Ghost of Yotei’sforthcoming Legends multiplayer expansion will arrive early next month, Sony announced today during its latest State of Play presentation. As in Ghost of Tsushima, you’ll be able to play the mode with up to three other people online. Players can each choose from one of four classes — samurai, archer, mercenary and shinobi — who excel in different combat scenarios. All four classes can wield a katana and bow, but then they also have access to special weapons and skills. For example, the samurai can wield the odachi, giving them a sweeping move set against groups of enemies. You’ll need to use teamwork and your class’s abilities to take down demonic versions of the Yotei Six.
The mode will arrive alongside the game’s 1.5 patch, and will be free for all Ghost of Yotei owners. At launch,players can look forward to three different mission types. In survival, you’ll be tasked with fighting off increasingly difficult enemies. In story mode, meanwhile, you and one other player will need to complete a series of 12 missions to unlock the expansion’s incursion mode, which will see you siege a fortress belonging to a member of Yotei Six. At first, there will be four strongholds for players to conquer, with a later April patch adding the final bosses.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playstation/ghost-of-yoteis-multiplayer-expansion-arrives-march-10-223842684.html?src=rss
Three small structures stand on a private estate in central Ukraine, each barely reaching 50 square meters. The Guesthouse Under the Reed Roof by Kyiv-based YOD Group challenges everything visitors expect from traditional architecture. Completed in 2026, these vacation homes take the Ukrainian mazanka and transform it into something entirely unexpected. The mazanka has defined rural Ukrainian landscapes for generations, its whitewashed walls and thatched roofs speaking to centuries of vernacular building practices.
The traditional approach relied on thick clay walls, regular plastering, and natural materials harvested from surrounding fields. Families would replaster their homes each season, an act of maintenance that doubled as a cultural ritual. The pursuit of cleanliness and light shaped every design decision. YOD Group studied these patterns and extracted their essence rather than their literal forms. The architects asked what the mazanka represented beyond its physical attributes.
Their answer manifests in floor-to-ceiling glass walls that replace solid clay entirely. Transparency becomes the new language of light and order. The thatched roof grows enormous, stretching beyond typical proportions to become the project’s primary statement. Its sculptural form dominates each guesthouse, creating a silhouette that recalls both traditional headwear and organic mushroom caps emerging from the earth. The roof floats above transparent walls, appearing almost detached from the structures it shelters.
Volodymyr Nepiyvoda, managing partner at YOD Group, describes their approach as terroir design. The philosophy moves past simple material selection or nostalgic references. The team decoded cultural meanings embedded in rural architecture, understanding the mazanka as a living system rather than a frozen artifact. This perspective allowed them to honor tradition while pursuing radical innovation. The glass boxes invite the Ukrainian countryside inside, erasing boundaries between domestic space and natural surroundings.
Heavy wooden doors provide entry points, grounding the ethereal glass structures with tactile weight. Interior furnishings by Noom maintain the contemporary aesthetic while supporting local design networks. Mykhailo Lukashuk photographed the guesthouses in winter, capturing how the oversized reed roofs hover above snow-covered ground. The images reveal structures in constant dialogue with their environment, changing with the weather and season.
The design team of Volodymyr Nepyivoda, Dmytro Bonesco, Natalia Tymoshenko, and Yana Rogozhinska distilled centuries of building knowledge into these compact forms. They created architecture that respects heritage without becoming trapped by it. The guesthouses prove that tradition and innovation need not oppose each other. Cultural memory can fuel contemporary expression when architects approach vernacular architecture as philosophy rather than prescription. These transparent homes wrapped in outsized thatched roofs represent a new chapter in Ukrainian design, one that looks backward and forward simultaneously.
There’s something beautifully ironic about the fact that we carry supercomputers in our pockets, yet the humble calculator refuses to die. And if designer Mariana Bedrina has her way, maybe it shouldn’t. Her GIA calculator concept doesn’t just crunch numbers. It makes you want to crunch numbers.
At first glance, the GIA looks like it time-traveled from a 1960s Italian design studio, stopped briefly in 2026 to pick up some modern tech, and landed on your desk with a personality. The inspiration comes from Olivetti typewriters, those gorgeous mechanical machines that made office work feel like an art form. Remember when tools had character? When objects didn’t just function but made you feel something? That’s what Bedrina is tapping into here.
