GADGETS — WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026
The 5 Gadgets Everyone Is Talking About This Week
From ultra-thin power banks to a foldable mouse, here's what's trending in consumer tech right now
Consumer electronics had a genuinely interesting seven days. Instead of another wave of incremental smartphone updates, the products generating the most buzz this week solve specific, everyday annoyances: a power bank thin enough to disappear in a pocket, a smartwatch that finally looks like a watch, a flagship headphone anniversary edition, a fan built for real portability, and a mouse that folds. Here are the five gadgets consumers and reviewers are gravitating toward right now.
🔋 Xiaomi UltraThin Magnetic Power Bank
TRENDING
Xiaomi's new magnetic power bank is the gadget everyone keeps sending to their group chats this week, and the reason is simple: it is 6mm thick and weighs just 98 grams, yet still packs a 5,000 mAh cell. That combination is possible thanks to a silicon-carbon battery with 16 percent silicon content, a chemistry that squeezes meaningfully more capacity into a smaller, lighter footprint than the graphite cells most power banks still rely on.
The magnetic alignment system snaps the bank to the back of compatible phones for wireless charging on the move, echoing the MagSafe-style accessory category but with a noticeably slimmer profile than most competitors. For anyone tired of power banks that turn a jacket pocket into a brick, this is the product reviewers keep pointing to as proof that battery tech is still meaningfully improving.
⌚ Xiaomi Watch S5 46mm
TRENDING
Reviewers keep making the same observation about the Watch S5: it looks less like a gadget trying to pass as a watch and more like a watch that happens to be smart. The 1.48-inch AMOLED panel hits a peak brightness of 2,500 nits, easily readable in direct sunlight, and it's wrapped in a bezel that is 40 percent narrower than the previous generation, giving the whole face a much more traditional, dressier look.
That design shift matters because it addresses the single biggest objection people have to smartwatches: that they look like gadgets rather than jewelry or timepieces. Combined with the usual health tracking and long battery life expected from the category, the S5 is emerging as the pick for buyers who want smartwatch features without the smartwatch aesthetic.
"It looks less like a gadget trying to pass as a watch and more like a watch that happens to be smart." — TechRadar, July 2026
🎧 Sony 1000X The ColleXion
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Sony marked the 10-year anniversary of its original 1000X noise-canceling line with The ColleXion, a limited flagship edition built on the bones of the WH-1000XM6 but dressed up considerably. Soft vegan leather replaces the usual synthetic padding, and metal accents on the hinges and cups give the headphones a noticeably more premium feel in hand than the standard retail model.
Underneath the redesign, the noise cancellation, call quality, and battery life are unchanged from the XM6, which is to say still class-leading. What's driving the buzz isn't a new feature set so much as the fact that Sony rarely revisits its flagship audio line with a materials-first refresh like this, making The ColleXion feel more like a collector's item than a routine model update.
🌬️ Dyson HushJet Mini Cool
SUMMER PICK
With much of the northern hemisphere deep in summer heat, Dyson's HushJet Mini Cool has become one of the most searched cooling gadgets of the week. It's a genuinely pocketable handheld fan, small enough to toss in a bag, that still delivers up to 6.5 hours of cooling on a single charge, a runtime that outlasts most rival mini fans by a wide margin.
True to the Dyson name, the engineering focus is on quiet, bladeless-style airflow rather than raw power, which is part of why it's resonating with commuters and office workers who want relief without the whirring buzz of a typical desk fan. It's a small, unglamorous product category, but Dyson's execution has turned it into one of this week's more talked-about releases.
🖱️ Logitech Mobi Fold
FIRST OF ITS KIND
Logitech's first-ever foldable mouse is exactly the kind of oddball hardware idea that catches fire online, and the Mobi Fold has done just that this week. A hinge mechanism lets the mouse collapse flat enough to slip into a jacket pocket or laptop sleeve, then unfold back into a full-size ergonomic shape for actual use at a desk.
It's aimed squarely at the hybrid-work crowd who've long been stuck choosing between a cramped travel mouse and a bulky full-size one. Early impressions suggest the fold mechanism holds up well to repeated use without introducing wobble, which was the main skepticism when Logitech first teased the concept. If it succeeds, it may open up an entirely new subcategory of foldable desk peripherals.
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