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If you use Home Assistant, ESPHome, or any number of similar projects, you might have heard of the Open Home Foundation. What you might not realize is just how important this entity is to safeguarding the projects you depend on.

The arrival of the 2027 Audi Q9 is getting closer, the German manufacturer's new flagship that seats up to seven. While Audi has shared glimpses of the camouflaged exterior for a while now, the automaker has officially opened the doors of the Q9 to provide a first look at the interior ahead of its full reveal on July 28th.

Are you ready for another set of weekend homelab project ideas? This weekend, I'm showing you a few things that I wish I had done sooner in my homelab, including setting up a Wi-Fi heatmap, building a drive health dashboard, and spinning up an uptime monitor.

SAVE $250: The Segway Navimow i110N robot lawn mower is on sale for $849 at Amazon, down from the list price of $1,099. That's a 23% discount and the lowest we've seen at Amazon.

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If you have a tech-forward household, you probably have a few items that make household chores much easier: A robot vacuum, a smart composter, and a smart litter box for the cat are all items that do the chores for you. But until fairly recently, we've been stuck with the task of manually mowing the lawn. This is changing, and we now have powerful robot lawn mowers that can take care of this chore.

If you're looking to offload the task, check out today's deal at Amazon.

As of May 14, the Segway Navimow i110N robot lawn mower is on sale for $849 at Amazon, down from the list price at Segway of $1,099. That's a 23% discount that takes $250 off the price. It's a new record-low price at Amazon, according to camelcamelcamel.

If the lawn gets out of control with spring and summer growth, there's an easy way to keep it under control. The Segway Navimow robot lawn mower is like a robot vacuum but for your lawn. It'll map the area and then set off on a mowing adventure according to your desired schedule. You can also select the length you'd like between 2 and 3.6 inches.

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There's no need to worry about the robot lawn mower bumping into the fence or running over the dog toys left in the yard. The Segway uses obstacle avoidance for over 150 common items it could encounter while mowing.

From the app, you can also set a multi-zone schedule. This will allow you to keep the area near the barbecue cut more frequently than the side yard which gets less use. It comes with an IP66 dust and waterproof rating protecting it from summer splashes. Segway recommends this model for lawns that measure about 0.25 acres.

If you're not in the mood to spend the summer mowing the lawn, get the help of the Segway Navimow i110N robot lawn mower. It's on sale at Amazon for under $850 for a limited time.

SAVE $40: As of May 14, the Garmin Vivofit Jr. 3 is on sale for only $49.99 at Amazon — just in time for summer break. That's a saving of $40 and its best price on record.

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It's easy for kids to rack up those screen time hours once school lets out for the summer. But a fitness tracker can help balance those hours with some necessary movement and one of our favorites designed for kids is on sale for its best price ever.

As of May 14, the Garmin Vivofit Jr. 3 (Marvel Black Panter edition) is on sale for just $49.99 at Amazon. That's 44% or $40 off its list price of $89.99 and its lowest price on record by a long shot.

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The Garmin Vivofit Jr. 3 tracks steps, activities, sleep, and more in a swim-friendly, child-sized package. Better yet, its gamified design lets you child unlock app adventures, games, new watch faces, and more by completing daily activities and reaching their movement goals. And this is the Marvel edition, the Garmin Jr. app will let kids relive the Infinity Saga and be a hero alongside their favorite Marvel Avengers characters.

The parental control features are top-notch as well. You can easily track who your kids are talking to and block any unwanted contacts, schedule reminders for chores and other tasks, set timers for playtime and screen time, input emergency information, and much more. It even comes with a one-year battery life, so you won't need to constantly worry about plugging it in. Once the battery dies, it can simply be replaced.

Best for kids aged 4 to 7, the Vivofit Jr. 3 is a great companion for your little ones this summer. Keep them active, attentive, and engaged even when school lets out.

In the past few years, buying a new laptop usually meant choosing between a thin-and-light model with soldered memory or a slightly thicker one that still used upgradeable SO-DIMM RAM. As someone who wants the lightest device possible but also values long-term upgradability, that trade-off always felt like a massive compromise.

