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In 2016, thieves robbed Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in Paris and made away with about $10 million in jewelry. The suspects, whom the French press have dubbed "grandpa robbers," are now on trial.

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Upcoming Switch 2 games include a brand new 3D Donkey Kong platformer, a sequel to a cult classic Kirby racing game, and even a Nintendo-exclusive FromSoftware game. Judging by this year's line-up, the new Nintendo console is off to a very strong start indeed.

What's the next big Switch 2 game?

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Thanks to the full Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, we know that the console will launch on June 5, 2025. It's accompanied by Mario Kart World at launch, as well as a new Pro Controller with back-paddle buttons. And while Mario Kart is undoubtedly the headliner, you'll also be able to play other Switch 2 launch games like Cyberpunk 2077, Deltarune, and Street Fighter 6. Later on in the year, Elden Ring and Metroid Prime 4 will arrive on Nintendo's new console.

And whether you managed to get ahold of a Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order yet, you'll be able to play a lot of these games on the original Nintendo Switch. Still, it's clear that Nintendo Switch 2 is the best place to play, with a whole host of Switch 2 exclusives lined up over the next year or so, each looking like a true next-gen experience.

We've even played Nintendo Switch 2, testing out the new Pro Controller, giving Mario Kart World a preview, and using our knowledge to compare the Switch vs Switch 2 specs. Over the last eight years, TechRadar Gaming has covered the full lifecycle of the Switch, and we're all very excited to apply our expertise to its successor in the coming months.

For now, here's every confirmed Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game, so that you can see what you'll have the option of playing in the near future. As new release dates are unveiled, this page will be updated.

Upcoming Switch games 2025: this year’s biggest games

• Mario Kart World - June 5, 2025 (Switch 2)
• Deltarune - June 5, 2025 (Switch 2)
• Donkey Kong: Bananza - July 17, 2025 (Switch 2)
• Borderlands 4 - September 23 (Switch 2, XSX|S, PS5, PC)
• Kirby Air Riders - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Pokémon Legends Z-A - TBC 2025 (Switch 2, Switch)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - TBC 2025 (Switch 2, Switch)

Now, let's go deeper into some of the biggest games planned for Switch 2.

(Image credit: Nintendo) Mario Kart World

Around the world

Mario Kart World is the first fully new console entry into the series since 2017, and from what we've seen so far, it looks set to be a bold leap forward. The main change here is that there's a huge open world to race across with your friends, with every course now having an actual position on an interconnected map. Up to 24 players can race against each other in Grand Prix, or the new Knockout Mode, which tasks racers with getting from one side of the map to the other.

This one is only coming out on Nintendo Switch 2, and launches alongside the console on June 5, 2025.

(Image credit: Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild + Tears of the Kingdom (Switch 2 Edition)

Modern classics, remastered

Powerful new abilitiesMassive, rich open worldStuffed with puzzlesComplex battles cause low framerates

Now for some new versions of two absolute belters. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom (sold separately) will each be getting a Nintendo Switch 2 edition alongside the new console's launch, making them look and play better than ever. It feels a bit silly to sing the praises of these games at this point, but yes, they are two of the best games ever made, and yes, you should absolutely play them. The new versions add increased resolution and better performance, as well as new compatibility with the Zelda Notes App.

You'll be able to pick up both of these enhanced titles on June 5, 2025. Note that if you already own them on Nintendo Switch, you can upgrade to the new versions for a small fee.

(Image credit: Nintendo) Donkey Kong Bananza

KONG!

Donkey Kong Bananza is a brand new 3D platformer that stars the titular ape as he tries to fend off a greedy mining corporation called Voidco. You see, they're after golden bananas, which just so happen to be Kong's food of choice, so he'll punch, smash, stomp, and grab anyone who gets in his way. You'll explore a sprawling underground world filled with colorful locales, filled with treasure and secrets to find.

Donkey Kong Bananza launches July 17, 2025, only on Nintendo Switch 2.

(Image credit: Gearbox) Borderlands 4

Greetings, Vault Hunter

Now onto Borderlands 4, which first launches in September for PS5, XSX|S, and PC. This one's a great example of how the newer console is able to play third-party titles in a way its predecessor simply couldn't. The Switch 2 version launches sometime in 2025, meaning that you'll be able to take your vault-hunting action on the go in handheld mode. Details are a little scarce at the moment regarding the game's story, though we do know there are four new playable characters to choose from.

Borderlands 4 launches in 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2.

(Image credit: Nintendo) Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Friend or foe?

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is the long-awaited return of the 3D Metroid series. It's still set for 2025, and it'll release on both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The gameplay revealed so far points to this being faithful to the original trilogy, with platforming, puzzles, and first-person shooting action. Samus has psychic abilities this time around, and players can use the new Joy-Con mouse functionality to aim.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will launch at some point in 2025. Once we hear a more precise release date, we'll update this section.

(Image credit: Nintendo) Pokémon Legends Z-A

Lumiose City awaits

Pokémon Legends Z-A takes players back to Lumiose City to take part in a program to make the place more suited to Pokémon and people living in harmony. There are dynamic battles, city-wide exploration, and three starter Pokémon in Totodile, Chikorita, and Tepig. Mega Evolution is back too, adding a new layer to combat, and giving Pokémon like Charizard and Lucario new forms.

Pokémon Legends Z-A will launch sometime in 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.

(Image credit: FromSoftware) The Duskbloods

Bloodsworn

The Duskbloods was perhaps the biggest surprise announcement of the Switch 2 reveal event. It's a multiplayer online action game from the creators of Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne. Crazier yet, it's only launching on Nintendo Switch 2, something that's very unexpected indeed. There's still a lot to learn about the game, but we do know that players will engage in PvPvE combat, taking on the role of "The Bloodsworn". These vampiric characters possess superhuman abilities, which can be used to hunt down and eliminate foes.

The Duskbloods is set for a 2026 release on Nintendo Switch 2. So far, a more precise date hasn't been given.

Nintendo Switch 2 games release schedule

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Now, onto the full Nintendo Switch 2 release schedule. The games below will release on Switch 2, and some on Switch as well. We'll indicate where this is the case, and will continue to update release dates as they're unveiled.

