Articles by Carrie Marshall

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than twenty books. Her latest, a love letter to music titled Small Town Joy, is on sale now. She is the singer in spectacularly obscure Glaswegian rock band Unquiet Mind.

Articles by: Carrie Marshall

Roku users should get ready for a lot more AI-generated ads, according to its COO – and I mean a lot

By Carrie Marshall published 12 September 25

Imagine your Instagram feed, but on TV: Roku's bringing AI ads to small businesses, for better or worse

Report says Apple has secretly rolled out the best lossless Bluetooth alternative in iPhone 17 and AirPods Pro 3, but don’t expect to enjoy music on it right away

By Carrie Marshall published 12 September 25

Updated Apple's low-latency, high quality wireless audio is here, but it's not ready for you just yet

Apple AirPods Pro 3, with the spanish word Hola on one side of it, and the English word Hello on the other side, implying that the AirPods bud has translated the word

AirPods' new Live Translation feature might be full of European languages, but the feature won't be available in much of Europe

By Carrie Marshall published 12 September 25

EU might be disappointed with your earbuds' Live Translation availability

Spotify Lossless is way overdue and very welcome – if you have the hardware to hear it

By Carrie Marshall published 10 September 25

How does Spotify Lossless compare to rivals, and is it worth having?

Yamaha YH-C3000 and YH-4000 on a black background

Yamaha just launched two new enormous high-end headphones and I need them

By Carrie Marshall published 10 September 25

Yamaha has unveiled new open-back and closed-back headphones for audiophiles – I'll take both, thank you

Product shot of the FiiO K13 R2R DAC on a light grey background with a black sound wave image behind it

Join the resistor-ance with FiiO's new super-smart (and refreshingly affordable) desktop DAC

By Carrie Marshall published 10 September 25

FiiO promises 'a brand new kind of listening experience' for your high-end headphones and IEMs with its new K13 R2R headphone amp/DAC.

AirPods Max in green, shown from above, looking past the mesh headband to the earcups

AirPods Max 2: all the rumors, possible release dates and what we want to see

By Carrie Marshall last updated 9 September 25

Updated Apple events have come and gone – and AirPods Max 2 still did not arrive

Teaser image: a close up of "ear (3)" on what is presumably the Nothing Ear (3) charging case

It's official: the Nothing Ear (3) launch is just days away

By Carrie Marshall published 9 September 25

The fourth generation of Nothing's affordable earbuds is incoming – and really, that's all Nothing wants you to know right now

Powerbeats Fit earbuds on a white background

They're Fit and you know it: Powerbeats Fit leak ahead of Apple's AirPods Pro 3 launch

By Carrie Marshall published 9 September 25

The Powerbeats Fit have leaked, but the feature we really want hasn't been confirmed

Beyerdynamic Aventho 200 held in somebody's hand. The person is wearing dark trousers and there's a blurry building in the background

Beyerdynamic unveils a tuneful trio of over- and open-ear headphones, including refreshingly affordable earbuds

By Carrie Marshall published 8 September 25

Beyerdynamic launches new over-ear headphones and two pairs of stylish open-ears

The AirPods Pro 2 earbuds held in a hand

Forget AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Pro 4 are the ‘more significant' update you want, tipped for 2026

By Carrie Marshall published 8 September 25

Why 3 may not be the magic number for AirPods Pro – and the numbers 4 and 2026 might be much better

Samsung The HiFi Frame TV in a neutrally decorated room displaying a geometric artwork similar to a black and white one on the wall opposite it

Samsung teams up with Danish designers to create the ultimate art TV

By Carrie Marshall published 5 September 25

Samsung has teamed up with Danish Hi-Fi brand Canvas to create The HiFI Frame TV

A section of an RGB backlit mini-LED panel, showing the letters R, G and B lit up in red, green and blue respectively

RGB LED TVs could be affordable 'OLED killers' sooner than anyone expected

By Carrie Marshall published 5 September 25

Current RGB Mini-LED TVs are massive and expensive. Smaller, more affordable ones are imminent

The Valerion VisionMaster Max on a marble table

The VisionMaster Max 4K projector promises 'unrivaled black level performance', and there's a matching wireless 5.1.2-channel Dolby Atmos sound system

By Carrie Marshall published 5 September 25

Just in time for Spinal Tap 2, this elite laser projector is none more black