On Elon Musk's X, Bookmarks are a popular way for users to keep track of posts they want to refer back to at a later time.

However, the Bookmarks feature requires users to actively pick what posts they want to bookmark when they come across it. Then, those posts are saved to the Bookmarks tab.

In a new update that's slowly rolling out to users, X is renaming the Bookmarks tab to History. With that change, users will not only see what posts they've bookmarked, but they'll also see an archive of articles and videos that they've read and watched on the platform.

X head of product Nikita Bier announced the product change this week in a post. 

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"We're rolling out a new History tab on iOS to help you keep track of all your favorite content on X," Bier said. "Bookmarks, Long Videos, Articles and Likes will live here — so you can always come back and continue watching or reading. The Timeline moves fast, so we hope this creates a better place for catching up on long-form content."

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The History feature is currently only available on X for iOS. History appears to work much like a web browser's history feature does. As Bier said, users will be able to see bookmarks, likes, and their article and video history within the History tab. 

With the closure of popular read-later apps like last year's sunsetting of Pocket, it does seem like such a move makes sense for specific platforms to implement. Facebook, for example, has long let users view their activity within the mobile app. This includes videos watched and links clicked through the platform and viewed within the Facebook app.

Some X users have reportedly seen their Bookmarks tab updated to History already. Others are still waiting for the update to roll out to their account.

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SAVE $300: As of May 14, get the Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 for just $2,399.99, the lowest-ever price on this gaming laptop. That saves you $300 off its $2,699.99 list price.

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What if you could get everything you love in a gaming desktop in the compact build of a laptop? That's the promise of the Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 gaming laptop.

This 18-inch laptop comes loaded with tons of power that you usually can't find in a laptop. That means 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD in a laptop — not a desktop. And best of all, the extremely powerful Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 is now down to its lowest-ever price.

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As of May 14, get the Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 gaming laptop for just $2,399.99. This deal saves you $300 off its list price of $2,699.99.

While we haven't had hands-on experience with the Acer Predator Helios Neo 18, we have taken the Acer Predator Helios 16 for a whirl. It's designed truly for gamers with a flashy design of light bars and backlit logos. It's powered with a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, for smooth, exceptional graphics but don't worry, the device doesn't get overheated with a thermal design.

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 18 has all of this and more since it comes in an 18-inch package.

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SAVE $1,102: As of May 14, the Samsung 65-inch S90F OLED 4K TV is on sale for $1,397.99 at Amazon. That's over $1,000 off its list price of $2,499.99.

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Whether you're upgrading to a bigger TV or replacing an existing model, opting for a 2025 model over a brand-new 2026 model can save you over $1,000. And because tech upgrades are mostly iterative these days, you won't be missing out on much. For instance, you can now get the excellent Samsung S90F — the TV Mashable's sister site CNET dubbed "the best OLED TV for most users" — for a literal fraction of its original cost.

The 65-inch Samsung S90F OLED TV originally retailed for $2,499.99 (as seen on Samsung), but now that the 2026 models have hit shelves, the price is down to only $1,397.99. That's just over 44% or $1,102 in savings. To put it another way: you'll be getting a 65-inch model for less than what folks paid for the 48-inch S90F TV last year (which is originally $1,499.99).

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We find that 65 inches is the sweet spot for most people and homes and the Samsung 65-inch S90F will really crank things up a notch. The OLED panel features deep black levels and rich colors, making it a stellar option for watching movies or live sports. The AI processor can even upscale older content to make it sparkle in 2026. There's also support for 144Hz VRR and lag times under 10ms, which CNET's reviewer says is "about as fast as a TV with this level of picture quality can get."

It's not quite as feature-packed as the step-up S95F (there's no glare-free coating or Dolby Vision HDR), but its excellent picture, high brightness levels, and quick response times make the S90F a better value in 2026 — particularly now that it's only $1,397.99.

SAVE $600.01: The Roborock Qrevo CurvX robot vacuum and mop is on sale for $899.98 at Amazon, down from the list price of $1,499.99. That's a 40% discount and the lowest we've seen at Amazon.