Upcoming Switch 2 games: June

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We'll all get our hands on Nintendo Switch 2, and a whole host of launch games in June:

• Arcade Archives 2 Ridge Racer - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Deltarune - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Fast Fusion - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Fortnite - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Hitman World of Assassination: Signature Edition - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Hogwarts Legacy - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Mario Kart World - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Sid Meier's Civilization 7 (Nintendo Switch 2 Edition) - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Sonic X Shadow Generations - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Split Fiction - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Street Fighter 6 - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Survival Kids - June 5 (Switch 2)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch 2 Edition) - June 5 (Switch 2)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch 2 Edition) - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Yakuza 0 Director's Cut - June 5 (Switch 2)
• Radio Remastered: Mystery of the Soulless Army - June 19 (Switch 2)
• Tamagotchi Plaza (Switch 2 Edition) - June 27 (Switch 2)

Upcoming Switch 2 games: July

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Now onto July, which sees a new Donkey Kong game launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2.

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - 11th July (PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch)
• Donkey Kong Bananza - 17th July 2025 (Switch 2)
• Shadow Labyrinth (Switch 2 Edition) - July 18 (Switch 2)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch 2 Edition) - July 24 (Switch 2)
• No Sleep For Kaname Date - July 25 (Switch 2)
• Wild Hearts S - July 25 (Switch 2)
• Ys X: Proud Nordics - July 31 (Switch 2)

Upcoming Switch 2 games: August

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August brings a new version of an excellent Kirby 3D platformer:

• Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (Switch 2 Edition) - August 27 (Switch 2
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch 2 Edition) - August 28 (Switch 2)

Upcoming Switch 2 games: September

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Players will be able to jump into Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 in September:

• Star Wars Outlaws (Switch 2 Edition) - September 4 (Switch 2)
• Dæmon X Machina: Titanic Scion - September 5 (Switch 2)

Upcoming Switch 2 games: Rest of 2025 and TBC

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Finally, here's a list of Switch 2 games that have been announced, but either don't have more than a release year attached to them yet, or are much further out. For now, they're simply TBC, but once each game does receive a release date, this page will be updated.

• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Winter 2025 (Switch 2)
• Borderlands 4 - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Drag x Drive - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Hades II - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - TBC 2025 (Switch 2, Switch)
• Pokémon Legends Z-A - TBC 2025 (Switch 2, Switch)
• Professor Layton and the New World Of Steam - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Reanimal - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Two Point Museum - TBC 2025 (Switch 2, Switch)
• Witchbrook - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Yooka-Replaylee - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• Marvel Cosmic Invasion - TBC 2025 (Switch 2)
• The Duskbloods - TBC 2026 (Switch 2)
• Enter The Gungeon - TBC 2026 (Switch 2)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade - TBC (Switch 2)
• Human: Fall Flat 2 - TBC (Switch 2)
• My Time at Evershine - TBC (Switch 2)
• PowerWash Simulator 2 - TBC (Switch 2)
• Project 007 - TBC (Switch 2)

New Switch 2 games FAQ

(Image credit: Nintendo) What games are coming out for Switch 2?

There are many games coming out for Switch 2 over the next year or so. The biggest ones are Mario Kart World on June 5, Donkey Kong Bananza on July 17, and then Metroid Prime 4 at some point in 2025. We'll also get Pokémon Legends: Z-A this year, as well as Hades 2 as a console exclusive.

Is the Switch 2 better than Switch 1?

The Switch 2 has better specs than Switch 1, with a larger screen, the capacity to output games at up to a 4K resolution, and support for 120 frames per second modes. We'll have to wait for launch to see how it stacks up against its predecessor, though for now, it's looking like Switch 2 could be a much better console than Switch 1, with better third-party game support and an improved Pro-Controller featuring back paddles.

Did Switch 2 sell out yet?

While stock for Switch 2 has been very hit or miss in the last week or so, with small flurries of listings going live before selling out immediately, we're still expecting to see a few more opportunities to pre-order. Keep an eye on our Nintendo Switch 2 stock tracker, as it'll be updated as soon as retailers get new supply.

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• You can now get Starlink’s setup hardware for free
• This requires a 12-month commitment to the internet service
• There’s plenty of small print, and not everyone can get it

When you subscribe to a Starlink internet package, you normally need to pay for the cost of your new dish and router. That can be pricey, as that tech comes to $349 in the US. But a new plan from Starlink could see you get those items for absolutely nothing, potentially making it one of the best internet deals around.

The change comes as part of Starlink’s 12-month Standard Kit residential plan. You’ll still need to pay the regular monthly fee for your service, but eliminating the cost for the actual hardware could net you some significant savings.

Announcing the change on X, Starlink said that the new option would be available in “select markets.” That means you’ll need to check whether you’re actually eligible for this discount based on where you live. To do so, head to Starlink’s website, enter your address, then select Order Now to see if you’re covered.

A lower barrier to entry

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Starlink’s offer might seem like a good deal, but there are some caveats to be aware of. For one thing, you only get the kit for free if you commit to a 12-month plan – you’ll need to pay the full figure if you opt for the company’s month-to-month “no commitment” plan.

As well as that, Starlink charges a ‘Change Fee’ if you change your address, cancel your service, don’t pay your bill on time, try to transfer your service to someone else, or cancel your service during the 30-day trial but don’t return your kit. If any one of those scenarios occurs, you’ll be charged the full $349 for the dish and router, although that figure is pro-rated based on how far through your 12-month commitment you are.

That means you’ll need to think carefully about whether this option is right for you.

Still, if it is, it could save you a heap of cash on the hardware you need for Starlink service. Presumably, Starlink has decided that lowering the cost of entry is worth it in order to increase subscriber numbers – and that’s good news if you were already considering signing up.

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• In Q1 2025 there were 20.5 million DDoS attacks
• In the whole 2024 there were 21.3 million
• Hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks are growing more popular

In the first quarter of 2025, there were as many Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks as there were through the entire 2024.

