Xiaomi, the Chinese firm best known for its smartphones and electric vehicles, has lately been shipping some incredibly affordable and high-powered open source AI large language models.
The trend continued today with the release of Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro, both available under the permissive, enterprise-friendly MIT License, making them suitable for use in production in commercial applications. Enterprises and individual/independent developers can now download either of the models (and more Xiaomi open source options) directly from Hugging Face, modify them as needed, and run them locally or on virtual private clouds as they see fit.
The most notable attribute of these models besides the open source licensing is that, according to Xiaomi’s published benchmarks, they are among the most efficient available for agentic “claw” tasks, that is, powering systems such as OpenClaw, NanoClaw and Hermes Agent, in which users can communicate with them directly over third-party messaging apps and have the agents go off and complete tasks on the human user’s behalf, such as making and publishing marketing content, running accounts, organizing email and scheduling, etc.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5-Pro and MiMo-V2.5 benchmark chart for ClawEval. Credit: Xiaomi
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As Xiaomi’s ClawEval benchmark chart shows, both MiMo-V2.5 and the Pro version in particular appear near the top left of the chart, indicating high performance in completing the benchmarked claw tasks while using the fewest amount of tokens — saving the human user money, especially in a world where more and more services such as Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot are moving to usage-based billing (charging the human behind the agents for each token used rather than imposing rate limits like Anthropic or providing an “all-you-can-eat” buffet-style subscription like OpenAI).
In fact, the Pro model leads the open-source field with a 63.8% success rate, consuming only ~70K tokens per trajectory.
This is roughly 40–60% fewer tokens than those required by Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6, Google Gemini 3.1 Pro, and OpenAI GPT-5.4 to achieve comparable results.
By combining a massive 310B-parameter architecture with a highly efficient “active” footprint and a native 1-million-token context window, Xiaomi MiMo is challenging the dominance of closed-source frontier models from Google and OpenAI, especially when it comes to the latest and greatest craze in enterprise AI deployments — agentic tasks and “claws” similar to OpenClaw.
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A two-pronged pincer
Xiaomi has released two distinct versions of the model to serve different ends of the development spectrum: MiMo-V2.5 (the “Omni” multimodal specialist) and MiMo-V2.5-Pro (the “Agent” specialist).
While the base model provides native multimodality, the MiMo-V2.5-Pro is specifically engineered for “long-horizon coherence” and complex software engineering.
On the GDPVal-AA (Elo) benchmark, the Pro model achieved a score of 1581, surpassing competitors like Kimi K2.6 and GLM 5.1.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 Pro benchmark comparison table. Credit: Xiaomi
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Xiaomi researchers further released data on several high-complexity tasks performed autonomously by V2.5-Pro:
SysY Compiler in Rust: The model implemented a complete compiler from scratch—including lexer, parser, and RISC-V assembly backend—in 4.3 hours. Spanning 672 tool calls, the model achieved a perfect 233/233 score on hidden test suites, a task that typically takes a computer science major several weeks.
Full-Featured Video Editor: Over 11.5 hours and 1,868 tool calls, the model produced an 8,192-line desktop application featuring multi-track timelines and an export pipeline.
Analog EDA Optimization: In a graduate-level engineering task, the model optimized a Flipped-Voltage-Follower (FVF-LDO) regulator in the TSMC 180nm process. By iterating through an ngspice simulation loop, the model improved metrics like line regulation by 22x over its initial attempt.
These experiments highlight a “harness awareness” in V2.5-Pro, where the model actively manages its own memory and shapes its context to sustain coherence over thousands of sequential tool calls.
Over the API, Xiaomi is pricing the models at competitive rates for both domestic (Chinese) and international markets (like the U.S.). For overseas developers, the high-performance MiMo-V2.5-Pro is priced at $1.00 per million input tokens (for a cache miss) and $3.00 for output within context windows up to 256K.
For ultra-long context tasks between 256K and 1M tokens, the cost doubles to $2.00 for input and $6.00 for output, though the architecture’s caching capabilities offer significant relief, reducing input costs to as little as $0.20 to $0.40 per million tokens upon a cache hit.
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Domestically, these rates are mirrored in yuan, with the Pro model starting at ¥7.00 per million input tokens for standard context and reaching ¥14.00 for the extended 1M range. Meanwhile, the base model starts at just $0.40 USD for overseas input per million tokens and $2.00 per million output, putting it among the more affordable third of leading LLMs globally (see our chart below):
To lower the barrier for agentic development further, Xiaomi has made cache writing free of charge for a limited time across all models, alongside a total fee waiver for the entire MiMo-V2.5-TTS suite, which includes its specialized voice cloning and design features.
This pricing logic is clearly designed to accelerate the transition from simple chat applications to persistent, long-horizon agents that can operate at a fraction of the cost of legacy frontier models.
Xiaomi has also introduced an overhauled version of its subscription offerings, called the “Token Plan,” now available in four levels:
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The Lite “Starter Pack” provides 720 million credits for $63.36 USD per year
Standard tier offers 2.4 billion credits for $168.96 per year
A Pro tier provides 8.4 billion credits for $528.00 per year (designed for enterprise use cases)
Max —aimed at high-intensity coding enthusiasts—delivers 19.2 billion credits for $1,056.00 per year
Beyond credit allotments, all plans include preferential API rates, a 20% discount for off-peak calls, and “Day-0” support for popular coding scaffolds like Cursor, Zed, and Claude Code.
However, both through the API and via the Token Plan, accessing the Xiaomi models from China may present barriers or additional compliance and regulatory risks to U.S.-based enterprise customers. As such, the best bet for U.S. enterprises concerned about relying on Chinese tech but wanting to take advantage of the low cost and open source models is likely setting up their own virtual private clouds or local servers, downloading the model weights, and running the models domestically.
MoE architecture but divergent training regimens for V2.5 and V2.5-Pro
At the heart of MiMo-V2.5 is a Sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture. While the model boasts a total of 310 billion parameters, only 15 billion are “active” during any given inference cycle.