The design plays with contrasts in the most satisfying way. Soft-touch plastic meets metal-edged keys, creating something that looks simultaneously retro and contemporary. The calculator has a folding stand that props up the display at an angle, giving it this almost laptop-like presence on your desk. But what really sells the concept is the attention to tactile pleasure. Each button press promises a rhythmic click, that same satisfying feedback that made typewriters so addictive to use. There’s a reason mechanical keyboard enthusiasts spend hundreds of dollars chasing that perfect keystroke sound.
The GIA comes in a color palette that pulls directly from Olivetti’s most vibrant era. We’re talking coral red, electric blue, and that particular shade of lime green that somehow works when it absolutely shouldn’t. These aren’t the muted, “professional” colors we’ve been conditioned to accept in office supplies. They’re joyful. They’re loud. They demand to be noticed. The display even greets you with “HELLO” in a pixelated font that adds to the charm.
But here’s what makes this concept more than just a pretty nostalgic exercise. It recognizes something we’re only now starting to articulate: digital minimalism has left us craving physical objects again. We got so efficient, so streamlined, so invisible in our technology that we forgot how much we enjoy touching things, hearing things, seeing colorful things on our desks that aren’t just glowing rectangles.
The GIA positions itself as both a functional tool and a form of self-expression. Bedrina describes it as fitting equally well in office spaces and home studies, which tracks. This isn’t trying to be invisible professional equipment. It’s trying to be a conversation starter, a mood lifter, something that makes the mundane task of calculating expenses or balancing budgets feel less soul-crushing. There’s also something refreshingly analog about committing to a single-purpose device. Your phone can calculate, sure, but it can also distract you with seventeen notifications while you’re trying to figure out if you can afford that vintage lamp. A dedicated calculator keeps you focused. Add genuine design appeal, and suddenly you have an object that earns its place in your space.
The typewriter-inspired button layout is particularly clever. Those rounded keys with metal frames aren’t just aesthetic choices. They reference a specific era of design when Italian manufacturers proved that office equipment didn’t have to be boring. Olivetti’s typewriters were status symbols, objects people genuinely loved. They appeared in films, in photographs, in the hands of writers who could have afforded anything but chose these specific machines because they were beautiful.
Whether the GIA calculator will ever move beyond concept to production remains to be seen. The market for premium calculators exists but it’s niche. Yet seeing this design reminds us why concepts matter. They push against the current, question assumptions, and suggest possibilities. They ask: what if our tools brought us joy again? What if functional objects could also be emotional ones?
In a landscape dominated by minimalist design and disposable electronics, the GIA feels almost radical in its commitment to personality, color, and tactile pleasure. It suggests that maybe we don’t have to choose between functionality and delight. Maybe our calculators can have character. Maybe math doesn’t have to be boring, even when it’s just math.
I miss the point-and-shoot cameras of days gone by. They offered a level of convenience that smartphones have hogged over the past two decades. Yet many designers and creators believe those cameras had something in their design that can still influence modern devices and their form. Case in point: the D90 Block Power Bank by D MOOSTER. It resembles a digicam without the lens, but with the same comfortable, convenient handling.
D MOOSTER, established in 2020, is a design agency born during the pandemic. Since then, it has been moving forward with concepts that have the power to mesmerize, and this new power bank with its timeless appearance and state-of-the-art features embodies that spirit, and is a compelling device to behold. If you’re not convinced, we’ll walk you through its aesthetic and functional features below to show why it truly lives up to the hype.
You cannot afford to have your phone run out of power in the middle of doomscrolling or when you’re in no man’s land without a power connection in the vicinity. And it goes without saying that the case is similar when you are working remotely and are involved in back-to-back meetings. A reliable power bank can be the much-needed lifeline when such a situation strikes and you should be ready with a contemporary device, which can offer more power, with maximum convenience and still have a showstopping design to flaunt.
The D90 Block Power is all of the above. A device with the primary idea of keeping your portable devices going through the day. It can work hard and last long with up to 20W fast charging support and a capable 10,000 mAh battery, which can juice up your iPhone fully at least twice before requiring a charge. When it comes to devices like a power bank, we rely on reputable brands for their capacity, power output, and durability.
With its new power bank concept, D MOOSTER ensures each of these parameters is checked and consumers have no reason to shy away from its appeal. And when that’s ensured, the convenience of the pull-out cable kicks in. The device flaunts a one-meter-long cable, which pulls out of its housing within the power bank, when you need it. With a USB Type-C on its connecting end, the power bank is made compatible with almost all the new iPhones and an entire collection of smartphones under the Android umbrella.