This is according to Cloudflare’s new Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report, published earlier this week. Based on data from the Cloudflare network, the report claims that in the first three months of 2025, there were 20.5 million DDoS attacks, almost the same as in all 12 months of 2024 which had 21.3 million such incidents.

This also represents a stunning 358% year-on-year increase, as well as a 198% quarter-on-quarter increase.

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A Distributed Denial of Service attack works by flooding the target server with information packages from a vast, distributed network. If the server cannot process all of the requests on time, it bogs down, denying regular visitors proper access. There are different types of DDoS attacks, with hyper-volumetric ones now being “the new normal.”

A hyper-volumetric DDoS attack is a massive cyberattack that floods a network or website with an extremely large volume of fake traffic, often measured in terabits per second. These require a huge network of devices, which is why in the past they weren’t as common. However, in Q1, roughly 700 attacks were deemed hyper-volumetric as they exceeded rates of 1 billion packets per second (pps) or 1Tbps - averaging about 8 attacks a day.

At the same time, network-layer DDoS attacks (which target the lower levels of the internet stack, like routers and firewalls, by flooding them with traffic such as ICMP or UDP packets) are getting more popular. There were 16.8 million such attacks, representing a staggering 509% YoY increase and a 397% quarter-over-quarter increase.

Germany is the number-one most targeted country in the world, followed by Turkey, who jumped 11 spots to reach second place. China slipped to third. As for the location of the attackers, Hong Kong is the number one source, followed by Indonesia and Argentina.

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Website monitoring is how businesses monitor their webpage performance and take immediate action if there’s an unexpected downtime. These monitors send instant notifications in case of outages and assist businesses in quick recovery.

UptimeRobot is a popular website monitoring tool with more than 2.1 million customers worldwide. Companies like Heineken and WordPress VIP use UptimeRobot to avoid disruptions and ensure reliable operations.

The platform offers 8 different types of checks, 17 integrations, and 4 flexible plans for businesses of all sizes. There’s also a free plan that comes with 50 monitors and port, ping, and keyword monitoring. The paid plans start at just $7/month, meaning it's also ideal for bargain hunters.

Keep reading to find out everything about UptimeRobot, including its cost, features, interface, and support options. We'll also give you a couple of alternatives in case UptimeRobot isn't for you.

UptimeRobot: Plans and pricing

You can get started with UptimeRobot with its free plan that comes with 50 monitors and allows you to run HTTP, port, ping, and keyword checks at an interval of 5 minutes. With basic status pages and 5 integrations, this plan is sufficient for startups and personal use.

UptimeRobot’s first paid plan is priced at $7/month and comes with 10 monitors. The monitoring interval drops to 60 seconds on this plan, and you get additional features like SSL and domain expiry monitoring. This plan also allows you to customize your status pages. There’s another version of this plan, which comes with 50 monitors, costing $15/month.

The platform’s most popular plan is the Team plan, costing $29/month for 100 monitors. As the name suggests, this is ideal for team-oriented organizations, who can invite up to 3 members on this plan and even purchase extra seats for an additional fee ($15/month).

The most noticeable difference with this plan is the status pages. You can create as many as 100 of them along with password-protected status pages and detailed page analytics.

The last plan is the Enterprise plan, starting at $54/month for 200 monitors. You can also opt for 500 monitors at $124/month or 1,000 monitors at $222/month. This plan allows you to run checks every 30 seconds with access to unlimited status pages. You can also invite up to 5 team members on board. All other features are similar to the Team plan.

UptimeRobot also offers a 10-day money-back guarantee on all plans so that you can try it out risk-free before committing.

UptimeRobot: Features

UptimeRobot offers 8 different types of monitoring features, including website monitoring, ping monitoring, cron job monitoring, port monitoring, and ping monitoring to ensure your webpage stays online at all times and you get instant alerts if downtime happens. Checks can be run at an interval of as low as 30 seconds (depending on your plan).

Now there are a lot of ways you can receive these notifications, such as email, SMS, voice calls, and mobile push notifications. You can even integrate with apps like Slack, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat to receive these alerts. Plus, access to Zapier integration allows you to build custom workflows with the apps you use.

We liked UptimeRobot's cron job monitoring – pre-scheduled tasks that you can automate at regular intervals. Cron jobs serve as vital tools for automating tasks, increasing efficiency, and maintaining system health.

Using this, you can run various tasks such as scheduled server reboots, clearing temp files every night, or running a script every 5 minutes.

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Port monitoring and ping monitoring are some other key UptimeRobot functions. The former, for example, helps you keep an eye on different ports such as HTTPS, FTP, and SSH. You can set up POP3, IMAP, and SMTP port monitoring to ensure your services running on different ports on your server are always up.

Ping monitoring sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes to targets and analyzes responses to detect and notify any anomalies. Besides this, you can also set up SSL certificates and domain monitoring to get timely updates before they expire. Expiry notifications are sent 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before, giving you enough time and reminders to renew your SSL and domain address.

Much like other website monitoring tools, UptimeRobot also allows you to design and share status pages with your users. These pages can be fully customized as per your brand voice and keep your visitors updated during unexpected outages.

On higher-tier plans, UptimeRobot allows businesses to set up maintenance windows, which halt checks during website maintenance. This helps you avoid false positives and keeps your website's numbers healthy.

Another handy UptimeRobot feature is keyword monitoring. This lets you keep tabs on any content changes on a given webpage. For example, you might want to keep an eye on your competitor’s website to track any changes made.

Doing it manually can be resource intensive. Simply set up a keyword alert that’ll notify you if those words appear on the website. For instance, alerts can be set for words like ‘sale,’ ‘new launches,’ and so on.

UptimeRobot: Interface and in use

UptimeRobot’s interface is quite simple and easy to use. The main dashboard bears a classy black theme with all the information you need in a single place. You can access features like monitoring, incidents, and status pages from the left panel.

There's a list of all your monitors at the center of the page. Simply click on it to view detailed website metrics, such as total uptime and track incidents.

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Setting up a new monitor is also straightforward. Click on the ‘new monitor’ option at the top-right corner, choose the type of monitor, and enter fields like URL, notification methods, and interval. You can also add tags to group certain types of monitors for easy sorting.