Meanwhile, V2.5-Pro is 1.02 trilion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with 42 billion active parameters.
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In either case, the design functions much like a specialized research hospital: while the facility has hundreds of doctors (parameters), only the specific specialists required for a particular case (query) are called into the room.
This massive increase in parameter volume for the Pro version provides the “neural capacity” required for the deep, multi-step reasoning found in complex software engineering and long-horizon tasks, as though even more specialists are available in an even larger hospital.
According to Xiaomi’s blog post, the regular V2.5 follows a rigorous five-stage evolution:
Text Pre-training: Building a massive language backbone on 48 trillion tokens.
Projector Warmup: Aligning in-house audio and visual encoders with the language core.
Multimodal Pre-training: Scaling across high-quality cross-modal data.
Agentic Post-training: Progressively extending the context window from 32K to 1M tokens.
RL and MOPD: Utilizing Reinforcement Learning and Multimodal Preference Optimization (MOPD) to sharpen real-world reasoning and perception.
The backbone utilizes a hybrid sliding-window attention architecture, inherited from MiMo-V2-Flash, which optimizes how the model “remembers” long-range information. This technical foundation enables MiMo-V2.5 to see, hear, and reason natively, rather than relying on external “plug-in” tools for visual or auditory processing.
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Conversely, the training of MiMo-V2.5-Pro prioritizes “action space” over sensory perception. Instead of sensory alignment, the Pro model’s training focus shifts toward scaling post-training compute.
This process is designed to instill “harness awareness,” where the model is specifically trained to manage its own memory and context within autonomous agent scaffolds like Claude Code or OpenCode.
While the base V2.5 model is trained to reason across modalities, the Pro version is trained to sustain coherence across more than a thousand sequential tool calls.
The standard V2.5 model balances local and global attention to maintain multimodal perception. The Pro model, however, utilizes an increased hybrid attention ratio—evolving from the 5:1 ratio of previous generations to a more aggressive 7:1 ratio.
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This allows the Pro model to “skim” the vast majority of its context while applying high-density attention to the specific 15% of data most relevant to its current objective, a critical feature for debugging large repositories or optimizing graduate-level circuits.
Finally, while both models undergo Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Multimodal Preference Optimization (MOPD), the objectives of these stages differ.
For MiMo-V2.5, the RL stage is used to sharpen perception and multimodal reasoning. For MiMo-V2.5-Pro, RL is focused on instruction following within agentic scenarios, ensuring the model adheres to subtle requirements embedded deep within ultra-long contexts and recovers gracefully from errors during autonomous execution.
This results in the Pro model’s “self-correcting” discipline, as seen in its ability to diagnose and fix regressions during the 4.3-hour SysY compiler build.
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Full MIT License is perfect for enterprise use cases
In a move that distinguishes it from many “open” models that include restrictive “Acceptable Use” policies, Xiaomi has released MiMo-V2.5 under the MIT License.The MIT License is the gold standard of permissive software licensing. For developers and enterprises, this means:
No Authorization Required: Companies can deploy the model commercially without seeking explicit permission from Xiaomi.
Continued Training: Developers are free to fine-tune the model on proprietary data and even release those derivative weights.
Unrestricted Commercial Use: There are no revenue caps or user-base limits that often plague “community” licenses.
By choosing MIT over a custom “open weights” license, Xiaomi is positioning MiMo as the foundational infrastructure for the next generation of AI agents, effectively inviting the global developer community to treat the model as a public utility.
Xiaomi’s background: from smartphones and EVs to Chinese open source AI darling
Xiaomi’s pivot toward frontier AI agents is the logical culmination of a decade spent building one of the world’s most dense hardware-software flywheels.
Founded in 2010 as a smartphone disruptor, the Beijing-based company has executed a high-stakes transition into a vertically integrated powerhouse defined by its “Human x Car x Home” strategy. This ecosystem now encompasses over 823 million connectable smart devices unified under the HyperOS architecture.
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The company’s 2024 entry into the automotive sector with the SU7 and the subsequent high-performance YU7 SUV served as a proof of concept for this integration, positioning Xiaomi as a direct competitor to global luxury marques.
By investing 200 billion yuan ($29B USD) into foundational R&D for chips and operating systems, Xiaomi has moved beyond consumer electronics assembly; it has become an architect of the “action space,” using its massive hardware footprint as the primary testing ground for the agentic intelligence found in the MiMo-V2.5 series.
Ecosystem support
The release has been met with immediate “Day-0” support from the broader AI ecosystem. The MiMo team announced that SGLang and vLLM—two of the most popular high-throughput inference engines—supported the V2.5 series at launch.
This was made possible through hardware partnerships with AWS, AMD, T-HEAD, and Enflame, ensuring the model can run efficiently on everything from cloud-based H100s to domestic Chinese accelerators.
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Fuli Luo, the project lead at Xiaomi MiMo and a former key member of the DeepSeek team, underscored the philosophy behind the release on X (formerly Twitter):
“A model’s value isn’t measured by rankings alone — it’s measured by the problems it solves. Let’s build with MiMo now!”
To kickstart this building phase, Luo announced a 100-trillion free token grant for builders and creators. This massive incentive is designed to lower the barrier to entry for developers who want to experiment with the 1M context window without immediate financial risk.
The economic realignment: open source vs. metered proprietary
The launch arrives at a critical juncture for AI economics. The shift toward usage-based billing marks the definitive end of the “all-you-can-eat” buffet era for AI services, a trend underscored by GitHub’s announcement today that its AI coding assistant Github Copilot will transition all plans to metered, token-based credits.
As seat-based predictability gives way to consumption-driven costs, premium agentic workflows—which can consume millions of tokens in a single reasoning session—are becoming increasingly difficult for enterprises to budget.
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User sentiment has turned predictably cynical, with developers lamenting that they will “get less, but pay the same price” as subscriptions convert into finite allotments. This pricing evolution significantly enhances the strategic appeal of the MiMo series. By releasing under a permissive MIT License, Xiaomi allows organizations to bypass the escalating “SaaS tax” and reclaim financial predictability through private deployment.
