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

I love the look of Samsung’s One UI 8 camera update, but one detail may have ruined it already

By Hamish Hector published 18 August 25

Samsung’s camera app is set to get a new vivid filter, according to leaks, but it'll have a watermark.

The Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses being used by a basketball player

The next Meta smart glasses might have a much more sensible launch price

By Hamish Hector published 18 August 25

Meta’s next-gen smart glasses might not be as expensive as was originally feared.

The Dyson Cool CF1 is shown tilted downwards while sitting on a tabletop, in front of a leafy green plant.

A bladeless fan gave me the perfect night's sleep – here's why

By Hamish Hector last updated 17 August 25

My saviour from the summer heat has been the Dyson Cool CF1 desk fan. I love it.

An Apple Watch, Insta360 Antigravity, and the Vive Eagle next to each other.

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from the demise of dial-up to the return of a missing Apple Watch feature

By Hamish Hector published 16 August 25

Catch up on tech news from Apple, Vive, Insta 360, and more from the past seven days.

Vive’s new smart glasses look like real Meta Ray-Ban beaters, but there’s a major catch

By Hamish Hector published 14 August 25

HTC has just announced a new Vive wearable, but it’s not another VR headset – instead it’s a pair of stylish AI glasses.

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This Meta prototype is a seriously upgraded Meta Quest 3 – and you can try it for yourself

By Hamish Hector published 11 August 25

Tiramisu and Boba 3 are two Meta prototype VR headsets people can demo if they're lucky.

The Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses different designs all together

Meta CTO teases ‘big wearables announcements’ for later this year but makes no VR headset promises

By Hamish Hector published 11 August 25

Meta’s CTO is already hinting at what we’ll see at Meta Connect 2025, and therefore what we won't see.

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from GPT-5's rocky debut to Sonos' upcoming price hike

By Hamish Hector published 9 August 25

This week ChatGPT got an upgrade, and Tom Holland swung back into action as Spider-Man.

'Later this year we plan to raise prices' says Sonos – and yes, it's a response to US tariffs

By Hamish Hector published 7 August 25

If you have your eye on a Sonos speaker and live in the US, you might want to act sooner rather than later – because price hikes are incoming.

Google's latest security patch finally fixes a months-old bug, and a 'critical' security flaw

By Hamish Hector published 6 August 25

If you have a Google Pixel phone make sure you’ve downloaded the latest security patch.

Google Pixel 8 review Pixel 8 Pro cameras tops

Google's new Pixel Buds, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold might arrive later than expected

By Hamish Hector published 5 August 25

Made By Google 2025 is just around the corner, but some of the tech launching from it might be further away than we had realized.

Light blue and gold Fitbit Versa 3 on neutral background

'Your sleep tracking just got more accurate,' that's why your Fitbit now says you're awake more in the night

By Hamish Hector published 5 August 25

“Your sleep tracking just got more accurate,” according to Fitbit, this is the first in a “series of upcoming improvements” to sleep tracking.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 in blue close up on the hinge and bending glass

Watch the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 go through a torturous durability test that I can't believe it survived

By Hamish Hector published 4 August 25

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 is hardier than I expected, but proves the point I've been making about foldables.

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A drone under a cloth, the new DJI Osmo 360, and an AirTag being put in a shoe

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from DJI and Insta360 trading blows to OpenAI getting scared by its own AI

By Hamish Hector published 2 August 25

Here's your firmware update for August 2, 2025

If Amazon wants to kill Alexa+ stone dead, its CEO’s latest advertisement idea is probably the way to do it

By Hamish Hector published 1 August 25

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is already planning the demise of Alexa+, making some of its answers sponsored.

These smart glasses promise to remember your life better than you can, and we simply aren’t ready for these next-gen wearables

By Hamish Hector published 31 July 25

These Halo glasses have a lot to offer, but I'm left feeling like privacy is sprinting into the grave.

The Meta Quest Pro on its charging pad on a desk, in front of a window with the curtain closed

Meta's mixed reality glasses make my Meta Quest 3 look like a boulder

By Hamish Hector published 31 July 25

Meta’s newly published research gives us a glimpse at its future XR plans: it wants to make ultra-slim XR goggles.

Girl wearing Meta Quest 3 headset interacting with a jungle playset

Meta revealed what makes a VR game perfect, and it could be hinting at big hardware changes

By Hamish Hector published 29 July 25

Meta revealed the ideal VR gaming session is 20 to 40 minutes, and might have teased how its hardware will evolve next.

Meta's next wearables announcement might include a smartwatch for its smart glasses

By Hamish Hector published 28 July 25

Meta’s on-again-off-again relationship with smartwatches might be back on as it might launch one soonish.

Donkey Kong next to a Marshall speaker and Fitbit

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech new stories from Marshall's great new speaker to Fitbit's major outage

By Hamish Hector published 19 July 25

Here are the biggest tech news stories from Nintendo, Fitbit, OpenAI, Marshall, and more for July 19, 2025.

Rayneo, Meta, and Xreal glasses next to each other

The best smart glasses 2025: the top AI and AR glasses you can find

By Hamish Hector last updated 18 July 25

Which smart glasses are the best? We've tested a bunch of AI and AR glasses, and these are the ones we like the most.

I can forgive losing the S Pen, but the Samsung Z Fold 7 has been ruined by a more serious design faux pas

By Hamish Hector published 17 July 25

I’ve spent time with the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and discovered my favorite feature is now worse.

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Pico 4 Ultra and its controllers on a table

Pico's next XR headset could be lighter and smaller than ever, but I hope it just skips to AR glasses instead

By Hamish Hector published 17 July 25

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is reportedly developing a brand new XR device, but not the one I want.

Samsung might bring back the S Pen to its foldables with an improved design – but only if you really want it

By Hamish Hector published 15 July 25

Samsung is “researching and developing thinner and innovative technologies for the S Pen” according to a new report.

You can finally preorder the Oakley Meta smart glasses, but there's a catch

By Hamish Hector published 11 July 25

The wait is over. Meta’s Oakley smart glasses are finally available to preorder ahead of their July 22 launch.

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