Overall, we found UptimeRobot beginner-friendly. You need little to no training thanks to the entire user experience being pretty self-explanatory.

UptimeRobot: Support

UptimeRobot offers decent customer support options. You can either send them an email for any queries you might have or seek support via the live chat option on their website. There’s also an engaging Discord community that’ll help you stay updated with everything UptimeRobot.

The platform also has a help center and knowledge hub where you’ll find articles explaining common queries and setup processes. All in all, we found UptimeRobot’s support options adequate. However, the lack of call support might sting some of you.

UptimeRobot: The competition

Although UptimeRobot is a good website monitoring option, it may not be best for all business use cases. Here are a couple of alternatives you can consider.

Uptime.com is an all-around monitor offering 30 different types of checks. The platform is ideal if you need detailed insights into Real User Monitoring (RUM) data. RUM monitoring gathers data from real users visiting your website to produce data like average load times and bounce rates.

This data-driven approach is very user-centric and ideal for e-commerce businesses. You can also set up no-code transaction checks and design private status pages on Uptime.com. That said, it can be expensive as the paid plans start from $20/month.

UptimeRobot: Final verdict

UptimeRobot is an easy-to-use and straightforward website monitoring tool that helps businesses keep an eye on their website's online status at all times. You can run 8 different types of checks at an interval of as low as 30 seconds.

In addition to basic monitors like ping and port monitoring, you can also set up custom maintenance windows and status pages to keep your visitors informed.

The platform is pretty affordable, too, with plans starting at just $7/month for 10 monitors. You can set up as many as 17 integrations (besides Zapier), meaning you have the full liberty to streamline your workflows with existing third-party apps. There’s also a free plan with 50 monitors and a 10-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans.

That said, UptimeRobot lacks Real User Monitoring, which means you won’t get insights into real users' experiences on your website. This may be an issue, especially for large customer-driven businesses. In that case, you can consider alternatives like Uptime.com.

FAQs Who is UptimeRobot ideal for?

UptimeRobot is ideal for startups and small to mid-sized businesses looking for an affordable website monitoring tool. It's quite beginner-friendly and easy to set up, which makes it a go-to choice for newbies.

You get 8 different types of monitors, such as HTTPS, port, and ping checks, along with 17 integration options and custom status pages. It's worth noting that the tool is free for the first 50 monitors you set up, and then the paid plans start at just $7/month.

Why do you need a website monitoring tool?

Website monitoring helps businesses ensure their web addresses are online at all times. These tools keep an eye on various components of a website, such as ports, SSL certificates, APIs, and domains, to ensure timely alerts if there’s any unexpected outage.

Monitoring becomes essential for businesses that rely on their website or apps for customer interaction. For instance, if an e-commerce website like Amazon goes down for even an hour, it can result in huge financial losses, apart from reputation damage. These website monitors act as watchdogs and ensure your online presence stays intact at all times.

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• Microsoft is porting over another part of the old Control Panel to Windows 11’s Settings app
• This time around it’s keyboard options (following some mouse-related settings in the recent past)
• This is hidden in test builds of Windows 11, so there’s no guarantee it’ll happen – but it seems a likely enough possibility

Microsoft is continuing the slow drip-feed of features moving from Windows 11’s Control Panel over to the Settings app.

The Control Panel is a rusty old part of Windows 11 that has been superseded by the Settings app, although they’re effectively the same thing – just a whole bunch of settings.

The Control Panel is still hanging around in the desktop OS because it has some legacy options that remain important (even if much of this functionality is pretty niche at this point). However, Microsoft is slowly migrating all these features across to Settings (where everything should be, ideally), and Techspot noticed the most recent move on this front.

In this case, it’s some keyboard options getting ported over, as flagged up by that regular leaker of all things Windows on X, PhantomOfEarth.

Welcome to yet another episode of Control Panel options moving to Settings. Hidden (not available by default) in the latest Dev and Beta CUs: migrated keyboard character repeat delay and repeat rate options in Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard. pic.twitter.com/Xgfi1xOXkfApril 25, 2025

These are accessibility settings for the keyboard, specifically keyboard character repeat delay and repeat rate options.

I should make it clear that this hasn’t actually happened yet; as the leaker points out, this work is hidden away in the background of the latest releases of Windows 11 preview builds in both the Dev and Beta channels.

(Image credit: Microsoft) Analysis: Peripheral consideration

As this hasn’t been implemented yet, we must be aware that not every change that’s put in place in the background of Windows 11 preview builds like this ends up being enabled. So, nothing might come of it, but given that Microsoft is slowly porting over features from the old Control Panel to the Settings app, it seems likely that this will be the next step.

Especially given that we recently saw clues that Microsoft is moving mouse options over from the Control Panel as well, so keyboard-related settings would fit with that. It makes sense to migrate the full range of mouse and keyboard settings over, too, as those are capabilities that a greater number of folks running Windows 11 are more likely to use (in comparison to some of the obscure stuff kicking about in corners of the Control Panel).

Naturally, all of this is (or should be) part of a broader drive to eventually do away with the Control Panel entirely, by shifting all its functionality across to the modern-looking Settings app.

Windows 11 will be a better place when this happens, simply because when you do stumble across a less commonly used setting that is still languishing in the Control Panel, it feels very jarring when that old interface pops up in the middle of Windows 11’s streamlined and modern desktop.

As to how long this full migration process will take, well, that’s anyone’s guess. However, given how sluggishly Microsoft has been going with this project so far – let’s just say it doesn’t appear to be any kind of priority – it’s likely to be the next version of Windows (whatever that may be called – Windows Copilot, perhaps) that this work is finished in.

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Nearly half of the respondents in an NPR poll gave Trump an F on the first 100 days of his second term. And, detained student Mohsen Madhawi speaks with Morning Edition's Leila Fadel.

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Website monitoring is essential to ensure your web addresses stay functional at all times. Outages, if any, should be reported swiftly so that they can be tackled before bounce rates increase. Here’s where a robust tool like Uptime comes in handy.