Crucially, Xiaomi has eliminated the “context tax” for its API. The 1-million-token context window is now billed at the standard rate—1 token = 1 credit for V2.5 and 2 credits for the Pro version—with no additional multiplier. This stands in stark contrast to the industry-wide move toward session-based caps, positioning MiMo as a refuge for cost-sensitive, high-volume development.
Analysis for enterprises
The launch of MiMo-V2.5 is more than just a weight drop; it is a declaration of independence for the open-source community.
By matching Claude Sonnet 4.6 in multimodal agentic work and Gemini 3 Pro in video understanding, Xiaomi has proven that the gap between “closed-door” labs and open research is effectively closed.
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With the MIT license as a catalyst and a 100T token grant as fuel, the coming months will likely see a surge in specialized, agentic applications built on the MiMo backbone.
Confirming the project’s ambitious trajectory, the team noted they are already training the next generation, focusing on “deeper reasoning” and “richer real-world grounding”. For now, MiMo-V2.5 stands as a testament to the power of sparse architectures and permissive licensing in the race toward functional AGI.
Snabbit, an Indian on-demand home services startup, has closed a $56 million funding round, confirming TechCrunch’s earlier report.
Co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Mirae Asset Venture Investments’ Unicorn Growth Fund, and Bertelsmann India Investments, the company’s Series D round values the Bengaluru-based startup at around $350 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. That’s up from $180 million about six months ago. Existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Lightspeed also participated, alongside FJ Labs. The company has raised about $112 million in total.
Founded in 2024, Snabbit said it is now processing over 40,000 jobs daily across a network of more than 15,000 workers in five cities, offering services such as cleaning, dishwashing, and laundry as demand for rapid, on-demand home services grows in urban India.
The startup said the amount it loses on each order has fallen about 50%, while its customer acquisition costs have shrunk roughly 65%.
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Snabbit’s fundraise comes as investor interest in India’s on-demand home services sector heats up, with rival Pronto also in talks to raise fresh capital and publicly traded Urban Company reporting more than one million monthly bookings.
While Apple’s keynote video is typically the most memorable part of WWDC, Apple has shown off how and where developers can participate in a bunch of community events across the globe before and after the conference.
More than 20 community-driven events will be held before and after WWDC 2026.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is held in June each year, at Apple Park in California. The company uses its annual event to preview new versions of its major operating systems, with iOS 27 and more expected to debut on June 8. In-person WWDC attendees are selected through a lottery program, but even those who didn’t win will have access to conference-adjacent and community-hosted events. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
If that one big sum per year for an annual app subscription is too much to pay at once, the App Store will let you break that into monthly payments.
Apple is making it easier to get annual subscription discounts
Subscription revenue has become an integral part of Apple Services. Developers have a few ways to draw customers into long-term usage and bigger payouts, but they require big up-front financial commitments. Apple has revealed a new payment option that could help developers offer better discounts while still getting a long-term commitment from the user. It works by offering the user an annual discount that is paid for over 12 months. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Even Realities has rolled out the v2.2.0 update for its Even G2 smart glasses, with Terminal Mode as the headline feature. The update is now live, giving developers a new way to monitor and interact with coding agents without staying glued to a laptop screen.
Your terminal has entered your eyeballs
Terminal Mode is built around the idea of putting the coding terminal in front of your eyes. Developers using AI coding agents can track what the agent is doing, check progress, give commands and respond when needed through the glasses’ built-in microphone. The feature reduces the need to keep jumping back to a laptop, giving users more freedom to move around, handle chores, or even work out between coding sessions.
CEO Will Wang said in an interview that the idea for this feature came after a recent visit to Silicon Valley, where he noticed developers increasingly speaking to AI agents through microphones instead of typing every command. These agents can now complete most of the work on their own, which made Even G2’s built-in microphone and virtual terminal display feel like a natural fit for this workflow.
Sure, it’s nerdy. But so is wearing a computer on your face. Terminal Mode leans into what G2 already does well, surfacing just enough information to keep you moving, and applies it to code.
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Terminal Mode fits into Even Realities’ push to make the G2 useful for more than basic notifications. The glasses recently added tools for meeting prep and running apps directly in front of the wearer’s eyes.
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The nerdy stuff does not stop there
The v2.2.0 update also includes a few other additions. Conversate and Translate records can now be exported. Even AI now supports continuous conversations, so users no longer need to repeat a wake-up command during an ongoing interaction. Even Realities also mentions sleep algorithm improvements and better connection stability.
Terminal Mode may sound like a feature built for a very specific crowd, but for coders already using AI agents, it could become a useful second screen for quick updates, approvals, and progress checks. It is a niche feature for now, but it gives the Even G2 a clearer role in developer workflows beyond basic smart-glasses notifications.
Although it’s currently only available to buy in Malaysia, we’re keen to see how the top-end Honor 600 Pro compares to the Samsung Galaxy S26.
Ahead of our review, we’ve compared the specs of the two Android phones and highlighted all the noteworthy differences between them below. Keep reading to learn more about what separates the Honor 600 Pro from the Samsung Galaxy S26.
At the time of writing, the Honor 600 Pro is only available to buy in Malaysia although it will see a more global launch in the coming weeks.
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The Galaxy S26 is part of Samsung’s 2026 flagship S-series. With a starting RRP of £899/$899, the S26 is the most affordable of the line-up.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Exynos 2600
Samsung caused something of a stir when the S26 series first launched, as it was revealed that while US customers see Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy across the entire line-up, elsewhere the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus are fitted with Exynos 2600.
Even so, Samsung promises there shouldn’t be any differences in performance between Exynos 2600 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. In fact, we found that the phone benchmarked strongly against the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-equipped Ultra variant.
Otherwise, and as expected, the S26 runs brilliantly for everything from scrolling and taking photos to even intense gaming sessions too. So, although it may not boast a Qualcomm chip, it’s still a solid performer.
