Sean Hollister

I’ve heard Steam Remote Play is finally reaching parity with Moonlight when streaming games to your Steam Deck. Now, Steam Remote Play is getting AV1 for theoretically even better compression, and HDR for the Steam Deck OLED’s screen. I like streaming, but I’d also like more devs to embrace Dynamic Cloud Sync… [Link: Steam Client Beta - July 29th

The HoverAir Versa is the next entry from the flying selfie cam company. No date or price yet, but it should hit Indiegogo in August. I’d wait for retail: We liked X1, but X1 Pro had lots of early issues, and the company can’t legally ship its Aqua (or likely this Versa) to the US at all. [Media: https://www.youtube/watch?v=eWNhu7JzLRM]

This prototype is a fully functional Game Boy Pocket, with a removable Game Boy Camera module and interchangeable CS-mount lenses! It’s from 8-bit photog Crissa Graves, who previously made a Game Boy Camera that fully fits inside a cartridge. “You can still play Tetris and Pokemon one-handed,” she tells me — but no speaker. [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/game-boy-camera-m2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/bafkreig3iaql3m6j7zn4spsyvizy5akfuozvgbyx3rsvyb7hz7s63ez3cq-1.webp?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/image.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/image-1.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/image-2.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]

[Media: https://www.youtube/watch?v=lvz_9pTFmq4] At $75 early bird Kickstarter or $90 retail, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 Ultra is a magnetic USB-C hub that doubles as a Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 dock, triples as a bring-your-own-SSD, and unlocks speedy ProRes storage for iPhone. Tell you more later today, but here’s the video for now!

At $75 early bird Kickstarter or $90 retail, the Sharge Disk Pro 2 Ultra is a magnetic USB-C hub that doubles as a Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 dock, triples as a bring-your-own-SSD, and unlocks speedy ProRes storage for iPhone. Tell you more later today, but here's the video for now!

One portable magnetic USB-C-to-HDMI dock to rule them all?

A leaked memo shows Microsoft asking publishers nicely to let it. The next Xbox, Project Helix, could theoretically have the largest library of any home console.

[Image: We’re giving away these things and a whole lot more. https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-titw-giveaway-1-5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] I recently revealed our weekly Today I’m Toying With giveaway technically goes live at 9AM ET each Wednesday… someone was paying attention, because they’ve already entered this week’s! Join them for a chance at LOTS more gadgets we can’t ethically keep. The biggest prizes are still available, and there’s an email entry option in the official rules.

And it’s got its own little kickstand to prop it up separately?? WANT. Check out more photos of NefariousnessWhole25’s prototype (and a few other cool Steam Machine faceplates from Reddit) in our gallery below. [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/steam-controller-dock-machine-nefariousnesswhole_44f63d.webp?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/what-if-a-faceplate-wasnt-just-for-looks-i-am-working-on-a-v0-g0gb5xbavchh1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/what-if-a-faceplate-wasnt-just-for-looks-i-am-working-on-a-v0-51urkcdsvchh1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/what-if-a-faceplate-wasnt-just-for-looks-i-am-working-on-a-v0-7krbd5nbwchh1.webp?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/qwezrtpy73hh1.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/hj0qdt2c6fgh1.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/ugyu88d2lxeh1.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/hj783y1j1vbh1.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]

[Media: https://www.reddit/r/sffpc/comments/1uzuayu/55l_plastic_extrusion_beams_and_a_side_of_valve/] Yes, it’s bigger than the 3.8-liter Steam Machine and the 4.5-liter Framework Desktop, but nicnic’s DIY desktop oozes style — and fits Valve’s open-source “Inkterface” e-paper status screen. If you don’t care for slime green, why not print your own in any color you like? The files are free.