Articles by Hamish Hector, Senior Staff Writer, News

Hamish is a Senior Staff Writer for TechRadar and you’ll see his name appearing on articles across nearly every topic on the site from smart home deals to speaker reviews to graphics card news and everything in between. He uses his broad range of knowledge to help explain the latest gadgets and if they’re a must-buy or a fad fueled by hype. Though his specialty is writing about everything going on in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality.

He’s been writing about tech and gaming for over five years now, getting his start at the University of Warwick’s student newspaper The Boar as a writer and later Games Editor while studying for his BSc in Maths and Physics (and later an MSc in Biotechnology, Bioprocessing, and Business Management). After graduating from university in 2020 he wrote all about battle royale games for Gfinity Esports before joining the TechRadar team in February 2021.

In his free time, you’ll likely find Hamish lost in one of the latest VR games on his Meta Quest 3, watching a West End musical with his fiancee, playing Magic: The Gathering at his local game store, or planning the D&D campaign he runs for his mates.

Want to get in touch? You can contact Hamish via his email.

Articles by: Hamish Hector

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra on a table

I spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, and as impressive as it is, I question whether we needed this update

By Hamish Hector

I’ve spent two weeks with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra — it’s a solid tablet but a questionable S11 Ultra replacement.

Exclusive: Our Radiance preview card for League of Legends TCG Riftbound is Satchel Charge — here’s what it does

By Hamish Hector

Our Riftbound Radiance preview card has an explosive side effect.

Is VR back from the dead? After the terrible year 2026 has been so far the Meta VR Glasses give me hope

By Hamish Hector

Rising like a (Project) Phoenix

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Meta VR Glasses an Amazfit smartwatch and Beats headphones

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from Meta's AI Tamagotchi to Google's answer to the Apple MacBook

By Hamish Hector

We're looking back over the last week to pick out the most important stories published on TechRadar.

The Meta Lisa Glasses, and its cat and dog charms

Meta’s new Lisa-inspired smart glasses come with a random blind box gift and I love them for it

By Hamish Hector

BlackPink star Lisa and Meta have debuted new smart glasses that come with a random blind box.

The Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses lose the cameras, but gain better battery life and Dolby Atmos

By Hamish Hector

The Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses have Dolby Atmos, and no cameras at all

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I’ve worn Meta’s VR Glasses and they’re coming to eat the Apple Vision Pro’s lunch for one big reason — they’re 1/6 the weight

By Hamish Hector

The Meta VR Glasses are incredible: easily the best VR headset Meta has ever made.

Gavin Verhey explains the biggest difficulties of adapting Universes Beyond into Magic: The Gathering — from avoiding five-color soup, to ‘Figuring out what Green means’

By Hamish Hector

The biggest difficulties of adapting Universes Beyond into Magic: The Gathering.

Weeks after building them, I’m still playing with Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon sets — they’re easily the best of 2026

By Hamish Hector

Lego’s Smart Play Pokémon sets are as close to perfect as a build can get.

Apple's CEO, Canon's new camera, and the latest Snap smart glasses.

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from AI apocalypse warnings to our Apple CEO interview

By Hamish Hector

We're looking back over the last week to pick out the most important stories published on TechRadar.

Hackers found Flock cameras can track more than just cars — and Boston officials found camera data was shared despite being told it wouldn’t be

By Hamish Hector

Hackers just extracted a scary amount of data from a downed flock camera, as Boston reveals it won’t use Flock anymore.

I can buy cheap Amazon earbuds with volume controls for far less than Apple's step-up AirPods 5 model — how is it getting away with this?

By Hamish Hector

Apple was slowly winning this hater over in 2026, but its AirPods 5 volume control surcharge is absurd.

Hamish hector drawing a bow in VR while wearing the Meta Quest 3S.

Meta’s leaked VR headset looks to be everything I’ve wanted since it made the Meta Quest Pro

By Hamish Hector

Meta’s Project Phoenix has leaked, and it’s what I dreamed it would be.

RayNeo's iO camera-free smart glasses boast an AI-agnostic version of the Siri Recap feature coming to Apple Watch — and I’m not sure if I love or hate it

By Hamish Hector

RayNeo's iO camera-free smart glasses boast an AI-agnostic version of the Siri Recap feature coming to Apple Watch — and I’m not sure if I love or hate it.

Hamish riding on the Volkswagen e-bike at IFA 2026

I rode Volkswagen's ‘world’s safest e-bike’ at IFA 2026 — I love the glasses and radar, but the helmet looks a bit silly, doesn’t it?

By Hamish Hector

I love Volkswagen's glasses and radar, but the helmet looks a bit silly, doesn’t it?

Link and Epona next to a Beam Ultra soundbar and iPhone 18 Pro.

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from Apple's iPhone Duo debut to Sonos' best compact speaker yet

By Hamish Hector

We're looking back over the last week to pick out the most important stories published on TechRadar.

The iPhone 17 Pro next to the iPhone 18 Pro

iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone 17 Pro: 5 key differences between Apple's newest and previous best smartphones

By Hamish Hector

From battery life to a variable aperture — here are the key iPhone 18 Pro vs 17 Pro differences

A white PS5 DualSense controller sitting on a wooden surface next to a white PS5

Instead of convincing us digital-only games are secretly a good thing, Sony was just caught testing dynamic pricing again on PlayStation 5

By Hamish Hector

Sony just gave us yet another reason to hate its digital-only strategy in the form of dynamic pricing.

Sick of Sony killing physical games? Relive the glory days with a PlayStation 3 emulator that can play discs through your PC

By Hamish Hector

While Sony kills physical games, these modders will help you play PS3 game discs on almost any PC — or a Linux PS5 if you have one.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the RTX Spark chip

Jensen Huang once again declares that ‘AGI has arrived’ — but his GPT-6 celebration feels like he’s just trying to sell next-gen Nvidia GPUs

By Hamish Hector

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declares that ‘AGI has arrived’ — but he’s been wrong before, and I’m done buying into the hype.

I think I might have new favorite XR glasses as the RayNeo GT Max boast the best Xreal One Pro tech at almost a third off the price

By Hamish Hector

I test smart glasses for a living, and the RayNeo GT Max could be the best I’ve seen in 2026 so far for one important reason.

Xreal already made my favorite smart glasses, and its Aura specs take things to a whole new level with 2K screens and Android XR capabilities

By Hamish Hector

Xreal Aura is what you’d get if Meta Ray-Bans and a Samsung Galaxy XR had a baby — and they’re incredible.

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The GTA 6 Extended Look, new Nokia phone, and Apple's invite.

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the GTA 6 Extended Look to Meta's social media trial settlement

By Hamish Hector

The week's biggest tech news stories from Netflix, Meta, Nokia and more for August 29, 2026.

Five years after its announcement Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR has finally come to the Meta Quest 3 — via a vibe-coded fan-made mod

By Hamish Hector

I’ll never forgive Meta for abandoning Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR, but now a modder has finally brought the game to the Meta Quest 3

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold, and a Kindle Oasis

ICYMI: here's the week's 7 biggest tech news stories from the major GTA 6 leaks to Meta's $1.4 trillion lawsuit

By Hamish Hector

The week's biggest tech news stories from Google, Meta, Rockstar and more for August 22, 2026.

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