Featuring an enticing three-module design, one each for branding, specifications, and information (inspired by the Fibonacci golden ratio) the D90 Block Power has a power button and an USB A port alongside on one side. Designed in three colors: orange, gray, and blue, the power bank from D MOOSTER is conceptualized with natural materials and a size that is handy to carry and use.
The European Commission has opened a new probe into Google, this time focused on the company's massive online advertising business, Bloomberg reports. European Union regulators have already fined Google billions for violating the Digital Markets Act, and being found guilty of anticompetitive behavior in online advertising could add to that total.
While the Commission has yet to announce a formal investigation, Bloomberg writes that it has started contacting Google's customers and competitors for information about its dominance across multiple online advertising markets. Regulators are particularly concerned that Google could be "artificially increasing the clearing price" of ad auctions "to the detriment of advertisers." If the company is found to be violating the EU's competition rules, Google could be fined 10 percent of its global annual sales.
Google's approach to advertising to minors was reportedly already under investigation by the EU as of December 2024, and besides fines, regulators have ordered the company to open up Android to competing AI assistants and share search data with rivals. In the US, there's also precedent for finding Google's approach to online advertising anticompetitive.
A US federal judge found that Google is a monopolist in online advertising in April 2025, the conclusion of a legal battle that started with a Department of Justice lawsuit accusing the company of dominating the ad market and using its control to charge more and keep a larger portion of ad sales. The DOJ ultimately wants Google to sell its ad tech business, but a final decision hasn't been reached as to how the company's anticompetitive behavior should be remedied.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/eu-reportedly-opens-another-probe-into-googles-ads-pricing-194435095.html?src=rss
The head of the antitrust division is out at the US Department of Justice. Gail Slater, a former JD Vance adviser and Fox Corp VP, reportedly clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi. Their longstanding feud is said to have centered around Slater's skepticism of corporate mergers.
"It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as [Assistant Attorney General] for Antitrust today," Slater posted on X. "It was indeed the honor of a lifetime to serve in this role."
Although Slater technically resigned, The Guardianreports that she was forced out. The fallout was said to be over her differences with Bondi (who just yesterday yelled, insulted and deflected her way through a hearing over the DOJ's stonewalling of the Epstein files). In recent weeks, Bondi reportedly reiterated to the White House that Slater's views on the antitrust division's direction made the pair's relationship irreconcilable.
Attorney General Pam Bondi (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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The tensions reportedly began simmering last summer, when Slater sought to block the merger between Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks. She opposed the deal out of concerns that it would create a duopoly in cloud computing and wireless networking. In addition, Slater reportedly told Bondi that US intelligence hadn't raised any concerns about blocking the merger. However, CIA Director John Ratcliffe later claimed that blocking it would pose national security risks because it could lead to the loss of business to China. The Trump administration's merger-friendly DOJ ultimately approved the deal.
Alongside Bondi, Slater was overseeing the DOJ's review of Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. In December, Trump said he would be involved in the regulatory review. That followed intense lobbying by Netflix and Paramount, the latter of which launched a hostile takeover bid. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the department was investigating whether Netflix was involved in anticompetitive practices during the process.
Slater's ousting also comes weeks ahead of the DOJ's antitrust trial against Ticketmaster owner Live Nation. The department's lawsuit was filed during the Biden administration. It claims that Live Nation is operating as a monopoly, harming competition, fans, industry promoters and artists.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/antitrust-head-overseeing-netflix-warner-merger-resigns-192854114.html?src=rss
Many people feel overwhelmed by gadgets and cords cluttering their beautifully designed spaces. The growing desire for simplicity and intentional living, once centered on interiors, now extends to technology. Gen Z is not just choosing smaller devices, but they are redefining what it means to own and use technology with purpose and balance.
This generation is driving a new wave of tech minimalism that blends power, portability, and sustainability with a hint of nostalgia. They curate their digital tools like design pieces that are useful, stylish, and clutter-free. For them, technology quietly enhances life rather than overpowering it, reshaping the modern minimalist movement.
1. Tiny Projectors and the Invisible Tech Trend
The large television dominating living rooms is fast becoming outdated for Gen Z, who value flexibility and open spaces. A growing number are turning to compact projectors that can be tucked away when not in use, transforming any wall into a viewing screen. It’s a clever solution for anyone wanting to reclaim visual balance and wall space without sacrificing entertainment.