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Summer fun is nearly here. Soon, we'll be outside at the park until sunset, spending weekends at the beach, and relaxing with the best summer reads. With all that relaxation, there's simply no time for household chores. Instead of dealing with dust bunnies under the furniture, enlist the help of a robot vacuum to take care of the chore this summer. There's a great model on sale today at Amazon.

As of May 14, the Roborock Qrevo CurvX robot vacuum and mop is on sale for $899.98 at Amazon, marked down from the normal price of $1,499.99. That works out to a giant 40% discount and a saving of $600.01. This marks the lowest we've ever seen at Amazon.

What's better than a robot vacuum? A model that also mops. The Roborock Qrevo CurvX does both and with features that make it stand out in a sea of endless competitors. Roborock equipped this model with 22,000Pa suction to tackle dirt, hair, and other debris on carpet and hard flooring.

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It comes with a 360-degree scanner to efficiently map your home and it has the brains the recognize 108 potential obstacles like the toys left behind or shoes. Plus, it can handle getting over thresholds that are up to four centimeters in height. Speaking of height, the robot vacuum itself it just a bit taller than three inches, so it's likely to fit well under furniture to tackle a whole-home cleaning session.

The Qrevo CurvX uses hot-water mopping to rid the kitchen floor of the toughest messes. It also uses hot water for cleaning the mop pads and hot air to get them dry as quickly as possible.

Since this is the lowest price we've ever spotted at Amazon for the Roborock Qrevo CurvX robot vacuum and mop, this might be your sign to make the upgrade. Your summer schedule will enjoy the extra free time.

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude are incredibly useful tools that allow you to set up custom projects or dedicated tools to perform specific tasks. Becoming reliant on a single service to access your tools is far from ideal, but there is another option.

Microsoft’s new Xbox Mode brings a more console-like experience to gaming PCs. Features like a unified game library and controller-focused navigation aim to make couch gaming smoother and more accessible. Here’s how the update changes the modern gaming setup.

SAVE OVER $20: As of May 14, the Lego Icons The Lord of The Rings: Balrog Book Nook Kit is on sale for $108.99 at Amazon. This is $21 off its list price of $129.99.

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If the announcement of the colossal Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith has you itching to build even more Lord of the Rings Lego sets ahead of its release, Amazon is here to help. As of May 14, the retailer has the Lego Icons The Lord of The Rings: Balrog Book Nook Kit on sale for $108.99.

This is a $21 discount on its full price of $129.99, but it's also incredibly close to its lowest-ever price of $107.99. We think it's well worth thr buy, as it even ranks as one of our favorite Lego sets.

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If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, the Lego Balrog Book Nook Kit will look great on your bookshelf. It comes with 1,201 pieces that recreate that unforgettable moment on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm that sees Gandalf the Grey going up against the Balrog. It can be displayed in two different ways: placed between books or opened up to reveal the full scene.

Don't miss out on this chance to save on the Lego Icons The Lord of The Rings: Balrog Book Nook Kit at Amazon.

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TL;DR: Amazon has the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6 (G61SH) gaming monitor on sale for $479.99, down from its $599.99 list price.

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OLED gaming monitors are becoming more affordable across top brands, and that includes Samsung’s popular Odyssey range .

As of May 14, Amazon has the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G6 (G61SH) gaming monitor on sale for $479.99, knocked down from its $599.99 list price. Now at its lowest-ever price (confirmed via price tracker camelcamelcamel), that’s 20% off and over $100 in savings on a screen built for players who care about speed just as much as picture quality.

With the 27-inch QD-OLED panel (QHD 2560 x 1440 resolution), you unlock some middle ground with sharper detail than 1080p without needing to splurge into the 4K price bracket. Samsung also gives this model a matte glare-free finish, so you’re not constantly fighting desk lamps, sunny windows, or whatever else is trying to ruin a late-night match.

For faster games like Fortnite, Rocket League, or Star Wars Battlefront II, the Odyssey OLED G6 reaches up to a 240Hz refresh rate with a seriously quick 0.03ms response time. That combination of specs should make shooters, racers, and competitive multiplayer titles feel much smoother as part of your new PC setup.

