equipment for measuring light and color, including a Konica Minolta CS-2000 spectroradiometer, a Murideo Sig-G 4K HDR signal generator and an AVPro Connect 8×8 4K HDR distribution matrix. We use the Portrait Displays CalMan Ultimate software to evaluate and calibrate every TV we review.

In every CNET TV review, three or more similar TVs are compared side-by-side in various lighting conditions with different content, including movies, TV shows and games, across a variety of test categories, from color to video processing to gaming to HDR. Our reviews also account for design, features, smart TV performance, HDMI input and gaming compatibility and more.

Read more: How We Test TVs

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If you’re still running Windows 10 and are looking to upgrade your current computer to Windows 11 — the latest Windows operating system — you may want to go ahead and spring for the Pro version. Downloading it directly from Microsoft will cost you $200. However, if you’re looking for a bargain you can get it — along with lifetime access to top productivity apps via Microsoft Office Pro 2021 — for just $50 at StackSocial for a limited time with a bundle that saves you 88%. There’s no expiry listed for this offer, so we recommend making your purchase sooner rather than later.

Windows 11 Pro offers some additional features that you won’t find on the base version, including Microsoft Remote Desktop, BitLocker device encryption, Windows Sandbox, Hyper-V, Azure Active Directory and much more. You’ll receive an activation key that you can use on up to three devices. Not all computers are compatible, so if you’re considering upgrading, be sure to check out the system requirements before you purchase.

Your purchase comes with a lifetime license to Office Professional 2021 as well, which includes popular programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote and more. With a single one-time payment, you’ll retain lifetime access on the installed PC, which will save you a ton over the recurring charges you’ll accrue via a Microsoft 365 subscription and offers you more than the free online version of Microsoft Office. However, it’s worth noting that you’ll be limited to installing Office on just one computer and the “lifetime” part of the license refers to the lifetime of the machine you install it on.

If you don’t need the Office apps in this bundle, you can currently make the most of a Windows 11 Pro deal offering just the operating system upgrade for $30.

Have you ever wanted to watch a video on a streaming service, like Netflix or Hulu, but discovered the video isn’t available in your country? This is called geo-blocking and while it can be annoying, there’s a way around it.

Streaming services aren’t the only places you might run into geo-blocked content. A few examples of geo-blocking include online stores restricting sales to certain regions and state governments blocking access to services like WhatsApp or Twitter.

Here’s how geo-blocking works and what you can do to get around these restrictions.

What is geo-blocking?

“Geoblocking restricts access to online content based on the user’s geographical location,” said Peter Yu, the director of Texas A&M University’s Center for Law and Property.

You can think of geo-blocking in terms of school districts. If you live within a certain community you can send your child to particular schools and have access to that district’s resources. When online content is geo-blocked, you can access content specific to your “school district” but not others.

How does geo-blocking work?

Your public IP (internet protocol) address makes geo-blocking possible. An IP address is a unique numerical label attached to a device on the internet or a local network. This address makes it possible to send and receive information online — without it, you wouldn’t be able to read this article right now.

Your IP address also holds information about your geographic location because it’s determined by your router, not the device you’re using to browse the internet. For example, if you connect your phone to your home network, you will have a different IP address than if you connect your phone to your work network.

The location information in your IP address can help ensure that if you travel somewhere you can access, or are blocked from, area specific content.

How can I bypass geo-blocking?

A VPN, like ExpressVPN, SurfShark and NordVPN, can allow you to bypass geo-blocking wherever you are. VPNs can disguise your IP address to make it look like it’s coming from another country or region.

Read more: Best VPN Service of 2023

A VPN redirects your traffic through a server in another region, and your IP address will reflect that server’s location. That also means that you have to choose a VPN server from another region in order to get around geo-blocking.

So if you want to watch a US Netflix show while traveling abroad, you can use a VPN to connect to a US server.

While you might be tempted to use a free VPN, we strongly advise against that. Many free VPNs compromise on performance and usability and limit the amount of data you can use. Some free VPNs are even loaded with malware and sell your personal data.

