Robin John
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About Robin John
Robin John brings over nine years of experience covering smartphones, laptops, gaming hardware, and personal tech, across both written and video formats for major publications. His work is rooted in hands-on testing, with a strong emphasis on real-world usability, performance, and long-term user experience.
His areas of interest include smartphone cameras, tips and tricks across Android and Windows, mobile performance, and PC gaming. By combining technical depth with a straightforward writing style, Robin offers readers a balanced and trustworthy perspective on the tech they use daily.
Outside of work, you'll find Robin glued to his gaming PC or the PlayStation 5, or lacing up for an actual football match.
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Chrome already has a built-in tool that tells you where all your RAM went
Stop closing tabs at random.
5 upgrades to plug into a spare PCIe slot that aren't a graphics card
Don't let your precious PCIe slot go to waste.
3 hidden One UI settings that fixed problems I'd just learned to live with
One UI had the fixes all along.
My PC kept crashing until I asked Claude to read the logs for me
I got a new PC crash analysis buddy.
I stopped losing internet during blackouts by plugging in one small device
The cheapest fix for blackout Wi-Fi.
I installed these Steam Deck plugins and realized Valve left out the obvious ones
The Deck, minus the gaps Valve left in it.
I've paid for Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT for months — this is the one I recommend
Three subscriptions later, I keep opening the same one.
Your router has a setting that stops your TV from buffering — it's probably off
Now, that's what I call quality of service.
The built-in Android tool that shows you exactly which apps are watching you
Some apps might know you better than your friends do.
I diagnose my Wi-Fi problems with a free Android app now instead of restarting my router
No more threatening the router with "I swear this better work."
I replaced my cloud storage subscription with a NAS and the setup took one afternoon
An absolute jackpot in disguise.
Your NVMe SSD might be running at half speed because of this BIOS setting
Can't let your SSD slack in this economy.
This 4ドル Android app brought me more peace of mind than I expected
Notifications can be a 'buzzkill.'
I gave Android the one iPhone feature I actually envied, and I’m keeping it
I guess I can 'live' with this.
I always do these 4 things after a new PC build before I consider it actually ready
Relax, this isn't as complicated as it sounds.
I switched to a smart door lock and I can't go back to a regular one
This smart door lock changes the way you enter your house.