Instead, Honor 600 Pro runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite – the brand’s 2025 flagship. With this in mind, while it will likely struggle to reach the heights of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Exynos 2600, it is still a great chip that powered many of the best Android phones last year.
Honor 600 Pro has a larger battery
Samsung isn’t known for equipping its phones with mighty batteries, and the Galaxy S26 is no exception. In fact, with a 4300mAh cell, it’s actually on the smaller side. Having said that, we still found the S26 to be a solid all-day phone, especially for those who average around three to four hours of screen time a day.
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Honor 600 Pro in hand. Image Credit (Honor)
In comparison, the Honor 600 Pro sports a mammoth 7000mAh cell. We’ll have to wait until we review the Honor 600 Pro to see how its battery life really measures up, however we’d hope that such a large cell will result in at least a full day, or even a two-day charge.
Honor 600 Pro is IP68, IP69 and IP69K rated
Durability should be a key consideration when you’re buying a new phone, and it’s fair to say that Honor doesn’t want you to take any chances with the 600 Pro. In fact, with IP68, IP69 and IP69K ratings, not only is the handset dust-tight but it can survive water submersion and even exposure to high pressure and high temperature water jets too.
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Honor 600 Pro. Image Credit (Honor)
That undoubtedly sounds impressive on paper, but we’d argue that perhaps IP69 and IP69K ratings aren’t that necessary. After all, how often will your phone realistically be exposed to water jets?
Samsung takes a more realistic approach, as the Galaxy S26 is equipped with a simple IP68 rating instead. That means it’s dust-tight and can survive water submersion too.
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Honor 600 Pro has a 200MP main lens
Both phones are fitted with three rear lenses, including a main, ultrawide and a telephoto, however they differ with their exact resolutions and offerings.
The Galaxy S26’s camera hardware may seem a bit familiar, as Samsung hasn’t made any major changes in the last few series. This is a shame as, although overall the camera hardware is solid, it’s starting to show its age – especially as it needs to compete with the likes of the best camera phones.
While the main 50MP lens is the strongest of the three, and can cope across most lighting conditions, the ultrawide is easily the weakest of the bunch. It’s fine in bright conditions, but image quality drops quickly in difficult lighting situations, with images looking grainy and rough. Finally, the 3x telephoto works well in specific scenarios, but it can struggle to completely lock focus with an object.
The Honor 600 Pro is instead fitted with an impressive sounding 200MP main camera that’s supported by a 50MP 3.5x zoom and a 12MP ultrawide. As we’re yet to review the Honor 600 Pro, we’ll have to wait and see how the hardware really performs. However, Honor promises that the camera set-up should offer true-to-life colour reproduction, impressive stability and better shots taken at night too.
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Honor AI vs Galaxy AI
Is it even a smartphone in 2026 if there isn’t a sprinkling of AI features? Both the Honor 600 Pro and Galaxy S26 are equipped with plenty of AI tools, including access to Google Gemini too.
You’ll likely have heard of Galaxy AI, as the toolkit is arguably one of the most fleshed out available, with genuinely useful features including an array of photo editing capabilities, Live Translate and more.
In comparison, the Honor 600 Pro has its own dedicated AI button that opens up what’s arguably Honor’s headline feature: AI Image to Video 2.0. This tool allows you to turn up to three images into a short video, with just a few prompts.
Otherwise, like Galaxy AI, there are photo editing features to remove unwanted objects from images, plus the Honor 600 Pro includes AI scam and deepfake detection too.
Early Verdict
It’s difficult to compare the Honor 600 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S26 fairly, as we don’t know how much the former will cost in the UK. Having said that, if you want a phone with a larger battery, a fairly recent Qualcomm chip and an intriguing camera set-up, then the Honor 600 Pro could be the one for you.
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On the other hand, if you want to play around with a more established set of AI features, want a reliable camera set-up and are in Samsung’s ecosystem, then the Galaxy S26 remains a tough one to beat.
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We’ll be sure to update this versus once we review the Honor 600 Pro.
The two USB-C ports are on the left side, alongside HDMI and a USB-A port. The second USB-A port, a microSD card slot, and a headphone jack are on the right. It’s not a nice assortment of ports overall, and I just wish Acer had split the USB-C ports up so the laptop could have a charging port on either side.
Acer is using a top-notch 16-inch OLED touchscreen display on the Swift 16 AI. It has a resolution of 2880 x 1800, a refresh rate of 120 Hz, and color saturation as close to perfect as I’ve seen. Like most OLED laptops, it has a glossy, highly reflective display that maxes out at 315 nits of brightness, according to my testing. It’s nowhere near as bright as IPS or mini-LED displays, but the trade-off in brightness is to achieve that unbeatable contrast that only OLED can deliver.
A Risky Touchpad
Photograph: Luke Larsen
The full-size keyboard and oversized touchpad are definitely the most notable elements of this laptop. The first thing you notice is the touchpad, which is certainly the largest I’ve ever seen. You might think it looks a bit silly, but I always like it when companies leave as little wasted space on a product as possible. I really wanted to like this touchpad, but unfortunately, it could deter most people from buying this product.
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On large laptops like the Swift 16 AI, which have a number pad to the right of the keyboard, the touchpad is typically below the keyboard, making it visually off-center. While it’s functional, this arrangement looks odd, and some 16-inch laptops get around this by omitting the number pad entirely. That’s what you see on the MacBook Pro, the Dell XPS 16, and most gaming laptops these days, too.
Rather than removing the number pad, Acer expanded the touchpad and centered it. This makes good use of the space below the keyboard, preserves the number pad, and solves the aesthetic annoyance that typically plagues full-size laptops.
Perhaps part of a deliberate trend geared at collectors of a certain demographic, the resurgence of physical media is giving us the opportunity to revisit the movies we grew up on or discover gems that slipped through the cracks–especially from that stretch when the action/adventure genre as we know it was taking shape. Whether you first encountered these heroes in a sticky-floored theater, on a dusty VHS rental, or during a wee-hours cable TV marathon (ah, the analog hum of basic cable…), these restorations carry a nostalgia not merely for a time and place, but a vibe.
