By use
Picks for calls, long workdays and home offices.
Laptops
The Apple MacBook Air 13 (M5) is a silent, fanless laptop with about 16 hours of light-use battery in Notebookcheck's test and 16 GB/512 GB as standard, held back mainly by its price, soldered parts and 60 Hz screen.
Editor’s ChoiceHeadphones
The Sony WH-1000XM6 is the headphone to buy if blocking flight and metro noise matters most, with long battery life and a foldable design, but its firm clamp and high price keep it from being an easy pick.
Tablets
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M4) is the tablet most people should buy for study and work, pairing an M4 chip and 12 GB RAM with Apple Pencil Pro support, though its 60 Hz screen trails the iPad Pro.
TWS Earbuds
The Sony WF-1000XM6 offers some of the best noise cancelling and sound in true wireless earbuds, with clear calls, but battery life is unchanged from the XM5 and its price is steep.
Laptops
The HP OmniBook 5 14 (14-he0014QU) is a light 14-inch OLED laptop whose Snapdragon X chip gives very long battery life for office and college work, provided every app you need runs on Windows on Arm.
Laptops
The ASUS Vivobook 15 X1504VA with a Core i5-1335U and 16 GB RAM handles college and office work and runs every Windows app, but its dim 45% NTSC screen and 42 Wh battery are clear weak points.