With random, record-breaking heatwaves immediately followed by severe thunderstorms this summer, it’s good to know what to expect when you head out.

That’s why we have compiled a list of the best U.K. weather forecast apps that will give you accurate, up-to-date information, whether you live in the busy suburbs of London or a small village in the middle of nowhere.

What better place to get your weather forecast than the U.K.’s national weather service?

This includes severe weather warnings alerts, a rainfall map, information on wind speed and direction, and more.

Just like the Met Office app, you get information on what the temperature feels like, although the rain information is more limited.

BBC Weather also has you covered if you love complaining about the weather on social media, with easily shareable forecasts.

Remember when OnePlus offered top tier specs for ridiculously low prices?

Not that you’d know, because OnePlus’ voice seems to have a far greater reach than Xiaomi’s in the U.K. and Europe.

While Xiaomi’s growth in Europe has been rapid, the OnePlus brand’s “flagship killers” carry a certain prestige and rabid fan following that eludes the superior value Mi 9.

For under £400 you get a flagship Qualcomm processor and 6GB RAM paired with 64GB storage, which is more than enough and keeps the phone running buttery smooth without a hitch.

I have even started playing some mobile games in my spare time, since the Mi 9 can handle them with little effort.

Many people look at the four-digit long string on the spec sheet to determine what kind of battery performance they should expect, but it’s not always that simple.

Happy one-year anniversary, I guess, to the Samsung Galaxy Home, which was announced a year ago today.

The Bixby speaker was announced at the Note 9 launch in 2018, we just had the Note 10 launch in 2019, and the event came and went without a ship date or even a mention for Samsung's smart speaker.

The Galaxy Home was supposed to be Samsung's answer to the Amazon Echo and Google Home—a smart speaker with a voice assistant inside, but the development is taking forever.

The Galaxy Home's absence at Samsung's latest event didn't go unnoticed by the media.

Samsung confirmed to The Verge the device isn't cancelled, saying, “We’re continuing to refine and enhance the Galaxy Home prior to launch, and look forward to sharing more with Galaxy fans soon.”

Samsung's whole assistant push with Bixby always seemed questionable, as it puts Samsung in the position of having to be an ecosystem creator, something it has not typically done.

Finally, you connect the plug to your favorite home assistant, such as Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, or the smart plug’s app.

Here are just a few to get your imagination turned on to all of the possibilities:

Turn on your coffee pot while you’re still in bed.

Control your window unit air conditioner or space heater without getting out of your chair.

Turn off the oven, curling iron, or hair straightener you left on from your desk at work.

Turn on your holiday lights using a voice command.

In the run-up to the next Made By Google event typically held later in the autumn, Google has already shared the first official picture of the Pixel 4, along with info on all the fancy sensors and tech stashed inside its top bezel.

But now, based on some new leaks uncovered by 9to5Google, we’re getting an even better idea of what to expect on the Pixel 4, including details regarding a few interesting new features.

Starting with the general specs, it appears that the Pixel 4's screen will be getting a small bump up to 5.7 inches, up from 5.5 inches on the Pixel 3, while the Pixel 4 XL is holding pat with a 6.3-inch display.

Both phones also reportedly feature the same resolutions as last year, with the Pixel 4 getting a full HD+ screen (probably around 2160 x 1080), while the Pixel 4 XL gets a QHD+ display with a resolution around 2960 x 1440.

But what may even be more important is that both Pixel 4 may get OLED screens with a “Super Smooth” 90Hz refresh rate, which is a feature Samsung failed to add to the recently announced Galaxy Note 10.

This would put the Pixel 4 in a select crowd of phones with above-average refresh rates including the OnePlus 7 Pro and ROG Phone 2, whose screens tend to offer a more responsive and more fluid viewing experience.

Google has made it clear that it is going all-in on podcasts not only as an entertainment medium but also as a source for information.

As part of that ambition, the company announced today that you can now find — and listen to — podcasts episodes right in your Google Search results.

Similarly to how video, news, and image results appear in a separate area after conducting certain Search queries, so will podcast episodes.

The feature is live right now on the web version of Search for users in the United States searching for topics using the English language.

Eventually, you’ll also be able to find and listen to podcasts using Google Assistant.

However, this functionality isn’t present yet.

got on a call with a few Google product managers yesterday to talk about this issue, and I came away better understanding the company’s reasoning behind these changes.

Unlike much of the community, though, I don’t think Google has gone too far.

But what’s brewing in this seemingly small teapot is the future of the operating system used by the majority of people today — one that’s bigger than the iPhone and bigger even than Windows.

So although it will take some time for Android Q to arrive on most phones (Android updates are a whole other controversy), it will eventually.

You hate to see it, especially since it was totally predictable.

Twitter’s web redesign is just the latest example in a long history of hating new layouts.

The LG C9 OLED is one of the best TVs you can buy with its 4K resolution, smart TV features, and big screen.

It delivers excellent image quality and sharp, accurate colors.

On Newegg, the 77-inch model is available for $4,699 — almost 20% off its normal price.

This sale ends today on August 8, so if you want a 4K TV, we recommend you take advantage of the deal as soon as possible.

LG is renowned for making some of the best TVs that money can buy.

Reviewers have praised the C9 series for its bright and accurate 4K OLED screen, but it's got a few other nifty features as well.

Sonos is readying something new, with the company sending out press invites to discuss what seems to be a 2019 update to the range.

The smart speaker company is tight-lipped on what’s on the roadmap for this year, but we should be getting a closer look at its fall range with a preview in New York City soon.

It’s fair to say that Sonos is enjoying a high right now.

After concerns that affordable smart speakers from Amazon and Google might dissuade buyers from picking up its more expensive models, and the lengthy delay in bringing the Google Assistant to the Sonos One and Beam, some had begun to question whether the company’s struggles were a sign of something more ominous.

Instead, Sonos inked a deal with IKEA and the Swedish retail behemoth brought the first two SYMFONISK speakers to market last month.

Considerably more affordable, yet still compatible with the rest of Sonos’ range, they’re likely to expose a whole new audience to the streaming media company.

Google is taking the next step in making podcasts easier to find.

The company will now surface individual podcast episodes in search results, so if someone searches for a show about a niche topic or an interview with a specific person, Google will show them potential podcast episodes that fit their query.

The company will also soon allow people to ask Google Assistant to play podcasts about specific topics, and it’ll find episodes to play.

For now, people have to search using the word “podcast,” so if you want to find a show that talks about golden retrievers, you’ll have to search “podcasts about golden retrievers” or “golden retriever podcast.” Once you choose one to listen to, it’ll open in Google Podcasts’ web app.

The same command structure applies to Google Assistant, so users will have to say, “Hey Google, play a podcast about golden retrievers.”

Eventually, Google says it’ll support third-party playback, which is important for podcasts that are exclusive to certain platforms.