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TIKTOK’S ON FIRE

Video streaming supergiant TikTok continues to expand its service from smartphone to the smart TV.

This week it revealed it’s now got an app for Amazon Fire TV streaming boxes. So if you’ve got a Fire TV you’ll be able to watch those daft videos of people doing strange dances on the big screen. It already has an app for Samsung TVs.

Obviously TikTok’s vertical video doesn’t work quite as well as it does on a phone on a widescreen TV.

It remains to be seen just how well the service will work with a TV remote – on mobile it relies on being able to easily swipe to the next video if you don’t like what you see.

But it’s a sign of TikTok’s growth and its determination to get everywhere it can.

MARIO GETS A SMART WATCH

Swiss watch-maker TAG Heuer has teamed up with Nintendo to produce a Mario-themed smartwatch.

It’s based on Google’s Wear OS, but features some Mario tweaks, like cute animations that are triggered when you hit things like your step goal, throughout the day.

The one drawback is that the watch costs around £2,000.

It’s the first product in a new long-term collaboration between TAG Heuer and Nintendo, which I imagine will produce devices that are a bit more affordable.

This watch is limited to just 2,000 pieces, and is based on TAG’s existing Connected watch. It comes with a special case, and a couple of Mario-themed straps, and features the famous ‘M’ logo etched into the crown. It’s a lovely looking thing, but certainly one for the collectors only.

THE SOUND OF NOTHING

Tech start-up Nothing has just announced a special event to launch its first product. Taking place online at 2pm on July 27, the company will show off its Ear (1) wireless earbuds.

They will cost £99 and reportedly match the features of Apple’s AirPods Pro, including active noise cancelling, but for less than half the price.

Nothing was set up by the co-founder of OnePlus Carl Pei with the stated aim of making tech worth together more seamlessly, and be invisible in users’ lives.

Nothing is working with Swedish electronics company Teenage Engineering on its devices, which is bound to result in some interesting design choices.