Launched in 2013, Uptime.com caters to some big names, like Apple, Microsoft, and PwC. With 44.7M monitoring checks, 115K alerts, and 2,500+ status pages, Uptime has saved billions of dollars for companies around the world – all the while maintaining a 99.999% uptime.

Uptime offers 30 different check types, from basic HTTPS checks and advanced Real User Monitoring (RUM) to API endpoint and transaction checks. Hang around until the end as we explore one of the best website monitoring software in more detail, discussing its best features, pricing, and interface, and also listing down a couple of alternatives.

Uptime.com: Plans and pricing

Uptime offers four plans, meaning it caters to businesses of all sizes and needs. It all begins with the Starter plan priced at $20/month, which allows you to run 30 basic checks, 1 transaction, API, and page speed check each, along with 10 cloud status checks and 2 group checks.

The check frequency here is 5 minutes, and you get 4 check locations and 3 locations per check. You can also create 1 status page – private or public. This plan allows access to 50K RUM data points per month and data retention for up to 13 months. We found this plan offering good value for the money, making it ideal for startups with one site to manage.

Next comes the Essential plan at $67/month, where you get 50 basic checks, 5 transaction checks, and 10 API checks. The group check limit also increases to 10, and the check frequency drops to 3 minutes. The best part is that you can run checks for every location around the globe as well as enjoy 5 locations per check. The number of RUM data points also increases to 200K on this plan.

Unlike the Starter plan, you can customize the design of your status page here and also create password-protected status pages. The Essential plan is an extended version of the Starter one, ideal for small businesses.

If you’re a large business, you can switch to the Premium plan at $285/month, which pretty much has everything Uptime has to offer. This includes 200 basic checks, 15 transaction checks, and 20 API checks.

These checks can be run at an interval as low as 1 minute. You get 15 locations per check and the mighty ability to select private locations. More good news: SMS and phone alerts, both of which are capped in the previous two plans.

If even this subscription doesn’t fit your needs, you can build a plan from scratch with customizable configurations and billing.

Another good thing about Uptime is that it offers a 14-day free trial for all its paid plans – no credit card needed. So, you can take the service out for a spin before committing to a plan.

Uptime.com: Features

Uptime offers 3 free tools: domain health check, website page speed test, and global uptime test. The domain health test helps you check parameters like web and DNS performance, functionality, blacklist monitoring, and so on.

Speed tests help you determine loading speeds of your web page from various global locations, while the global uptime test checks a website’s responsiveness and provides insights into performance disparities.

Besides this, Uptime offers more than 30 check types. Basic checks such as HTTPS, Whois/Domain checks, TCP Port checks, and malware checks are available with every plan. Several advanced checks, such as API monitoring, transaction checks, group checks, and cloud checks, are also available.

For instance, the platform allows checking various APIs, such as REST APIs, gRPC APIs, and GraphQL APIs, to ensure they are working fine and alert the concerned team immediately in case there’s an issue.

Needless to say, you can also run Real User Monitoring (RUM), under which data from real users are analyzed to identify issues like 4xx and 5xx HTTP status codes and JavaScript issues, page load times, AJAX load times, and bounce rates.

This data-driven approach helps you fix minor issues before they become major business concerns. You can also access detailed RUM reports to drill down on user data.

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Uptime also offers impressive no-code transaction checks that help you check specific website elements such as clicking a button, visiting a website, or entering information in a text field. You can even mimic entire user paths, such as adding items to a shopping cart or contact form submissions.

The platform’s synthetic transaction monitoring also supports advanced web applications such as MFA sites. For example, using Uptime, businesses can check whether 2FA on their site is functioning for all users.

Another feature we loved about Uptime was the Status pages, a powerful reporting and accountability tool that helps communicate outages and manage incidents more efficiently. Uptime offers 3 types of status pages: public, private, and SLA pages, each customizable with HTML and CSS.

Uptime.com: Interface and in use

The Uptime interface is clean and intuitive. You’ll see a panel on the left with all function options. Whenever you’re setting up a new check, you’ll see a window pop up with four options: Basic, Advanced, Escalations, and Maintenance.

For instance, if you want to run a basic HTTPS check, you’ll find it in the Basic tab. Similarly, advanced checks like RUM and transaction checks can be found in the Advanced tab.

Each check can be configured within seconds by simply filling out the required fields such as check type, contacts who’ll receive the notifications, locations to run the check from, and of course, the URL to be checked.

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The Escalations tab makes it very easy to manage incidents by sending alerts to concerned team members. You can set up a hierarchy of escalations based on incident sensitivity.

You’ll see all the checks on the Uptime’s main dashboard along with a summary of all your checks. At just a glance, you can check variables like total checks, outages, response times, global uptime, and RUM load time. What we like the most is that the dashboard is fully customizable. So, you can start with a clean slate and only add data you want to see on the dashboard.

Overall, Uptime is easy to use and get the hang of. There are a lot of tutorials on the website with detailed step-by-step guides that help you set up and use the account. Sure, Uptime, like most website monitoring tools, does require a bit of getting used to. However, the learning curve isn’t steep, thanks to its huge knowledge base.

Uptime.com: Support

Uptime offers comprehensive support for both existing and potential customers. You can either fill out a contact form on the website, call them directly, or send them an email.

While direct contact with a support agent might be your only and last port of call, you can also check out the extensive library of free resources that’s more than capable of answering any questions you might have. There are detailed blogs, release notes, and API documentations, as well as a quick start guide – a lot of material to help you get the hang of the platform.

Last but not least, you’ll also get premium and priority support if you’re on the Premium plan.

Uptime.com: The competition

Uptime is undoubtedly a great website monitoring option for businesses. However, if for some reason it doesn’t suit your needs, you can consider UptimeRobot.

For starters, UptimeRobot offers a completely free plan with 50 monitors and 5 minutes of monitoring interval. You can run various checks such as HTTP, port & ping monitor, as well as benefit from a handy keyword monitor. UptimeRobot is also much cheaper than Uptime.com.

Even its most expensive plan costs just $54/month (for 200 monitors and 30-second intervals). However, UptimeRobot lacks Real User Monitoring, which is where Uptime.com really shines through.