In that simpler time, these adventures were all new, and we couldn’t wait to find out what the good guys would do next, how they’d get out of their latest scrape: with fists? Bullets? Arrows? Maybe even some well-timed stomach acid? Today, the answers await us in an artful slipcase or a hefty cardboard box, to explore again and again, and even pass along to a generation raised on shaky-cam and CGI.
Adventure Calls! Karl May at CCC Blu-ray (Eureka!) – 1964-1968
Based–sometimes loosely–on the pulp fiction of author Karl May, these seven films produced by Artur Brauner’s West German CCC Film combine B-movie thrills with A-movie budgets, giving escapism-hungry audiences what they wanted, and more. Dashing Lex Barker stars in all, a bigger-than-life manly man sometimes battling land-grabbing outlaws, maybe on the trail of hidden gold, tracking nefarious bandits or rescuing old friends. Showing very little blood, the stories range from lighthearted to dark, always a cinematic treat shot in exotic Spanish and Yugoslavian locations.
The stories span multiple genres, starting and finishing with tried-and-true westerns, both starring the cowboy nicknamed for his ability to knock a man out with a single blow:
Old Shatterhand (1964)
Winnetou and Old Shatterhand in the Valley of Death (Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten, 1968)
also, from May’s “Oriental Cycle” of books, the same lead character was renamed Kara Ben Nemsi:
The Shoot (Der Schut, 1964)
Through Wild Kurdistan(Durchs wilde Kurdistan, 1965)
In the Kingdom of the Silver Lion (Im Reiche des silbernen Löwen, 1965)
and then “The Mexican Adventures,” featuring Dr. Karl Sternau:
The Treasure of the Aztecs (Der Schatz der Azteken, 1965)
The Pyramid of the Sun God (Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes, 1965)
The native German audio receives newly revised English subtitles, paired with sumptuous new 4K restorations from their original camera negatives, presented here at 1080p.
Eureka!’s four-disc set is a hardbound limited edition of 2,000 copies, part of their “Masters of Cinema” series with intros to each film by author/expert Sir Christopher Frayling plus new audio commentaries on Old Shatterhand and Treasure of the Aztecs by historian David Kalat. Two new interviews shed light on CCC Film and director Robert Siodmak, these in addition to multiple archival featurettes and a 60-page collector’s book with extensive critical writing on related subjects.
In an era when big screen action was still evolving, movies often relied upon the gravitas of a leading man whose mere presence threatened an explosion of potential violence at any moment. Such was Walker (no first name), embodied by Lee Marvin in a career-defining performance. Betrayed by the two people closest to him and left for dead, he sets off on an orgy of revenge as an unstoppable force taking down a corporate underworld and reclaiming his exact share of the loot, not a penny more. Under the brutalist direction of John Boorman, Point Blank takes its time, building real character drama without slick modern fight choreography or special effects, instead employing stylish use of the camera, of voiceover, and flashbacks. It’s also a priceless time capsule of Los Angeles, revisited in its gritty, grainy glory via Criterion’s new director-supervised 4K restoration, paired with a lean, mean uncompressed mono track. The extras are a sampler of new and old: a Boorman commentary hosted by filmmaker/fan Steven Soderbergh, a 1970 Lee Marvin interview clip from Dick Cavett, a vintage promotional short, plus several new featurettes. The insert includes an essay by Geoff Dyer titled “A Dream of Full-Color Noir.”
As we travel back in time, we discover that audiences didn’t always ask a lot of nitpicking questions, just so long as plenty of stuff was blowing up on screen. Case in point, Blue Thunder, where a principled LAPD surveillance pilot (Roy Scheider) takes control of an advanced prototype helicopter when he discovers its true, nefarious purpose. Thing is, he puts a lot of people in danger when he bravely crosses that line, and wreaks massive destruction, so is he really the hero the movie makes him out to be? No one can argue that the flying sequences aren’t spectacular, though. Arrow’s single disc proffers the movie in Dolby Vision and both restored lossless stereo and a 5.1 remix, with on-camera interviews from key cast and crew, plus archival extras from 2006 and 1983. It arrives slipcased with reversible cover art and booklet.
The following year, ABC debuted a small-screen redux, concurrent with CBS’ own chopper-based Airwolf. For extra machismo, not one but two ex-NFL superstars joined star James Farentino and a pre-SNL Dana Carvey as his quippy co-pilot, leaving behind the government conspiracies for fairly standard weekly crime procedural plotlines. Running for only 11 episodes, this hour-long mid-season replacement failed to bring the thunder at the time, but it stands as an interesting footnote to both John Badham’s essential thriller and the broader discussion of TV adaptations.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 4K (Kino Lorber Studio Classics) – 1985
Intending to capitalize on the perceived vulnerability of long-in-the-tooth James Bond, Orion Pictures bet big on their own secret agent franchise, born of the 150+ Destroyer novels in the series created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir. Fred Ward makes a formidable action hero, a tough New York cop turned superspy, taught mad skills by his Korean mentor, Chiun (a problematically cast Joel Grey under four hours of Oscar-nominated makeup). Although Remo is seldom given a chance to flex his awesome new prowess, the fight scene on the gleefully dated mid-renovation Statue of Liberty, recreated at full scale on a hillside in Mexico for the production, remains an absolute classic. The new 4K disc builds upon the great bonus features of KLSC’s 2022 Blu-ray with a new Dolby Vision master from the camera negative, a new audio commentary joining the producers on their own separate archival track, and porting the five great featurettes while adding a new interview with co-star Patrick Kilpatrick.