This shift toward “invisible tech” perfectly complements the trend of minimal, intentional interiors. Without a bulky black rectangle commanding attention, rooms feel calmer and more refined. These pocket-sized projectors offer spontaneous experiences like movie nights, art displays, or gaming, anywhere, anytime.
The JMGO PicoPlay+ is a compact, all-in-one portable projector designed to elevate everyday entertainment with minimal effort. Weighing roughly the same as a laptop and fitting easily into a backpack, it delivers Full HD 1080P projection at 460 ISO lumens and includes a vertical projection mode optimised for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Beyond projection, the device doubles as a 360-degree Bluetooth speaker with rich 8-watt audio, and integrates Google TV with access to over 10,000 apps, including Netflix, without the need for additional streaming hardware.
Smart features such as gimbal-based auto-correction, touch controls, HDMI 2.1 ARC compatibility, USB and Type-C support, and a 25,000-hour LED lifespan contribute to a seamless user experience. The cylindrical design incorporates an ambient RGB lighting system that syncs with music to enhance atmospheric settings. Paired with an included power bank stand providing four hours of cordless use, it is ideal for dorms, travel, outdoor events, or multi-purpose living spaces.
2. The Era of Compact and Collapsible Accessories
In Gen Z’s tech world, if it doesn’t fold, it doesn’t fit. A wave of flexible, foldable accessories, including roll-up keyboards, collapsible ring lights, and portable laptop stands, is redefining mobility and workspace design. These tools reflect a work-from-anywhere mindset where setups appear and disappear in seconds.
The philosophy is simple: to function without clutter. Every accessory serves a purpose when in use, then vanishes neatly when not in use. Foldable, compact designs enable spaces to transition effortlessly from a productive office to a calm living area, demonstrating that smart, portable design isn’t just practical but is a quiet act of intentional living.
The KeyGo Ultra-Slim Folding Keyboard is designed to redefine mobile productivity by combining premium construction with intelligent functionality. Crafted from CNC-anodised aluminium, it offers a robust, MacBook-grade tactile experience in a compact form. Its 180-degree foldable mechanism ensures stable deployment while maintaining travel-friendly proportions. Integrated dynamic lighting enhances visual feedback and adds refinement to extended work sessions.
A distinguishing feature of KeyGo is its integrated 12.8-inch laminated touchscreen, providing 1920×720 resolution, ten-point touch support, and 72% NTSC colour performance. It can function as a dedicated secondary display or as a precision touch interface for multitasking, gesture navigation, and creative tasks. Universal compatibility across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, coupled with dual USB-C and USB-A connectivity, enables effortless deployment across devices. Quiet scissor-switch keys ensure a refined typing experience, making KeyGo a sophisticated solution for professionals who do not wish to compromise productivity while working on the move.
3. Retro Gadgets and Simple Tech
Alongside cutting-edge tech, Gen Z is embracing nostalgia-driven gadgets like reissued Polaroid cameras and simple flip phones. This trend isn’t just playful, as it reflects a desire for simplicity and intentional use, favoring devices that perform one task well rather than many poorly.
This focus on purpose-built tools encourages mindfulness. Using an instant camera slows down the process, creating tangible, immediate results instead of endless scrolling. It shows that good design often lies in reducing complexity. Single-purpose devices can enhance well-being, offering freedom from constant digital distractions while making technology feel intentional, satisfying, and thoughtfully integrated into daily life.
The cassette revival is not merely nostalgic sentiment but a renewed appreciation for analogue sound, tactile interaction, and the ritual of rewinding a mixtape. Where enthusiasts once depended on ageing Walkmans with unreliable mechanics, the Retrospekt CP-81 introduces a contemporary alternative engineered for today. Newly built rather than restored, it pairs retro appeal with modern dependability. The transparent housing exposes the internal mechanics, while its compact profile and minimal branding maintain a clean, modern aesthetic. The unit ships with retro-inspired Koss headphones featuring orange foam pads and a stainless-steel headband.
Functionality is intentionally focused, offering play, fast-forward, rewind, and record, along with a microphone jack for line-in capture. It operates via AA batteries or USB-C for flexible use at home or in transit. The tactile pleasure of inserting a cassette and hearing the gentle transport noise is central to its charm, complemented by stable stereo output and themed editions that add collectability.
