Gear News of the Week: Fairphone Lands in the US, and WhatsApp Is Finally on the Apple Watch

The one smartphone producer with a ten/10 iFixit repairability rating is lastly bringing its merchandise to the US, however it is not beginning with its telephones. Netherlands-based Fairphone introduced this week that it’s going to mark its growth into the US with the Fairbuds XL, its repairable over-ear headphones. It will be obtainable on Amazon later this month.

Fairphone says it achieved 61 p.c income development within the third quarter of 2025 in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, although that is probably attributed to the launch of The Fairphone (Gen 6)—the corporate does not launch a brand new telephone yearly. It bought greater than 100,000 models in 2024, together with telephones and audio merchandise.

Proper-to-repair legal guidelines have been cropping up all around the US, and Fairphone smartphones are the simplest to restore. The corporate supplies a screwdriver, sells spare elements for years, and affords long-term software program assist. Its units will not be the flashiest or probably the most highly effective, however they’re a extra sustainable resolution, additionally making certain honest mining practices and wages for staff in its provide chain.

Bringing its smartphone over to the US is a bit more difficult than headphones, because it requires provider certifications, however Fairphone tells WIRED it is in “superior discussions” with choose retailers and carriers.

WhatsApp Arrives on the Apple Watch

Meta appears to be on a quest to lastly convey its apps to different platforms. A number of months in the past, it launched an Instagram app for the iPad; now we’re getting WhatsApp on the Apple Watch. Slightly than simply mirroring your notifications and sending primary replies, now you’ll be able to learn full messages on the Apple Watch, report and ship voice messages, see who’s calling, ship emoji reactions to messages, and see extra of the chat historical past on the display.

It syncs along with your iPhone, so that you needn’t set it up as a companion system. You may’t take calls on the watch itself and even reply them; you’ll be able to see who is asking and decline. It additionally does not appear as if you’ll be able to add the WhatsApp app as a complication.

Motorola’s Most cost-effective Telephone Now Has 5G

It is a bit sooner than typical, however Motorola’s newest finances telephones are right here: the Moto G 2026 and Moto G Play 2026. They share the same look and are not too totally different from the design language Motorola has employed on its 2025 Moto G units. What’s most notable is that the Moto G Play can have 5G assist, making it one of many least expensive handsets with 5G at $170.

Each telephones have 6.7-inch 120-Hz LCD screens, large 5,200-mAh batteries, and IP52 water resistance. They’re powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 6300 processor with 4 GB of RAM, however they differ in storage measurement, with the Moto G providing 128 GB of inside storage and the Play with 64 GB (each are expandable with a microSD). Cameras are the opposite place the place the 2 telephones diverge, with a 50-MP major sensor on the Moto G and a 32-MP sensor on the Play. Sure, they nonetheless have headphone jacks.

Motorola says the Moto G Play will arrive first on November 13 at Motorola, Greatest Purchase, and Amazon for $170, and the $200 Moto G launches on December 11 at Motorola’s web site first, then at Greatest Purchase and Amazon on January 15.

Canon’s R6 III Goes Extra Professional

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Canon has introduced its much-anticipated new EOS R6 Mark III full-frame mirrorless digital camera. The R6 III encompasses a new 32.5-megapixel sensor (the identical sensor within the EOS C50 cinema digital camera), in addition to the corporate’s newest Digic X processor.