A 2018 Top10VPN investigation into free VPN apps found that about 86% of free VPN apps for Android and iOS have unsatisfactory privacy policies. The investigation also found that some free VPN apps lack transparency while others explicitly share user data with Chinese authorities.

When choosing a VPN, you should look for critical privacy features, like DNS leak protection, obfuscated servers and a kill switch.

Read more: How to Pick the Right VPN for You

Will I get in trouble for accessing geo-blocked content?

Using a VPN to access geo-blocked content isn’t illegal — unless using a VPN is illegal in your country — but it could lead to other ramifications.

Using a VPN to access geo-blocked content could violate a streaming service’s user agreement, and your account could be terminated or suspended. You could also face legal trouble if you use a VPN to access content that is illegal in your region.

We advise reading through terms of service before using a VPN with any app, game or other service. Also, remember that illegal activity is still illegal, even if you’re masking your location with a VPN.

What I’m wearing looks like sunglasses, but they’re actually projecting a monitor in front of me. I’ve been living with Xreal’s Air AR glasses, which can connect to various devices through USB-C, or with some additional accessories, any HDMI device for an on-the-go style monitor experience.

In a world of VR headsets and more advanced mixed reality headsets like Apple’s Vision Pro, there are also a number of smaller glasses that can both project virtual augmented reality effects onto the real world or double as portable and somewhat useful display glasses. (TCL has developed a few versions of its own display glasses over the past few years too.)

You could use one of these devices with game consoles, phones and even computers. Here are some of the best and worst ways to use these glasses, so you can determine if they can take your gaming or productivity to the next level, and know about the limitations.

Product Specs

The Xreal Air glasses look very similar to a pair of sunglasses. They weigh 80 grams and feature two 1080p OLED panels, one for each eye. All the computing is done in a wide-brimmed part embedded at the top of the glasses. The image is projected down toward an angled lens before being bounced forward onto the front lenses. They aren’t actually filling all of the lens with your image but just what’s inside this section of it. That display, however, looks sharp and crisp, and text is easily visible. It looks like the display floats a few feet away from you in the space you’re in.

The glasses’ arms have three degrees of movement to help them sit more comfortably on your head. Unfortunately, you can’t adjust the length of the arms, and there’s no way to bend them into a slightly different curve. On my head, the arms actually pinched inward a little too much and didn’t sit on my head as comfortably as I’d have liked.

Each arm has a built-in speaker placed just in front of your ear. The right arm also has a power button, and two buttons to adjust how transparent the image appears. A proximity sensor placed above the nose pads detects when someone is wearing the glasses so that they’ll turn on and off when needed. One of the main downsides is that the glasses don’t have a built in battery, so you will always need to use them tethered with a connecting cable to whatever device you’re displaying through. This keeps the glasses small but not wireless.

The Airs do come with an angled USB-C cable to help wrap the cord behind your ear and down below to whatever you’re plugging into. The glasses also come with a carrying case, including room for that cable, a cleaning cloth, and a shaded plastic cover that protects the lenses and helps you see the displays better in bright light, blocking the transparency in case you need that for better immersion. Otherwise, if you’re in a bright room, the image can get washed out and difficult to see, even at the highest brightness level.

The Xreal Air glasses and these accessories cost $379, which at least isn’t terribly expensive.

Steam Deck

Hands down, my best gaming experience with the Xreal Air glasses was playing with a Steam Deck. Simply plug the glasses’ USB-C cable into the Deck, and the display moves over.

From there, you can keep the Steam Deck in your lap or connect a separate controller and move the Deck off to the side. Laying flat on the couch or in bed, staring up at the ceiling with the display projected in front of me, was really awesome. In fact, the Air’s 1080p display is actually better than the Deck’s native 800p screen. If you’re taking this on the go (like in an airplane for example), and you don’t want people hearing the audio coming out of the glasses’ speakers, you can connect your own headphones to the Deck and be fully immersed.