The added AMD FreeSync Premium helps reduce screen tearing and choppiness when said fast-paced gameplay is trying to balance too many on-screen assets at the same time.

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Samsung also packs in HDR10, a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and Pantone Validation, with support for more than 2,100 colors and over 110 skin tone shades. In layman’s terms, games should look vivid, shadowy scenes should actually have depth, and character details shouldn’t look washed out.

For anyone worried about OLED burn-in, this model includes Samsung OLED Safeguard features like a dynamic cooling system, thermal modulation, logo and taskbar detection, and a screen saver — with the three-year manufacturer warranty adding another level of reassurance.

The stand supporting your shiny new monitor features height adjustment, tilt, swivel, and pivot support, making it versatile for whatever sort of gaming night you have planned, be it ranked matches, cinematic single-player games, or even watching movies and TV shows on Netflix or Disney+.

If you’re browsing offers on all the big gaming brands right now, LG’s 27-inch OLED UltraGear is on sale for over $300 off — also its lowest-ever price. For more deals on Samsung monitors, the QHD Odyssey G5 is now only $159.99. 

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Using Home Assistant, you can create powerful automations for your smart home that can do far more than proprietary systems such as Alexa. There are some automations, however, where Home Assistant may need a little help. The n8n workflow automation platform can make your automations even more powerful.

Bumble has announced a massive overhaul lately, but online daters aren't beelining to it.

On Monday, Axios posted its full interview with the dating app's founder and CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd, where she discussed the already-announced news that Bumble is killing the swipe feature by the end of 2026. However, she also talked about Bumble's in-development AI dating assistant called Bee, also set for an end of year launch, which was announced back in the company's Q4 2025 earnings call.

Bumble's lean into an AI-powered product seems to be a long time coming, as Wolfe Herd commented back in May 2024 that she saw AI personas as the future of dating.

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However, people across social media got wind of Bumble's AI-forward plan, and they're not impressed. One TikTok user who met her partner on Bumble nearly two years ago said the app has "lost the plot" with its focus on AI. Another TikTokker said she gives up. Another still, a single woman, said she "cannot spend another moment in this f*cking hellscape."

Wolfe Herd posted a statement on her Instagram account on Tuesday to clarify a few things.

"A growing part of the tech world seems to believe human connection can be replicated, automated, or engineered," she wrote. "I believe the opposite, and at Bumble, we are building the opposite."

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Wolfe Herd said Bumble has "used AI for years to improve safety, reduce bad actors, and help people make better, more meaningful connections. But the next chapter of AI should not be about replacing human connection. It should be about strengthening it."

Clarifying that the future of Bumble is "not about automating love," the CEO stated that "the best AI should work quietly in the background so real people can show up fully in the foreground." She also promised "no AI openers, no AI-generated bios."

Bumble's approach is that AI should support people in showing up more authentically, not replace or speak for them, the company told Mashable. The team believes it's important that women have a seat at the table in how AI is applied, and ethical and responsible use is paramount to Wolfe Herd and Bumble.

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Most commenters on Wolfe Herd's post weren't convinced by Bumble's AI-focused "future of connection." The top comment asked what the company is doing about combating deepfakes. Wolfe Herd responded, saying that Bumble has supported legislation to fight deepfakes and invests in safety across its product and policies. Bumble works with nonprofit Partnership on AI, a coalition committed to building a framework for the "responsible use of AI-generated media."

"From detection tools and identity protections to partnerships and legal reform, we believe protecting women online must evolve as quickly as the technology itself," she wrote.

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Another commenter brought up Wolfe Herd's aforementioned comments about AI personas being the future of dating — at a Bloomberg Tech Summit in 2024, she said onstage, "There is a world where your dating concierge could go and date for you with other dating concierge...and then you don’t have to talk to 600 people." On Tuesday's Instagram post, Wolfe Herd called the years-old comment a "sound bite" where "people took a speculative thought experiment and turned it into a product announcement for some reason (click bait)."

