Sony’s SmartBand just got more intelligent. Photo: Sony

Sony’s second-generation SmartBand 2 is here, and it’s a big improvement over its predecessor. The wearable’s new design packs an intelligent heart rate monitor that constantly measures your excitement and stress levels throughout the day.

Samsung’s Note 5 won’t be easy to obtain in some markets. Photo: Samsung

Unlike its other flagships, Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 5 is skipping a number of major markets at launch — including Europe. To find out if the device will be coming to your country, check the list below.

Be careful with your Note 5, Photo: PhoneBuff

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 5 is a beauty, but its decision to swap flexible plastic for shiny glass has its disadvantages. Not only does it make the new phablet a fingerprint magnet, but it also makes it much more fragile — as demonstrated in the drop test below.

Get Marshmallow’s new launcher right now. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google’s new launcher baked into Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been extracted from the company’s latest Developer Preview and is available to download now. The launcher comes with all of Marshmallow’s new wallpapers, as well as some welcome performance improvements.

Samsung has given us yet another early glimpse at the Gear S2 smartwatch in a new promotional clip that showcases its all-new software and a number of key features. We also get a look at a number of its pretty watch faces.