Xbox/Playstation

In order to connect any device that uses HDMI out, you need Xreal’s separately sold HDMI adapter. This little device costs $59, and it also needs to be charged. The adapter has USB-C in on one end and HDMI in on the other. This lets you plug the glasses into it while plugging your game console into the other with an HDMI cable. With this, you can easily set your console up on a desk or maybe your night stand and enjoy some gaming outside of the living room, like laying down in bed. It’s also a really nice way to take your console with you on the go and, as long as you have a single outlet to power the device, use it much more portably. If you’re like me and you often bring game consoles with you when traveling, maybe you move around often for work and spend a lot of time in hotel rooms, or you’re just someone who doesn’t want to transport around a monitor for your gaming, these glasses can really come in handy.

This setup will work the same with pretty much any device that connects to a monitor via HDMI, but let’s talk about using the Nintendo Switch when it isn’t docked.

Switch Play: Not as easy

Unfortunately, using these glasses with a Nintendo Switch isn’t as seamless as it is with the Steam Deck. The Switch doesn’t support video out through its USB-C port: it needs a dock in order to send the video to a display. There are plenty of third-party docks out there that are smaller and more portable than the dock that comes with your Switch, but then when docked, the Switch still needs to use a power adapter. At that point, the portability advantage that the Switch has pretty much vanished. Simple answer: gaming glasses won’t work with your Switch the way you expect they might.

Phones/iPhone

Of course, you can use these glasses for more than just gaming. If your phone or tablet supports USB-C, then you can plug it into the bottom and have the display floating in front of you. This is great if you’re traveling and want to watch a movie or some media on a monitor larger than your phone’s screen.

It works with an iPhone too, but you’re going to need some adapters: Apple’s Lightning to Digital AV Adapter, which lets you connect your iPhone to an HDMI cable, plus Xreal’s HDMI adapter. That’s a lot of dongles, but it works.

Computers

The Xreal Air glasses can also be used as an external monitor for a computer or laptop. Just like the Steam Deck, you can plug the glasses right into a USB-C port and the computer will detect them like a second screen. With the 1080p displays, text is sharp enough to read, so I’m happy to report you could actually get some work done with these.

These Air glasses feel like a good first step into where I’d like to see this tech go. Being able to project my games and media up onto a larger screen in front of me is very cool: I absolutely loved lying in bed, controller in my lap, playing games up on my ceiling. However, the number of caveats every scenario I set up required made it more of a hassle than I’d like, especially at the glasses’ high price. I wish I could just plug this right into a Switch, and there are too many cables: using it with my phone requires this little brick of cables to hang off my head. The future of display glasses needs to be wireless and far better interconnected.

This is one of the best times of the year for bargain hunters. Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner, with plenty of early bargains that you can already shop right now. And Amazon isn’t the only one offering savings. Plenty of other retailers are offering sales and deals of their own, including the Amazon subsidiary Woot. The online retailer is currently offering some solid bargains on a small selection of LG earbuds, speakers and refurbished TVs, with some items discounted by as much as 56%. These deals are only available through July 7, and there’s a good chance they could sell out before then, so we’d recommend getting your order in sooner rather than later.

If you don’t mind a refurbished model, this sale is a great chance to save some serious cash on an LG C2 Series TV, which we named the best high-end TV for 2023. It features a dazzling 4K OLED display with self-lit pixels for stunning contrast, and is equipped with an a9 Gen5 AI processor that automatically improves the look and sound of all your content. Right now you can snag a refurb 55-, 65- or 77-inch model from $850, saving you up to $800 compared to the usual price. Just note that it doesn’t include the stand, so you’ll need to get that separately or mount the TV to a wall.

There’s more than just refurb TVs on sale, too. If you need a new portable speaker so you can take some tunes on your summer adventures, you can snag this LG XBoom Go for just $50, which is $50 off the usual price. It’s equipped with Meridian audio tech and features 20 watts of power, as well as built-in LED lights that sync with your music, 18-hour battery life and an IPX5 water-resistance rating.