Uptime.com: Final verdict

Uptime is a comprehensive website monitoring tool that lets you run more than 30 types of checks – both basic and advanced checks. You can evaluate the API status on your pages, micro and extended transaction checks, page speed tests, and real user monitoring statuses.

We liked the immediate response and alert mechanisms as well as the detailed escalation hierarchy that helps resolve issues at the earliest. You can get started with 3 free tools for domain health and speed checks and then upgrade to paid plans starting at $20/month.

The interface is pretty clean, and there’s a lot of knowledge material on the website to help you scale the slight learning curve. Plus, the support is robust with call, email, and contact form support.

Overall, Uptime delivers excellent value for money and is a good option for both small and large businesses.

FAQs How is website monitoring different from content monitoring?

Website monitoring tools track the functionality of a given webpage. It checks whether the pages and its various components are working and reports if there are any unexpected page outages.

Content monitoring, on the other hand, tracks content changes on a webpage and reports whenever there are content updates. It comes in handy for businesses tracking competitors and for regulatory compliance.

Who is Uptime.com best for?

Uptime is a good value-for-money website monitoring tool ideal for both small and large businesses. Free tools like domain health checks and speed tests can help startups with basic monitoring.

Paid basic and advanced checks, starting at $20/month, help businesses draw in more insights from synthetic transactions and real user monitoring. Large businesses can opt for the $285/month Premium plan or build a custom plan from scratch.

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• Huawei is unveiling a new smartwatch on May 15
• The company has teased a brand-new type of health sensor
• Since the announcement, the device has leaked in full

Huawei has confirmed that it will unveil a new smartwatch with an intriguing new health sensor on May 15 – and if you don't want any spoilers ahead of time, you won't want to hear about how the device has since leaked in full.

Huawei confirmed that an "Innovative Product Launch" is scheduled for May 15 in Berlin, with a post on X that reads "Feel the future of digital health at your fingertips." With Huawei sales limited in the US, the Watch 5 is unlikely to land a spot on our best smartwatch roundup, but it's an exciting prospect all the same.

Feel the future of digital health at your fingertips. #TaptheNext #HuaweiLaunch #HUAWEIWatch5 pic.twitter.com/OzEbMi5eWOApril 25, 2025

In a second teaser post, Huawei states, "More comprehensive. More convenient. A whole new health monitoring experience is coming your way."

The accompanying video teases a quick health check-in feature with readouts for temperature, heart rate, ECG, and other option,s which could be mood and respiratory rate, depending on how much you read into the emojis in the video.

More comprehensive. More convenient. A whole new health monitoring experience is coming your way. #TaptheNext #HuaweiLaunch #HUAWEIWatch5 pic.twitter.com/59ECcX8REaApril 29, 2025

Huawei Watch 5 leaked in full

Since the first announcement, 91Mobiles has leaked the device in full. Renders reveal 42mm and 46mm size options, matching the best Apple Watch models in terms of chassis.

According to the report, there are gold/beige, blue, white, green, brown, and black color options, although they'll no doubt have snappier names. The circular dial and narrow bezels are complemented by a digital crown, as well as one physical button and the intriguing health sensor the company has been teasing.

While 91Mobiles speculates this could be for charging, Huawei's videos clearly show that this is a sensor related to the health innovations the company will announce later this month.

Huawei Watch 5 as leaked by 91Mobiles (Image credit: Huawei)

While there's no word on an official release date or pricing, we should find out more when Huawei takes the covers off on May 15.

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• The Galaxy Watch 8 Classic has been spotted again
• It's shown up in a Bluetooth regulatory database
• We didn't get a Classic model with the 2024 series

As we get closer to the expected launch of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 – most probably around July time – we're starting to get a fuller picture of what's going to be on offer, and the latest leak once again points to a return to the Classic model for the best Samsung watches.

The team at Xpertpick (via 9to5Google) spotted a device that most likely corresponds to the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic in a Bluetooth regulatory database, with the model number SM-L505U. However, the filing doesn't give us any more details about the wearable.

This isn't the first time that we've heard that the Classic could be making a comeback, and in fact these rumors stretch all the way back to last year. Earlier this month the same Galaxy Watch 8 Classic model was spotted in another official database.

If you haven't been following Samsung's watch launches closely, the Classic variation is usually bigger, made from better materials, and more expensive, compared to the standard smartwatch that Samsung puts out each year.

Bring it back

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, launched in 2021 (Image credit: Samsung)

We didn't get a Classic model last year, but as our Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic review will tell you, we did in 2023. Back in 2022 we got the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.

Samsung now seems to be alternating Classic model releases with Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and Pro models – we saw the first Ultra appear in 2024, and we're still hopeful that we might see the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 break cover this year. However, if we're getting a classic, the Ultra 2 may be saved for 2026.

Another key feature of the Classic models is a physical, rotating bezel you can use to interact with the watch. It's an input option that often makes more sense than jabbing at the screen or pushing buttons, especially on the move or in tricky weather conditions.

In fact it's so useful, it might even make me consider switching over from my Garmin Instinct 3 – where working through menus and lists takes a lot of button pushing. I'll wait and see what else the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic brings to the table first, though.

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Businesses today need to have a constant online presence, which is why website monitoring has become indispensable. As the name suggests, a website monitor keeps an eye on your web addresses and immediately notifies you if there’s any downtime.

Businesses may lose an average of $137-$437 for every minute their website is down. This is where website monitoring tools like Pingdom come in handy. Pingdom runs various uptime and speed checks for your websites and produces data-driven reports so that you can know which parts of your website need attention. You also get stats from real user experience, which helps you identify visitor attributes and overall trends.

Stick around until the end as we’ll explore Pingdom in more detail. We’ll discuss its best features, pricing plans, and in-use experience, besides suggesting a couple of alternatives.

Pingdom: Plans and pricing

Pingdom has kept its pricing pretty simple. There are just two feature-wise plans – Synthetic Monitoring and Real User monitoring. The Synthetic Monitoring plan starts at just $10/month for 10 uptime monitors, 1 advanced monitor (page speed or transaction checks), and 50 SMS alerts.