4. Eco-Friendly and Mindful Tech
For Gen Z, technology is inseparable from sustainability and well-being. They seek brands that prioritize repairability, modular upgrades, and transparent sourcing, rejecting the disposable gadget culture of previous decades. This shift is driving demand for devices designed to last longer, encouraging a more thoughtful approach to tech ownership.
Adopting this mindset benefits everyone. Choosing eco-friendly, durable devices isn’t just about protecting the planet; it also fosters a sense of calm and permanence in daily life. Supporting companies that actively reduce e-waste is a practical step that anyone can take, making technology both sustainable and more mindful in its use.
The EcoFlow Power Hat is a wearable solar-charging accessory designed to extend device battery life during outdoor activities. Styled as a wide-brimmed sun hat, it integrates a flexible solar panel seamlessly into the brim, enabling continuous energy capture under direct sunlight. A concealed USB-C port positioned within the inner band allows users to connect and charge small electronic devices such as smartphones, GPS units, or wireless earbuds without additional equipment. The concept aligns with EcoFlow’s commitment to accessible, clean energy, translating the brand’s expertise in portable power into a practical, hands-free format.
Engineered for comfort and longevity, the Power Hat maintains the look and feel of a conventional outdoor hat, ensuring extended wear without visual or physical bulk. Its minimalist aesthetic prevents it from appearing overtly technical, making it suitable for hiking, camping, festivals, and other off-grid environments. It offers a discreet, sustainable charging alternative for users who prioritise functionality without compromising mobility.
5. Minimalist Tech Practices
The final, and perhaps most defining, aspect of Gen Z’s tech minimalism is digital decluttering. They deliberately remove unnecessary apps, control notifications, and maintain highly organised digital spaces. Their belief is straightforward: a cluttered digital life creates a cluttered mind, compromising comfort and well-being. This mindset also influences their hardware choices — favouring sleek, minimal gadgets that deliver function without visual or physical excess.
This is an approach anyone can adopt. Spend an hour deleting old files, unsubscribing from email clutter, and limiting push notifications to essentials. By applying minimalist principles to screens and devices the way we do to physical spaces, we create mental clarity, reduce stress, and cultivate a calmer, more intentional relationship with technology.
The Greyshork X3 is a pioneering multi-screen laptop designed to redefine portable productivity. Featuring a 16-inch main display flanked by two 10.5-inch fold-out auxiliary screens, it creates an expansive workspace ideal for multitasking. The displays deliver vivid visuals with resolutions of 1920×1200 on the central screen and 1920×1280 on the sides, ensuring clarity and precision for professional workflows. When not in use, the auxiliary screens fold neatly into the chassis, maintaining a sleek, portable form factor. Its thoughtful design balances expansive functionality with mobility, making it suitable for nomadic professionals, designers, and creators who demand flexibility without sacrificing space or efficiency.
Under the hood, the X3 is powered by an Intel i7-12650H processor, supports up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM, and accommodates up to 2TB of M.2 SSD storage, with optional external GPU support via Oculink. A fingerprint reader integrated into the trackpad adds convenient security. The laptop’s multi-screen setup enables effortless window management, immersive gaming, and enhanced workflow efficiency, all within a robust, premium build.
Gen Z shows that tech minimalism isn’t about losing functionality but embracing intention and flexibility. Through compact, foldable gadgets and digital decluttering, they balance technology with well-being and space. This mindful approach offers practical lessons for all, creating calmer, organized, and beautiful environments while enhancing daily life and fostering peace of mind.
At the end of last month, Ubisoft workers in the publisher’s native France threatened to strike in the wake of sweeping layoffs and cost-cutting measures. This week, they made good on those threats. According to GamesIndustry.biz, union members confirmed that at least 1,200 staff participated in the three-day strike, which was due to run from February 10 to February 12.
While the strike action primarily took place in France, GamesIndustry.biz was told that Ubisoft’s Milan office also took part. The union Solidaires Informatique, which represents French workers from a number of companies in the video game sector, including Blizzard and Ubisoft, had previously called for strikes to take place on January 27. Their demands included a 10 percent increase on all salaries and the implementation of a 4-day work week.
Some striking employees held up signs outside Ubisoft’s Paris headquarters, with one (pictured) wearing a Rabbids mask to hide their face. Their grievances are wide-ranging. As well as reportedly laying off hundreds of employees already in 2026, Ubisoft also introduced a mandate for its staff to return to work on site for five days a week. One employee who publicly voiced their disapproval of the new policy was reportedly fired for doing so.
