Alex Cranz

Senior Consumer Tech Editor. Trained her dog to do fist bumps. Once wrote for Lifetime. Tips encouraged via Secure Drop, Proton Mail, or DM for Signal.
  • Apple Watch Series 3: The Gizmodo Review

    Apple Watch Series 3: The Gizmodo Review

    The Apple Watch Series 3 is expensive for a smartwatch. Many of the third party apps are still slow enough to drive sane people to the brink. It also only lasts a day on a charge. I should hate this watch and everything it stands for, but after three weeks of wearing it, I’m so…


  • Google Pixelbook: The Gizmodo Hands-On

    Google Pixelbook: The Gizmodo Hands-On

    Looking at the new Pixelbook from afar, it’s really hard to understand why anyone, let alone Google, could demand a retail price of $US1,000 (about $1300) for this thing. It’s got Chrome OS inside — the operating system you stick in cheap laptops with cheap guts because it needs practically no processor power to run.…


  • What The Heck Is Google’s Plan For Android Wear?

    What The Heck Is Google’s Plan For Android Wear?

    Take a moment and wander over to the online Google Store. You’ll see beautiful photos of many products announced yesterday, and if you click on the links you can buy the items made by Google (including last year’s Google Home) or made for Google (a whole lot of headphones and phone cases). But Android Wear,…


  • Apple Watch Vs. Fitbit Ionic: What’s The Best Smartwatch For You?

    Apple Watch Vs. Fitbit Ionic: What’s The Best Smartwatch For You?

    After years of flailing mediocrity, smartwatches have gotten good enough to be mainstream. Two devices released in the last month, the Apple Watch Series 3 and the Fitbit Ionic, are the best we’ve seen. Not only are they both very, very good at telling time, they’re also capable of myriad other things your Rolex or…