The Coolest Pieces of Gear We Tested This Week

Cameras that automatically recognize faces and people are nothing new, but the Google Clips, which uses AI to automatically capture notable moments, transforming them into stills, short clips, and GIFs, is notable for what it doesn’t do: automatically share those images online. It learns faces—yours, your kid’s, the dog’s—and notable poses and actions, but unlike your smartphone, Google stores it all locally until you decide to share them. After a few weeks sitting near the kitchen table, we had a nice mix of dog and family candids that liberated us from the tyranny of constant smartphone selfies. — Tom Samiljan, Contributor

[$264 with mount case; store.google.com]

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