Ubisoft has had a rocky start to 2026 on the software side too. The long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake was among six games canceled by the struggling publisher last month, when it also confirmed several studio closures as part of the company’s organizational restructuring.
Update, Feb. 12 2026, 12:39PM ET: "We understand these changes, particularly those affecting work organization, are generating strong feelings," Ubisoft wrote in a statement shared with Engadget. "Since the announcement, we have held a series of discussions and information sessions at multiple levels to help teams better understand the new organization and to give them the opportunity to share their questions and concerns." The company added that it "remains committed to maintaining an open and constructive dialogue with employees and employee representatives.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/1200-ubisoft-workers-went-on-strike-in-response-to-company-restructuring-and-mandatory-return-to-work-policy-163714986.html?src=rss
Robot vacuums quietly patrol floors as anonymous discs, efficient but a little eerie, especially for kids and pets who aren’t quite sure what to make of a machine that roams around on its own. They slide under sofas, bump into chair legs, and dock again without anyone feeling particularly attached to them. It doesn’t take much to turn that same machine into something closer to a small pet that happens to vacuum.
This 3D-printed cat/dog robot vacuum decoration, sold under the Petokka name, is a small kit that gives the robot a face, ears, and movable eyes. Rather than stickers, it’s a set of PLA parts that sit on top of the vacuum and react to how it moves, so the cleaning bot comes back from a run looking like it’s had its own adventure.
A vacuum starts a cycle with wide eyes and perky ears, then bumps into table legs and skirting boards. Each impact nudges the eye assemblies, twisting pupils into crossed or sleepy positions, while crawling under furniture folds the hinged ears back. When the robot docks, its face is slightly scrambled, and you can read its route in the way its expression has shifted, one eye drowsy, one ear still folded down.
The kit works without wiring or electronics. The eyes sit on low-friction pivots, the ears are hinged triangles, and everything is 3D-printed in PLA and resin. There’s no battery, just gravity and inertia doing the work. The seller includes a choking-hazard warning, noting that parts aren’t meant for toddlers or pets that chew, with an option to request only ears or sticker faces if small pieces are a concern.
Petokka is designed for basic IR or bump-type cleaners with flat tops, like many Roomba-style bots. If a vacuum uses a LiDAR turret or top camera, those areas need to stay uncovered, or mapping can suffer, though some tests showed no interference. The kit is an overlay, not a hack, meant to respect the robot’s sensors while giving it a personality that changes with every session.
Each set is printed in a small Japanese atelier, with visible layer lines and tiny imperfections from 3D printing. The maker calls this an early test edition, with certification in progress and materials documented with safety data sheets. It’s a limited-run experiment rather than a mass-market accessory, which makes it feel more like a crafted character than a licensed skin you buy from a retailer.
A handful of plastic parts can change the emotional temperature of a room. The vacuum still cleans the same way, but now it looks back at you with lopsided eyes and folded ears after working its way around furniture. It’s hard not to say “nice job” when it docks looking like it just survived an obstacle course, which is a reminder that sometimes making home tech friendlier isn’t about new sensors or AI, it’s a face that gets a little messed up while it works.
Last year Apple secured the exclusive rights to broadcast Formula 1 racing in the United States from 2026 to 2030. Apple TV subscribers can now watch every practice and qualifying session as well as every sprint and Grand Prix of a race weekend on the F1TV app by linking their Apple account.
Right now, those with an existing F1TV subscription will still see an active status in their "my subscription" page on desktop that shows the plan's renewal date. However, after logging in via Apple with an Apple TV subscription, a second active F1TV subscription appears with an Apple TV logo and the label "Official U.S. broadcaster of Formula 1." Users are advised to cancel the duplicate subscription they had directly with F1TV, which can be done in the F1TV app.
For those that don't have an existing F1TV account, simply create one and activate it using your Apple account. Users who don't pay for Apple TV can still view "select races" and practice sessions throughout the season.
Apple has yet to release precise details on what content will be viewable from within the Apple TV app compared to the F1TV app, where users are accustomed to features like multi-view, onboard cameras, live team radios and live timing and telemetry. With the first race of the F1 season kicking off March 7 in Australia, we should have these answers soon.
Fans can currently check out preseason testing taking place in Bahrain this week and next through the F1TV app.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/how-to-get-f1tv-with-your-apple-tv-subscription-171534300.html?src=rss