"I was talking about the far outer edges of what AI could theoretically do someday, not saying Bumble planned to replace human dating with bots," she added. "In fact, the entire point was the opposite: using AI to reduce noise and help people get to real human connection faster."

Despite the outcry, Bumble is far from the only dating app to add AI features. Both Tinder and Hinge have, as well, with the former introducing an AI-powered matchmaker, Chemistry, and the latter adding AI features to help write better prompt responses and initial messages.

And at the same time, Bumble is also investing more into IRL events, suggesting that it knows there's an appetite for tech-free dating.

TL;DR: The Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Booster Box is down to $129.99 at Amazon. This deals saves you 12% off its usual $146.95 list price.

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The Foundations expansion is one of the most fun ways to get into Magic: The Gathering, and Amazon has now dropped the best deal to help you dive in for less.

As of May 14, Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Play Booster Box on sale for $129.99, dropping it under both its usual Amazon price and the wider market rate. By comparison, TCGplayer currently lists the Foundations Play Booster Display with a market price of $135.80, and listings starting at $137.95 with shipping included. Walmart has the same box listed at $146.45 from a third-party seller.

The Foundations expansion is essentially designed to help you build a bigger Foundation with the Magic trading card game, as the name implies. The box includes 36 Play Boosters, with each pack containing 14 Magic trading cards and either a Token/Ad card or Art card. That all-around makes it great for drafting with friends, building out a collection, or just spending an evening ripping packs and hoping for something shiny. 

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Each Play Booster includes between one and four cards of Rare or higher rarity, plus a mix of Uncommons, Commons, and a Land card. There’s also one Traditional Foil card in every pack, with a Traditional Foil Land showing up in 20% of boosters. Borderless cards and Special Guest Mythic Rare cards are also possible pulls, which gives the box a bit more chase-card energy than a beginner-friendly set might suggest.

This probably isn’t as simple a starting point as a Jumpstart box, where you can shuffle two packs together and play immediately. Still, for players who want more flexibility, more packs, and better draft potential, Foundations Play Boosters are the better long-term buy.

Among other MTG expansions, there's also a price reduction on the Lorwyn Exclipsed Play Booster Box to only $119.95. Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Spider-Man Gift Bundle is also on sale at Amazon.

If you’re a Pokémon fan, the newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to preorder at TCGplayer.

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We've all been there. The Wi-Fi acts up, a video call freezes, a download stalls, and the first instinct is to grab the laptop and move closer to the router. It feels logical, right? Closer to the source equals stronger signal equals better internet. Problem solved.

In an era of endless reboots and sequels, The Devil Wears Prada 2 managed to do the impossible: stay true to its roots while evolving for a new generation. In our latest episode of How It Hits, we take a look at the "legacy sequel" phenomenon through the lens of one of cinema's most stylish comedies.

Senior editor Shannon Connellan breaks down the return of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt, and look at how the shift from print to digital journalism provides the perfect backdrop for the continued power struggle between Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs. Groundbreaking? Actually, yes.

It's hard to believe that foldables have been around for long enough (and gotten good enough) that I can use one that's totally fine and think to myself, "Eh, you can do better."

That's been my experience during early testing for the new Motorola Razr Fold. The $1,900 device has pretty much everything you'd want in a book-style foldable: it's reasonably comfortable in the hands, the displays are high quality, and it's got a battery that dwarfs the competition. But in actually using it, I've still found myself preferring the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 from a year ago, while also considering the upcoming, heavily rumored iPhone Fold.

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  Pre-order Here at Best Buy Pre-order Here at Motorola US The first impression: This is a serious foldable with serious competition Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

Here's my takeaway from early testing: the foldable market is getting really crowded, and with such a high price, I'm not sure the Razr Fold has done enough to stand out against the competition just yet.

What I liked: It feels great in the hand, is easy to use, has killer displays, and boasts strong performance from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset.

What I didn't like: Not as thin as the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and like the competition, it has a steep price tag; my testing unit also experienced a battery issue.