While the ‘80s saw no shortage of feature films from producer Steven Spielberg, this high-concept sci-fi adventure rose above the clutter with director Joe Dante’s fun and funny flourishes throughout. Innerspace has been newly restored from the 35mm negative, the better to appreciate ILM’s Oscar-winning visuals not only of Martin Short’s insides, visited by microscopic voyagers friendly and otherwise, but some inspired use of forced perspective trickery. Audio is on-point too, offering the lossless original stereo, the 70mm six-track mix presented in 4.1, plus a new Atmos remix. An archival jam commentary anchored by Dante is joined by a new critic track, alongside a new hour-long “making of” documentary, previously unseen vintage, behind-the-scenes video, and extensive stills. Arrow has given this one a slipcased fatbox, wherein we will find a two-sided poster, reversible cover art for the disc case, and a particularly well-researched booklet.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 4K Limited Edition (Arrow) – 1991
Much like Robin of Locksley biding his time in a Jerusalem prison, waiting to strike, our patience has finally been rewarded with this U.S. version of Arrow’s 2022 U.K. 4K limited edition release. The movie has taken a lot of ribbing since its release, but I happen to love the character, and I think that the fresh takes on the lore, the plot and the setpieces all hit. The BD-100 disc serves up respectable 4K restorations of the theatrical and extended cuts (more with Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham and his witchy cohort, Mortianna) with uncompressed stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. In addition to Arrow’s own multi-part ‘22 documentary, there’s archival audio commentary by The Kevins (director Reynolds and star Costner), another from actors Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater and writers/producers Pen Densham and John Watson, a Pierce Brosnan-hosted TV special, the Bryan Adams music video, and some basic electronic press kit interviews. As across the pond, the packaging here shines, with a rigid box, a companion book, a pair of double-sided posters, reversible cover art and a set of artcards.
The Phantom 4K (Kino Lorber Studio Classics) – 1996
Created by Lee Falk for the daily comic strips back in 1936, “The Ghost Who Walks” was in many ways the seminal superhero, an archetype for those who followed. In the footsteps of a 1943 serial and a lost 1961 TV pilot, Billy Zane tackled the swashbuckling role with great earnestness, undergoing a physical transformation not seen Christopher Reeve for Superman. It’s a terrific period adventure, released in that curious crush post-Batman and before cinematic men in tights became a staple. KLSC’s new master, approved by director Simon Wincer, is absolutely gorgeous, particularly in terms of its Dolby Vision colors, and not just the purple suit. The exclusive extras are a treat: a new Wincer commentary and excellent new interviews with Zane and composer David Newman.
From a script by Blade Runner’s David Webb Peoples, Soldier has long been rumored to be set in the same universe, and the proof is there is you know where to find the Easter eggs. It’s also thematically similar, exploring a grim future wherein a manufactured being (Kurt Russell, who trained 18 months for the role) comes to terms with the reality that he’s just a disposable tool to his masters, a weapon and nothing more. Taken in by a group of endangered settlers, he’s Shane for a new generation, and a new genre. Visually, Soldier is a fascinating blend of extensive practical effects and late-20th-century CGI that recalls a specific, somewhat prescient moment in movie history. Director Paul W.S. Anderson is joined by co-producer Jeremy Bolt and actor Jason Isaacs for his archival audio commentary, with the vintage EPK and extensive new talent interviews too, all inside a simple slipcover with a photo-filled booklet.
After all of these fine, aged-to-perfection delicacies, you might want a preview of a couple of recent efforts, a palette cleanser of sorts to lend contrast:
The Running Man 4K (Paramount/Alliance Entertainment) – 2025
Don’t call it a remake, think of it as the first attempt at making a faithful adaptation of the 1982 book by Richard Bachman (né Stephen King), reportedly written over a single long weekend. Glenn Powell (Twisters) stars as a desperate, impoverished everyman who enters a big-money, life-and-death game show to pay for his daughter’s medicine, if he can just survive a worldwide manhunt for 30 days. The themes of the cultural/economic divide have never been more relevant, even if the ending lacks the source material’s original impact. Director Edgar Wright has crafted a bleak alternate-present-day dystopia, its grungy nuances captured wonderfully in Dolby Vision. Likewise the Atmos audio delivers the subtlest dialogue and the wildest action–and there’s plenty of the latter–in grand style.
The two-disc set (with digital copy) is loaded with bonus content, starting with an audio commentary from Wright, Powell and co-screenwriter Michael Bacall, an assortment of behind-the-scenes featurettes and in-universe tidbits, plus deleted and extended scenes.
Chris Pratt tries again, as an accused criminal trapped in an elevator-pitch nightmare, forced to prove his innocence to an icy AI judge (Rebecca Ferguson) in just 90 minutes, or be executed. Filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov’s “Screenlife” manifesto is on full display, as the story unfolds in real time as a stream of digital data, body cam footage, and interface windows. It starts out well enough but eventually buckles under the weight of its intended social commentary, ultimately lapsing into over-the-top, borderline nonsensical action before it’s finished. The Dolby Vision picture has its moments, although much of the runtime is built from lower-res imagery for the aforementioned realism. The Atmos is where this extras-free disc excels, with near-constant overhead channel usage, notably for the holographic screens flying around our hero’s head, as well as booming bass, yet never at the expense of dialogue clarity.
The decline of the sedan is well known. Beginning in the late 2010s, many automakers left the sedan and small-car market behind entirely, with companies like Ford discontinuing once-popular sedan models like the Fusion to focus on more profitable SUVs and crossovers. The mid-size sedan, once the default vehicle for American families, has been replaced by the crossover SUV — but that doesn’t mean that all sedans are dead.
Toyota’s venerable Camry, which for many years sat at the top of America’s sales charts, has endured the SUV revolution and, even if the Camry’s current annual sales figures aren’t what they were 20 years ago, the automaker still sells hundreds of thousands of them in America each year. Thanks to its fuel efficiency, reliability, and affordable price tag, demand for this trusted sedan remains strong, and that extends to the used market as well.
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The 2021 Camry shows strong resale value across the board, although exact depreciation will vary depending on trim and powertrain. According to iSeeCars, the 2021 Camry ranks near the top of its class in resale value, with an average value of 68.9% of its original price as of mid-2026. Kelley Blue Book, meanwhile, has the fuel-sipping ’21 Camry Hybrid in the top 10% of all sedans for resale value. Then there’s the 2021 Camry TRD, which is actually worth nearly the same today — or possibly even more — than it was when new.