However, there are as many as 22 options to choose from within this plan with various numbers of monitors, going all the way up to 30,000 uptime monitors. This makes it ideal for businesses of all sizes, from small businesses to multinational mega businesses.

Besides uptime monitoring, this plan offers page speed monitoring, public status pages, alerts, and transaction monitoring. Regardless of the threshold limit you choose, you can add unlimited users, making it good for small teams.

Next is the Real User Monitoring plan starting at $10/month for 100,000 page views. Here too, you have 22 threshold limits to choose from, all the way up to 1 billion pageviews. We love that there’s no limit on the number of sites you can run RUM on and users you can add.

Now, you can choose both these plans simultaneously in any permutation and combination as per your needs, giving you a lot of flexibility. Pingdom also offers a 30-day free trial to test out the platform before committing to a plan.

Pingdom: Features

Uptime monitoring is one of Pingdom’s core features. It keeps an eye on your websites and sends you instant notifications in case of outages. You can choose the mode as well as the frequency of the alerts. For example, critical alerts might require instant notifications, whereas minor issues may be notified an hour later.

Pingdom goes a step ahead and runs a detailed root cause analysis to find out what exactly went wrong. For every incident, administrators can run a traceroute, identify the output from a web server, and analyze response codes from servers. This helps in quick incident resolution.

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Pingdom’s page speed checks are also different from other monitoring solutions. In addition to checking the page load times, Pingdom also examines how various elements like HTML, CSS, Javascript, and images are performing in relation to each other.

It also lets you zero in on the exact element that is slowing down your website. Pingdom’s comprehensive visualizations let you see how changes made on a page affect its speed. The platform assigns performance grades to each test so that you can know at just a glance how your pages have been performing.

Pingdom also comes with a simple transaction web recorder that lets you record a transaction for a check instead of having to code it manually. This makes it easy for non-IT teams to quickly monitor various parts of the customer journey on the website. For instance, you can run tests for simple actions like clicking a button, filling out a form, new user registrations, user login, or even completing payment on the website.

Besides all these synthetic monitoring features, Pingdom also offers a pretty comprehensive Real User Monitoring (RUM) function. RUM monitoring offers detailed insights into how real users access and interact with your website.

This helps you find out where customers spend most of their time on your website with the help of metrics like bounce rates, top browsers, active sessions, and top-visited pages.

Pingdom: Interface and in use

Pingdom’s interface is pretty data-driven, laced with various charts and graphs that help you understand your website performance metrics better. For instance, the top-level dashboards give you a quick summary of how different websites are performing.

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To dig deeper, you can switch to the page-level metrics that focus on specific pages like checkout pages, signup pages, or your blog. Plus, every test and report on Pingdom is color-coded so that you can quickly identify any problems.

For instance, if you’re using RUM, you’ll see a live global map with areas marked in different colors, indicating load times in those regions. What's more, there are detailed timelines with vertical bar graphs for each check you run.

Getting started with the platform isn’t complex at all. You can add a new check in a matter of minutes, for instance. Moreover, there are a lot of help videos on the platform that guide you through the entire setup process.

Pingdom: Support

Pingdom has a dedicated customer portal for technical support, customer service, or product assistance. Here, you can raise a support ticket for any queries you might have. You can even set a priority for the issue you’re facing to get a quicker response.

Plus, you can even reach out to them on call between 8 am and 5 pm Central Time. They have dedicated phone numbers for the US, the UK, and SE regions.

Besides this, there are a lot of resource videos and help articles on the website that solve almost all beginner-level queries you might have.

Pingdom: The competition

HostTracker is a more affordable solution, allowing you to run 25+ URL uptime checks at just $18/month. Plus, you can add additional website checks for just $0.50/month. HostTracker also checks the IP DNS blacklist checker and Google's unsafe websites list to check if any of your websites have been blacklisted for any reason.

Plus, you can run comprehensive database checks along with transaction and speed checks. However, it lacks Real User Monitoring and status pages.

Uptime.com is another website monitoring tool very similar to Pingdom with features like cloud status checks and group checks. It also offers more than 20 types of basic checks, such as SMTP, NTP, UDP, and POP – something you don’t get with most other platforms.

You can run checks from unlimited global locations with as many as 15 locations per check and private location checks. However, Uptime.com is more expensive than Pingdom.

Pingdom: Final verdict

Pingdom is one of the most complete website monitoring tools you’ll ever come across, offering everything you need. It checks for website uptime with detailed root cause analysis and also has a robust speed check feature. Its Real User Monitoring capabilities help you drill down on real-user metrics with parameters like Apdex score, time to first byte, load time, and bounce rates.

The best thing about Pingdom is its visually graphic dashboards. You’ll find a lot of color-coded charts, maps, and graphs, which makes it easy to identify any bottlenecks. Regardless of the plan you choose, you can invite unlimited users to share these detailed and customizable reports with.

Pingdom also gives you a lot of plan options to choose from – 22 tiers each for synthetic and RUM monitoring. This makes it ideal for both small and large businesses. Last but not least, you get a 30-day free trial to try out before committing.

FAQs Who is Pingdom best for?

Pingdom is a comprehensive website monitoring tool, ideal for businesses of all sizes. Firstly, it offers every monitoring feature you may need. From synthetic monitors like uptime, page speed, and transaction checks to complex real-user monitoring, Pingdom covers all bases.

Secondly, it has separate plans for synthetic and real user monitoring with 22 pricing tiers in each plan. Every tier has its own limit on the number of checks you can use. For example, if you want to run only 10 uptime checks, you’ll have to pay $10/month. The plans go all the way up to 30,000 uptime checks, making Pingdom a popular choice for businesses of all sizes.

What is the difference between website monitoring and content monitoring?

A website monitor examines various components of a website through tests like HTTPS, Ping, and TCP ports to ensure the address is online and notifies admins if there’s any downtime.

Content monitoring is an alerting mechanism that notifies users whenever there’s any change in the content of a specific website. For instance, businesses need to constantly monitor their competitors’ websites to track any developments.