Or, if you’re in the market for a new pair of true-wireless earbuds, you can grab a pair of these LG Tone Free T60Q buds for $80, which saves you $100 compared to the usual price. They feature Hi-Fi audio, hybrid active noise cancellation and three built-in microphones for clear audio on voice calls. They also boast an IPX4 water-resistance rating so they’re protected against sweat and splashing, and the charging case has a built-in UV-C light to kill bacteria.

Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina will be out to defend their titles on the hallowed grass courts of the All England Club, as the world’s best players get set for two weeks of top-tier tennis at Wimbledon 2023.

The third grand slam tournament of the year could see a changing of the guard, with bright young stars such as 20-year-old World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and Italy’s Jannik Sinner hoping to unseat Djokovic in the men’s tournament.

Poland’s Iga Świątek and Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka are, meanwhile, both strongly backed to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish — the women’s tournament trophy — for the first time.

Below, we’ll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch Wimbledon live wherever you are in the world.

Wimbledon 2023: Where and when is it?

Wimbledon 2023 takes place between Monday, July 3, and Sunday, July 16, at the iconic All England Club in south-west London. Play usually begins at 11 a.m. BST local time each morning (6 a.m. ET, 3 a.m. PT in the US and Canada, and 8 p.m. AEST in Australia), continuing through the afternoon and sometimes well into the evenings.

A full schedule for this year’s event can be found further down.

How to watch Wimbledon 2023 online from anywhere using a VPN

If you find yourself unable to view Wimbledon locally, you may need a different way to watch the world’s greatest grass-court tennis players — that’s where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it’s also a great idea if you’re traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.

With a VPN, you’re able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. Most VPNs, like our Editors’ Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this.

Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Australia, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you’re streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.

Looking for other options? Be sure to check out some of the other great VPN deals taking place right now.

Livestream Wimbledon 2023 in the US

Linear TV coverage of Wimbledon this year will be split across ESPN (which, crucially, is showing both the men’s and women’s finals), ESPN 2 and ESPN 3/ABC. However, for tennis fans in the US, the best way to watch the tournament will be via ESPN Plus, with the streaming service providing the most comprehensive coverage across the two weeks of the tournament.

Most live TV streaming services offer a free trial or discounts during the first month and allow you to cancel anytime. All require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide.

Livestream Wimbledon 2023 in the UK for free

Tennis fans in the UK will be delighted to hear that the BBC is once again showing the entire tournament across free-to-air channels BBC One, BBC Two and the Red Button.

That also means you can livestream all the action from the green sward of SW19 on BBC iPlayer.

Stream Wimbledon 2023 in Australia for free

Tennis fans Down Under can watch comprehensive live coverage of Wimbledon on free-to-air channel 9Gem. That also means you’ll be able to watch the action online via the network’s streaming service 9Now.

For dedicated tennis fans, pay-TV service Stan Sport is livestreaming every match on every court, ad-free.

Stream Wimbledon 2023 in Canada

Comprehensive live coverage of Wimbledon 2023 will be available in Canada via TSN. Cord cutters can watch via the network’s streaming service TSN Plus.

Wimbledon 2023: Men’s and women’s singles full schedule

• Monday, July 3: 1st round
• Tuesday, July 4: 1st round
• Wednesday, July 5: 2nd round
• Thursday, July 6: 2nd round
• Friday, July 7: 3rd round
• Saturday, July 8: 3rd round
• Sunday, July 9: 4th round
• Monday, July 10: 4th round
• Tuesday, July 11: Quarterfinals
• Wednesday, July 12: Quarterfinals
• Thursday, July 13: Women’s semifinals
• Friday, July 14: Men’s semifinals
• Saturday, July 15: Women’s final
• Sunday, July 16: Men’s final

Quick tips for streaming Wimbledon 2023 using a VPN

• With four variables at play — your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN — your experience and success when streaming the tennis action live may vary.
• If you don’t see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the “search for city or country” option.
• If you’re having trouble getting the game after you’ve turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs — like Roku — don’t have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you’ll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you’re using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
• All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network’s sports app, you’ll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location.
• And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you’re using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend Brave.

What’s the best Fire TV Stick?