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Pick your powertrain
The Camry is one of Toyota’s longest-running models, with nine generations since its 1983 debut. The 2021 model year falls right in the middle of the car’s eighth generation, which was sold between 2018 and 2024. Unlike the latest Camry, which has moved to a hybrid-only drivetrain, the 2021 Camry was available with three engine options across its various trims.
The base cars had a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine, while the Camry Hybrid had a more fuel-efficient (and more powerful) 2.5-liter engine with electric assistance. Finally, there was the 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6, which made an impressive 301 hp and was a fairly rare option, aimed at those seeking extra performance from their family sedan. Another thing that set the ’21 Camry apart from much of its mid-sized sedan competition was the availability of all-wheel drive.
As you’d expect with today’s high gas prices, the hybrid version of the 2021 Camry holds its value quite well. Depreciation data from iSeeCars shows a five-year-old Camry Hybrid losing around 34% of its original value, compared to 38.5% for the average mid-size hybrid and 38.9% for the average sedan in general. Looking at current used prices, a 2021 Camry Hybrid typically carries a slight premium over a comparable non-hybrid, reflecting the original price difference between the two when new.
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Is the Camry TRD a future classic?
While all models of the 2021 Camry generally have strong resale value, the version that holds its value best isn’t the fuel-sipping hybrid. Instead, it’s the performance-focused 2021 Camry TRD, which in some cases actually sells for more today than it did when new. While the Camry TRD was basically just a V6 Camry with some modest suspension and appearance tweaks, this unique sedan has remained quite popular on the used market.
Back in 2021, the Camry TRD had an MSRP of $33,285. In mid-2026, five-year-old examples with low mileage can fetch an impressive $34,000 at used car retailers like CarMax, and it’ll likely continue to hold its value well, too. That’s not just because it’s a unique performance sedan backed by Toyota reliability, but because the company dropped the V6 engine option from the Camry completely when it redesigned the car for the 2025 model year.
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If we look at it from that perspective, it seems this now-discontinued performance family sedan is well on its way to becoming a modern classic. That’s probably something no one ever expected to say about any Toyota Camry, let alone one that’s only five years old.
After addressing a widespread outage that affected Outlook.com users worldwide on Monday, Microsoft has asked iPhone users to re-enter their credentials to regain access to their Outlook and Hotmail accounts via the default Mail app.
Microsoft confirmed the incident yesterday morning, saying that customers were experiencing intermittent sign-in issues that prevented them from accessing their mailboxes via Outlook.com.
In a later update, it added that some of the affected users were also being signed out of their accounts and seeing “too many requests’ errors.
Before mitigating the outage, roughly 10 hours after the first user reports, Microsoft blamed the Outlook.com sign-in issues on a “recently introduced change” but didn’t share any further details.
On Monday evening, around 7 PM UTC, the company said the service health had returned to normal, but added that iOS users “must” manually re-enter their credentials to access their accounts via the default Mail app by going through the following step-by-step procedure:
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Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Scroll down and tap on Mail.
Select Accounts under the Mail settings.
Tap on the email account for which you need to re-enter the password.
Tap Account Settings or the Password field directly (depending on your iOS version).
Enter the updated or correct password in the Password field.
Tap Done to save the changes.
Open the Mail app to confirm that the account is syncing properly and emails are being sent/received.
Microsoft hasn’t shared more information about the outage’s root cause and hasn’t disclosed which regions or how many users were affected.
However, the incident was flagged as causing “service degradation,” a label typically used for incidents with noticeable user impact that don’t take the service offline for everyone.
In March, Microsoft also addressed an Exchange Online outage that blocked customers’ access to mailboxes and calendars via Outlook on the web, Outlook desktop, Exchange ActiveSync, and other Exchange Online connection protocols.
The same day, it resolved a separate issue that caused Microsoft 365 Copilot and Office.com sign‑in problems impacting the Microsoft Copilot desktop app, Copilot in Microsoft Teams, and Copilot in Office apps.
AI chained four zero-days into one exploit that bypassed both renderer and OS sandboxes. A wave of new exploits is coming.
At the Autonomous Validation Summit (May 12 & 14), see how autonomous, context-rich validation finds what’s exploitable, proves controls hold, and closes the remediation loop.
Watch Champions League 2025/26 semi-final live streams as four European titans meet over what are guaranteed to be red-hot two-legged matches to decide who will contest the final in Hungary later this month. First up on Tuesday is PSG vs Bayern Munich, followed by Atlético Madrid vs Arsenal on Wednesday.
It’s taken PSG a while to catch light in their title defense but they’re firing now. The French champions dispatched Liverpool over two legs in the last eight, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembélé providing the attacking gloss. Bayern, who won the league phase match between the teams 2-1, have already won the Bundesliga but will have coach Vincent Kompany suspended for picking up a third yellow card during the quarter-final defeat of Real Madrid. Harry Kane seeks a goal in a sixth Champions League game in a row.
Having lost the Copa del Rey final earlier in April, Atlético finally ended a four-game losing run in La Liga at the weekend with a 3-2 win against Athletic Bilbao but Diego Simeone’s side love this competition. Los Colchoneros beat Barcelona in the last eight thanks to the superb Julián Álvarez and still boast arguably the best set of spoiling tactics in Europe. Arsenal ended their own winless in the Premier League with a 1-0 against Newcastle thanks to Eberechi Eze’s fine curler. The Gunners have had a kind draw in the knockouts, and struggled for fluency against Sporting, and Mikel Arteta knows his side must be on it from the off.
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Some of these games are even free to view, so find out how you can watch them below.
You aren’t going to want to miss a minute of the action so here’s how to watch 2025/26 Champions League Semi-Final live streams online from anywhere.
How to watch 2025/26 Champions League Semi-Final for free
RTE will be streaming UCL action for free to Irish residents, with Atlético Madrid vs Arsenal shown without cost on Wednesday.
