Philips Hue’s Play Screen Sync. This is the Hue take on a camera that sits on your TV and syncs what’s on your screen with your Hue lights.

Unnecessary? Yes.

Awesome? Also yes.

99. Dbr and’s “MNML” accessories.

Dbr and launched a line of minimal accessories with solid colors for iPhone, Pixel, and Galaxy smartphones. I don’t usually like Dbr and cases (or Dbr and’s whole vibe, really), but I think these look nice.

Ugreen’s MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power Bank. 99 power bank with a 10,000mAh capacity has liquid cooling and “visible flowing coolant.”

Will that make much of a difference? I’m not sure, but I’d love to see it for myself.

SB Nation’s new app. Our friends at SB Nation launched a new app that lets you easily follow the sports and teams you care about right from a home feed and follow live chats of games as they’re happening.

Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel has been working on the app, and he tells me The Verge’s forthcoming app will use the same ideas. This week, I’m featuring somebody who I have been working with for a long time: Verge news writer Emma Roth.

Emma is one of the smartest in the biz on all things streaming, can write something good on just about anything — just recently, she’s tackled topics like AI detectors and Meta child safety settlements and food recalls — and is a great person to team up on stories with. She’s a key part of our newsroom.

I asked her to share her homescreen and the apps and things she cares about. ).

The wallpaper: It’s a photo I took at a local inlet! It’s a great pelican-watching spot.

The apps: My homepage might be relatively bare, but it includes the essentials: Google Messages, Microsoft Edge, Samsung Mail, and my Phone, along with shortcuts to the Google Play Store and my Camera. That sense of organization disappears as soon as I swipe into my app drawer.

The first page has the apps I use the most, resulting in a chaotic mishmash of apps like Reddit, Slack, and Sam’s Club. Maybe showing my messy app drawer to the world is a sign that I should tidy things up a bit.

I can’t remember the last time I used any app inside the Samsung folder, or tapped into my Phone from this screen instead of using the shortcut in my dock. I also asked Emma to share a few things she’s into right now.

Here’s what she sent back: I’ve recently gotten back into Project Zomboid. It’s a PC game that’s basically like a cross between a hardcore zombie game and The Sims — except you’re fighting for survival instead of managing a virtual household.

) is Yuka. You can use it to scan the food and beauty products across your home and grocery stores to see whether they contain risky additives.

Yuka assigns a rating to everything you scan. It’s a quick and easy way to figure out whether something I’ve bought (or plan to buy) is actually harmful, without having to know exactly what azodicarbonamide or monocalcium phosphate are.

My modded PlayStation Vita has overtaken my Steam Deck as my favorite handheld. I’ve been playing an emulated version of Final Fantasy VII.

I missed out on that classic when it came out, and I’m thoroughly enjoying it now. CrowdsourcedHere’s what the Installer community is into this week.

I want to know what you’re into right now as well! com with your recommendations for anything and everything, and we’ll feature some of our favorites here every week.

“The newest season of Adults on Hulu / FX is so funny!! It’s a great sitcom about a group of friends trying to make it in NYC.

I’ve been obsessed with “Born Slippy” by Underworld, and nearly all the remixes, it’s an oldie but a goodie!” — Cvmvrvn“IKEA made a Skyrim mod where Matt Berry voices a KALLAX shelf.”

org for a simple letter dropping game; and my new favorite: Rabbithole in The Atlantic app.” — Neal“Listening to a lot of Shearling ahead of seeing them in concert early next week.

Reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Watching Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping.

Folding my hands and waiting patiently because technology is too expensive. Considering buying one of several chord synthesizers as a birthday present to myself: HiChord, Telepathic Instruments’ Orchid ORC-1, Nopia MK1.”

maas“I cannot stop using the Clicks Power Keyboard for my phone, the tactile feel of the keys is sooooo rewarding!! Forget the fold, bring back keys!”

— mahoodlum“I’m getting hyped up for the NFL season by watching Chad Powers on Hulu. That show has no business being as good as it is.

It’s like if Ted Lasso was actually entertaining *shots fired*” — SpaghettiCoder“Super into the game Sovereign Tower! I love the art style and the mechanics.

I am loving tons of new indie game releases.” — Elessar_Cut_throughthenight“The Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer album is an absolute bop.”

— Brick_wall_56Signing offOver the next couple weeks, I’ll be traveling to events for work. Should be good stuff; I can’t wait to share what I’ll be reporting on.

But I’ll also miss my desk and routine at home. I’d love to hear from the Installer community: What are your favorite apps / games / tips / tricks / routines you do to keep yourself sane during work travel?

Might include a few of the best tips in an upcoming issue. And maybe I’ll try a few myself while I’m on the road.

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