The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is far and away the best Fire TV Stick that Amazon makes. It launches apps quickly, and navigating around feels fast and smooth, thanks to its robust processor. It also comes with Dolby Vision support and Wi-Fi 6 for faster streaming.

Amazon has pushed aggressively into the streaming market, producing an array of Fire TV-branded streaming devices. We’ve tested and reviewed them all — as well as others from Roku, Google, Apple and more — and found that we tend to like Roku products best for their easy use and their platform-agnostic approach. Roku’s menus don’t favor one streaming service (like, for example, Prime Video) over others. That said, Amazon’s Fire TV devices are highly capable too, especially if you want Alexa voice integration.

Amazon’s range is robust and runs the gamut from the basic Fire TV Stick Lite to the midrange Fire TV Stick 4K Max to the top-tier Fire TV Cube, as well as a bunch of models in between. If that sounds confusing, don’t worry. Our guide to the best Fire TV streaming device will help you pick out the right model for you.

Read more: Best 4K TV for 2023

Best Fire TV Sticks of 2023

How we test Fire TV devices

Every Fire TV Stick we review receives hours of hands-on testing. Typically, this involves installing the device on multiple TVs, evaluating the setup process, adding popular streaming channels and using the product as if it were our own. We use all of the major features available and note how they stack up against other Fire TV models in the company’s lineup. To do this, we hook up multiple Fire TV streaming devices to the same TV so we can switch back and forth easily to compare the experiences.

The metrics we use to rate a device include hardware design, distinctive features that differentiate models, remote capabilities and design, overall ease of use, effective layouts and design, search capabilities, privacy settings, the number of apps and their performance and the overall speed and reliability of the system.

The USA take on Trinidad and Tobago in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday, knowing that a win or draw will be enough for them to advance to the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup.

The USMNT come into this clash on a high after their 6-0 hammering of Saint Kitts and Nevis on Thursday — a match that saw FC Dallas forward Jesús Ferreira claim a hat-trick.

Sunday’s fixture is likely to be a much tougher proposition for the hosts, however, as they face the side that famously beat the USA on home soil in 2017 to prevent them from reaching the 2018 World Cup finals.

Trinidad and Tobago have never ventured further than the group stages of this tournament, but a shock win here would put them through to the quarter-finals for the first time.

Below, we’ll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game live wherever you are in the world.

USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago: When and where?

The USA take on Jamaica at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sunday, July 2. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET local time, 4 p.m. PT (12 a.m. BST in the UK and 11 a.m. AEST on Monday, July 3 in Australia).

How to watch the USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago game online from anywhere using a VPN

If you find yourself unable to view the game locally, you may need a different way to watch — that’s where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it’s also a great idea if you’re traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.

With a VPN, you’re able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. Most VPNs, like our Editors’ Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this.

Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you’re streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.

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Livestream the USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago game in the US

Saturday’s game is on Fox. If you don’t have the channel as part of your cable lineup, it can be streamed via Sling TV, as well as other more expensive streaming TV services.

Livestream the USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago match in the UK

Broadcast rights in the UK for this game are with Viaplay, with kick-off set for 12 a.m. BST in the early hours of Monday morning.

Livestream the USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago match in the Canada

If you want to stream this Gold Cup clash live in Canada, you’ll need to subscribe to FuboTV Canada.

Can I livestream the USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago game in Australia?

There is currently no confirmed broadcaster for this key Gold Cup match Down Under.

The only alternative is to use one of our best VPN services as described above, set your location to a country on this page that is broadcasting and go from there. Just be aware that most paid streaming services will require a credit card based in the country the service is from.

Quick tips for streaming CONCACAF Gold Cup 2023 using a VPN

• With four variables at play — your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN — your experience and success when streaming Gold Cup matches may vary.
• If you don’t see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the “search for city or country” option.
• If you’re having trouble getting the game after you’ve turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs — like Roku — don’t have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you’ll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you’re using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
• All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network’s sports app, you’ll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location.
• And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you’re using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend Brave.