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Free streaming of both semi-finals will also be available via TRT1/Tabii in Turkey, and in Belgium through RTL Play and VTM Go.
OUTSIDE your usual country at the moment? You’ll need this ace VPNto unlock your usual free streams when abroad.
Champions League Semi-Final First Leg fixtures & free streams
Tuesday (April 28): PSG vs Bayern Munich (8pm) – RTL Play (BEL)
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Wednesday (April 28): Atlético Madrid vs Arsenal (8pm) – RTÉ Player(IRL) / Tabii (TUR)
* All times BST
Watch Champions League Semi-Finals from anywhere in the world
Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the Champions League on your usual subscription?
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You can still watch the 2025-26 Champions League live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country, regardless of where in the world you are, making it ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It’s the best on the market:
How to watch Champions League Semi-Finals live streams in the US
Paramount+ is the go-to for US soccer fans wanting to watch the 2025/26 Champions League Semi-Finals.
You need only the Essential plan for live soccer – and you can get Paramount Plus for free when you take out the Walmart Plus 30-day trial.
How to watch Champions League Semi-Final live streams in the UK
In the UK, TNT Sports and Amazon Prime are the go-to streaming services, with TNT showing PSG vs Bayern in the first leg, while Amazon have Atlético vs Arsenal.
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You can add TNT Sports to your EE, BT or Sky broadband deal for £16 per month. Or for on-the-move streaming, fans can pay from £25.99/month for HBO Max, which includes TNT Sports.
Amazon Prime costs £8.99 per month or £95 per year, but new customers can get a 30-day free trial before committing. Students or people aged 18‑22 pay £4.49/month or £47.49/year.
Official Champions League Semi-Final broadcasters by region
Africa
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The Champions League 2025/26 broadcast rights for Africa are largely split between beIN Sports and SuperSport.
Residents of the following African countries can watch Champions League 2025/26 live streams with a beIN Sports subscription:
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Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Republic of the Sudan, Republic of South Sudan, Somalia and Tunisia.
Satellite TV provider SuperSport has the Champions League 2025/26 TV rights across these regions in Africa:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, St Helena and Ascension, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
SuperSport will host the Champions League 2025/26 on its satellite channels.
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Americas
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DAZN has the rights to broadcast the Champions League 2025/26. You can also watch the Europa League and EFL Championship soccer, the Bundesliga, Nations League, rugby and tennis.
The broadcast rights to the Champions League 2025/26 in Latin America are exclusive to Disney+.
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Get a subscription and if you live in one of the following countries, you won’t miss a second of the action.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Europe
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The Champions League 2025/26 season will be shown by various broadcasters and streaming services throughout Europe.
Sky Sport in Austria will show the Champions League 2025/26.
Play Sports will be showing all the action from the Champions League 2025/26.
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia
Fans in the following countries can watch the Champions League 2025/26 on Arena Sport:
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
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Voyo Sport has the rights to show Champions League 2025/26 live broadcasts.
You can view the Champions League 2025/26 on Cytavision in Cyprus.
The Champions League 2025/26 will be shown on Nova Sport in Czechia.
Denmark, Iceland and Sweden
Fans in the following countries can watch the Champions League 2025/26 on Viaplay:
Denmark and Sweden.
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In Iceland, the majority of games are also on Viaplay.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Fans in the following countries can watch the Champions League 2025/26 on Go3 Sport:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
There will be coverage of the Champions League 2025/26 in Finland on MTV Katsomo.
There will be coverage of the Champions League 2025/26 in France on CANAL+.
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In Germany, the Champions League 2025/26 rights are shared between DAZN Germany and Amazon Prime (one fixture per matchday).
Greeks should head to Cosmote Sport for the Champions League 2025/26.
RTL and Sport TV will share Champions League 2025/26 broadcast duties in Hungary.
RTE (free-to-air), Premier Sports, TNT Sports and Amazon Prime will share broadcast coverage of the Champions League 2025/26 in Ireland.
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Viewers in Italy can watch the Champions League 2025/26 on Sky Italia and a handful of matches on Amazon Prime
Viewers in the Netherlands should tune into Ziggo Sport for the Champions League 2025/26.
TV2 Play is the home of the Champions League 2025/26 in Norway.
DAZN and Sport TV have the rights to air the Champions League 2025/26 in Portugal.
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TVP has the rights to air the Champions League 2025/26 in Poland.
Fans in Switzerland can watch the Champions League 2025/26 on SRG SSR and Blue Sport.
Tabii in Turkey will host coverage of the Champions League 2025/26.
Megogo will show the Champions League 2025/26 in Ukraine.
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Asia
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In China, the Champions League 2025/26 will be shown by iQIYI.
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
The following countries will be able to watch the Champions League 2025/26 on beIN Sports.
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
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India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Sony LIV is the Champions League 2025/26 broadcaster for India plus Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Wowow will show the Champions League 2025/26 in Japan.
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
The Champions League 2025/26 rights for the following Central Asian countries are held by Q Sports:
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
iQiyi is what you need to watch the Champions League 2025/26 in Macau.
Premier Sports will show the coverage of the Champions League 2025/26 in Mongolia.
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Coverage of the Champions League 2025/26 in South Korea can be found at SPOTV.
Oceania
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Stan Sport has the rights to the Champions League 2025/26 in Australia. Prices start from $20 per month (on top of a regular $12 Stan sub).
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New Zealand & Pacific Islands
DAZN is the Champions League 2025/26 TV rights holder in New Zealand and across the Pacific Islands, including: Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Middle East
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beIN Sports MENA is the Champions League 2025/26 broadcaster across the Middle East.
You can watch the Champions League 2025/26 live streams with a subscription to beIN Sports in the following Middle East countries:
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Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Can I watch Champions League games on my mobile?
Of course, most broadcasters have streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone’s browser.
You can also stay up-to-date with all 2025/26 Champions League key moments on the official social media channels on X/Twitter (@ChampionsLeague), Instagram (@ChampionsLeague), TikTok (@ChampionsLeague) and UEFA’s YouTube (@UEFA).
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