Today in Gear: Start Your Week Here

Nowadays, we all want the ability to quickly and seamlessly view content across devices — to throw a YouTube video from a laptop or phone to a television, say. That’s the forte of Satechi’s new line of adapters: A USB-C to HDMI2.1 8K Cable ($50) with high refresh rates for gaming; a USB-C to HDMI 2.1 8K Adapter ($45) for crisper visuals; and a USB-C 2.5-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter ($40) made for quick file transfers and a high-speed streaming boost.

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Quince sells luxury-level goods at better-than-luxury prices. The brand’s new Expandable Luggage ($140+) is simple, stylish and sturdy — just the sort of hard-sided, spinner-wheeled beauties you’d expect from big-name travel brands at less than half the price.

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Alongside its Gemini AI news, Google dropped a good-news bomb on Pixel owners: Video Boost, exclusive to the Pixel 8 Pro, which uploads video to the cloud, where Google’s computational photography models adjust color, lighting, stabilization and graininess. Extra features like Night Sight for video and a Balance Portrait Light Mode make it a powerful tool.

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It stands to reason that fans of Leica would also be watch lovers — making this new gold-and-titanium Leica ZN-1 watch ($28,000) a grail for some. Limited to fifty pieces, it homages the IA Luxus camera, the first Leica made of gold, introduced in 1929. Leica’s home town of Wetzlar on the sunburst dial is an excellent final touch.

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If you missed a shot at a Black Friday deal on audio, here’s a second chance: Sonos has brought back its best deals through December 24. All home theater products, including the excellent Arc and Beam, are 20% off, and the Roam portable speaker ($134+) is on sale through January 6.

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