Key specs:

• Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset

• Battery: 6,000mAh

• Displays: 6.6-inch pOLED cover display (up to 165Hz refresh rate) / 8.1-inch LTPO OLED (up to 120Hz variable refresh rate) with HDR10+

• Cameras: 50MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 50MP telephoto, 20MP inner camera, 32MP cover camera

• Charging: 80W charging, 50W wireless, reverse wireless charging

• AI tools: Google Gemini, Perplexity, Moto AI, Microsoft Copilot

• Brightness: 6,200 nits

• Price: $1,899.99

Motorola Razr Fold feels good, but not quite as good as Galaxy Z Fold 7 Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

Last year, I fell in love with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 primarily because of its form factor. It was easily the thinnest and lightest book-style foldable I'd used at the time, and now. It's a new measuring stick for this type of phone in my mind, and that's also the first place where the Razr Fold comes up just short.

To be more specific, Samsung's foldable last year weighed just 215g and measured in at a mere 4.2mm when unfolded and 8.9mm when folded. Motorola's device, on the other hand, weighs 243g and measures in at 4.5mm when unfolded and 9.89mm when folded. In the grand scheme of things, those aren't huge disparities, but having used both devices, you can definitely feel the difference.

Last year's ultra-thin Galaxy Z Fold 7. Credit: Joe Maldonado / Mashable

The Razr Fold is noticeably heavier and a little more bulky, and in a world where Samsung has shown how thin book-style foldables can be, I'm not sure I can ever go back.

Having said all of that, this is still a reasonably comfortable phone to hold and use, especially compared to older, meatier foldables. Razr Fold's Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset keeps everything running smoothly, with social media and streaming apps working pretty much flawlessly in my limited testing so far.

The 8.1-inch AMOLED inner display with a 120Hz refresh rate is also crisp and clear, as is the 6.6-inch outer display, which has a blistering fast 165Hz refresh rate. As with pretty much every other book-style foldable on the market, this is the best way to watch videos and read things on a phone right now.

While I haven't done a ton of stress testing with the multitasking features yet, they do work pretty intuitively. Like some other foldables in this category, there's a horizontal app toolbar along the bottom of the inner display. While running one app, you can simply drag another one from the toolbar up into the main display itself, choosing where you want it to go. You can go halfsies or you can even turn one app into a free-floating window that you can resize and reposition to your heart's content, while the other one stays open behind it.

This isn't especially groundbreaking, but it is useful and works well.

TBD if its most distinctive features give it an edge Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

I still need more time with the Razr Fold before writing a full review, and part of that has to do with the phone's biggest potential edge over the competition: its battery.

The Razr Fold has a huge 6,000mAh battery inside it, significantly larger than the 4,400mAh cell inside my beloved Z Fold 7. If the Razr Fold can deliver notably longer battery life than other foldables, that could be a huge feather in its cap. Unfortunately, I am not in a position right now to judge that, as the review unit Motorola sent us has an issue where it will not charge correctly. I've been told this is not a common problem and Motorola is sending us a replacement, but this does mean that I simply can't analyze the battery right now.

One other potential advantage this phone has over something like the Z Fold 7 is that it natively supports the Moto Pen Ultra stylus accessory. I am not a stylus user by nature, and I haven't spent enough time using the Moto Pen Ultra on the Razr Fold yet to see if it's a game-changer, but Samsung sacrificed official S Pen stylus support on the Z Fold 7 last year in order to make the phone thinner. You can still use third-party pens, but Motorola having an official option that should work nicely with the phone is a big leg up for a lot of folks.

After a handful of days testing the Razr Fold, it's clear that this is a solid foldable phone that doesn't have anything catastrophically wrong with it, at least as long as the charging issue I encountered is an isolated incident. I'll have more to say on this soon.

Motorola just happens to be in an unlucky position here, with other major phone manufacturers having already matured in this space over the past several years, all while Apple takes its sweet time cooking up something that will almost certainly be very good, too.

The Motorola Razr Fold is available for pre-order starting May 14 and will be released May 21 for $1,899.99. You can order the foldable from Motorola and Best Buy.