What week we had. GTA 6 I have a new trailer that looks magnificent, Sonos and Ikea unfortunately ended their audio partnership, and Sony has teased its new flagship headphones.
To make up for all this and more scrolling down to see the seven largest technological news of the week with QuickFire Snippets on each and links to the biggest history if you want to know more.
When you are done, be sure to consult seven new films and television programs to broadcast this weekend (May 9).
7. YouTube Premium began to see the double
YouTube began to pilot a membership in the YouTube bonus of two people in certain countries this week (namely France, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong).
It will allow two people to divide a subscription at a rate cheaper than two individual plans or to divide a family plan. In France, an individual plan costs € 12.99 per month and a family plan is € 23.99, while a plan of two people is € 19.99-we therefore expect it to cost around $ 18.99 / £ 16.99 / 26.99 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Apparently, this plan is one of the current experiences of YouTube that seek to find “new ways of providing greater flexibility and greater value to our Premium YouTube subscribers”. Although it remains to be seen if it will make a premium YouTube a better value proposition.
6. The Netflix home page has obtained its greater upgrade
Netflix finally recognizes that it is no longer just for movies and television programs, rethinking its home screen to host live events and games in a way that should connect you better to real -time events.
It is also finally cut in a generative AI, perhaps, the most intelligent way possible: research. You can now find your next frenzy using natural language requests.
There are other big changes such as labels above title images and a general reshuffle of interface elements. It is too early to say if everyone likes the new Netflix.
5. Whoop revealed two new promising laptops
After four years without equipment, Whoop unveiled not one but two new portable devices for 2025. The Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG are actually one and the same device, the latter a “medical quality” variant with more intensive health characteristics such as ECG, blood pressure, and more. Portable devices look great and have a 14 -day battery life, as well as a new design.
Unfortunately, there is also a new price structure which means that the best features are reserved for those who pay the highest price. There is now a cheaper option and a more expensive option for the previous offer, but Whoop 5.0 has deactivated features at the cheapest pricing level.
It is a difficult pill to swallow for users who waited for four years for new portable Whoop, but with Garmin and others who take subscriptions to another level, it is the direction in which the industry seems to be going without remorse.
4. Sonos and Ikea ended their improbable audio duo
Earlier this week, Sonos and Ikea announced that they would separate after six years of collaboration on audio house technology which includes the popular Symfonisk shelf and lamp speakers. In an email sent to The Verge, Sonos spokesperson Erin Pategas announced the news and revealed that the current inventory of Symfonisk products is being eliminated worldwide to all IKEA locations, without plans to publish future products.
Although the future of Sonos and Ikea will stop existing, Sonos has sat down that existing products in its Symfonisk range will always receive software updates despite the partnership stop. The news is quite surprised since we love Symfonisk’s speakers very much, but with the unpredictable future of the new tariff laws that are looming on businesses, it is a measure that Sonos had to consider carefully.
3. Microsoft announced two new surface devices
Microsoft has expanded its surface range, with the brand new 13-inch surface laptop and the 12-in-surface area 2-inch area using the Snapdragon X Plus processor. More importantly, the first is the lightest and thinnest surface laptop to date. The battery life has also been improved for both, providing the additional time required while you are far from your office or your power source.
It should be noted that these new devices are much cheaper on this occasion; The 13 -inch surface laptop starts at $ 899 / £ 899 / $ 1,699 at, while the pro surface starts at $ 799 / £ 799 / $ 1,499 at – A huge drop in the previous versions for both, from $ 1,099 / $ 1,899 at. They are available in pre -order at the moment.
2. We have obtained a launch date for the next Sony flagship headphones
It has been three years since Sony made its debut on its high-end wireless headphones, the WH-1000XM5. But after many leaks, the technology giant confirmed exactly when we will see his successors – May 15, next week.
What can we expect from them? Until now, rumors indicate that noise improvement and audio treatment, as well as the return of an articulated design that Sony has jumped on the current model. Lowering, there will also be a low -cost hike. But despite this, on May 15 (or May 16, if you are in Australia), it is a date for your newspaper if you are on the market for cans of superior quality.
1. GTA 6 obtained a brand new trailer
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GTA 6 Broken Internet this week with a whole new trailer focused on Vice City and the game partners in crime, Jason and Lucia. But the teasers of history apart, it looks incredible.
We have already called it one of the most beautiful games of this generation – it seems that the leagues in front of what other studios have achieved – and the most amazing of the whole trailer was apparently captured on a PS5.
He clearly impressed many others also because the trailer accumulated more than 94 million views in three days (when writing) and Spotify Streams of the Song Hot together which was strongly appeared in the trailer jumped 182,000% in the hours that followed the release of the trailer.
All we have to do now is to wait a little more than a year until May 26, 2026 so that we can play it for ourselves.