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• The Google TV Streamer's Home Panel is arriving on more devices
• Requires you to have a Home set up in the Google Home app
• Includes live video and doorbell notifications

One of the things we really like about the Google TV Streamer is its Home Panel, which enables you to control your smart home devices from your TV. And now it's coming to more Google devices.

The Home Panel was originally exclusive to the Streamer, but Google made it clear that the plan was to roll it out more widely by launching a Public Preview. That preview has now become a roll-out, and that means it's available for Chromecast devices and Google TVs too.

Not only that, but Google is rolling it out to models that have long been discontinued, including some older Chromecasts and Hisense TVs.

How to get the Home Panel on your Chromecast or Google TV

According to 9to5Google, the update means you'll get a pop-up on your compatible device the next time you use it. It'll ask you if you want to set up the Home Panel, and if you do it'll take you step by step through the process.

It seems that all the features from the Streamer are present and correct, including Nest Doorbell notifications; control of lights, thermostats and speakers; live view from cameras; and quick access directly from the Quick Settings panel.

In addition to adding the feature to your TV or Chromecast, you'll also need to have a Home set up in the Google Home app. That should be the same Home that your Google TV is part of; if there isn't a Home set up, you won't get the Home Panel notification.

And finally, you'll need to be a grown-up. Google quite sensibly doesn't want the kids getting their hands on all your smart home controls.

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Website monitoring is an essential part of the suite of business tools these days. After all, you cannot afford for your website to be down for even just a few minutes. Besides financial loss, it can hurt your brand’s reputation and market image.

Datadog offers top-notch website monitoring software that comes included with Real Time Monitoring (RUM), which is monitoring based on real user interactions. You also get robust synthetic monitoring, which allows you to test every component of your website. Business giants like Netflix, Adobe, Airbnb, and Spotify trust Datadog to manage their infrastructure.

If you want to know more about this all-around website monitor, stick around until the end. In this article, we’ll discuss Datadog's features, pricing, and interface, and also give you a couple of alternatives to consider.

Datadog: Plans and pricing

Datadog has separate plans for synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring, much like Pingdom. However, Datadog goes a step ahead and breaks these plans down further – it offers dedicated plans for API testing, browser testing, and mobile app tests.

The API testing plan costs $5/month for 10K test runs. The Browser Testing plan costs $12/month per 1,000 test runs, and the Mobile App Testing plan costs $50/month per 100 test runs.

There are two plans for RUM too, one with session replay and one without it. The RUM with Session Replay plan costs $1.80/month for 1,000 sessions, while the RUM plan (without replay) costs $1.50/month for 1,000 sessions.

These limits are enough for any small to midsized business, making Datadog an affordable solution. Except for the mobile app testing plan, you’ll only have to pay $18.80/month for RUM and synthetic monitoring. This is cheaper than the likes of Uptime.com, whose plans can cost as high as $67 to $285 per month.

Apart from website monitoring solutions, Datadog also offers a complete security suite with solutions like cloud and application security management, runtime code analysis, CI pipeline visibility, and network monitoring – each function has a separate plan.

Datadog: Features

Datadog’s Real User Monitoring is one of the best across the board. It churns out essential website performance data such as Core Web Vitals and load times by harnessing data from real user experiences.

The best thing about Datadog is that you can view session replays to pinpoint the exact cause and instance of the issue. This lets you collect and process every error, resource, and action during each session. Users' actions can vary from checkout button clicks, taps, and more. You can even track custom metrics that are critical to your performance.

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Datadog also offers comprehensive Mobile Real User Monitoring (Mobile RUM) functions that test your app's stability, identify and address app crashes, and assist in resolving any glitches.

Its no-code web recorder makes it pretty easy to build customizable assertions that work on all the latest devices and operating systems. Datadog is also smart enough to avoid any UI changes so that you do not get any false positives.

Datadog’s API tests are ridiculously easy to create. You can access its API Catalog to access your overall HTTP test coverage and then build API checks for any untested endpoints in just a few clicks. Datadog’s AI-generated Synthetics swiftly identify any business-critical flows so that you can create the right test in a matter of seconds.

However, Datadog doesn’t stop at just detecting errors; it also helps in quick resolution by grouping related errors automatically so that you’re not bombarded with error notifications. You can run a simple faceted search to find out more about how these errors started and evolved.

Datadog also has one of the most extensive collections of third-party integrations, allowing you to set up custom workflows with as many as 800+ applications. Apps for various categories such as alerting, automation, caching, incident management, and log collection are available.

Datadog: Interface and in use

Datadog’s dashboards are filled with interactive charts and graphs that give you a quick snapshot of all running website checks. This graphic-oriented approach makes it easy for administrators to spot and resolve any errors.

Adding a new monitor is pretty straightforward. You simply need to select the request type, name it, add the URL, select locations you want to track from, and define alerting conditions.

(Image credit: Datadog)

When you create a synthetics test, Datadog collects data and generates dashboards about your stack, browser applications, overall test performance, private locations, and events. There are similar dashboards for API checks and browser checks, too.

If you’re running RUM, you’ll see a performance summary tab with immediate summaries of each app's vitals, error deployments, and user analytics.

However, given the number of functions and dashboards Datadog offers, you’ll need a bit of time to get the hang of the platform. There are tons of videos on the platform that guide you through the setup and day-to-day use of the platform.

Datadog: Support

Datadog offers decent support with all its paid plans. Chat support is available from 10 am EST to 7 pm EST on weekdays, while email support is available during business hours (8:00 PM Sunday - 9:00 PM Friday EST, excluding holidays). You can expect a reply within 2 hours for business-critical issues and 48 hours for general issues.

While this is good enough customer support, Datadog does offer something better. If yours is a large organization that needs 24/7 technical support, you can purchase Datadog's Premier support plan, which costs 8% of monthly spend ($2,000 minimum). However, you need to make a minimum of a one-year commitment for this plan.

Under this, you get 24/7 email, chat, and phone support, with response times as low as 30 minutes. Besides this, there’s a designated team of global support engineers as well as priority handling for escalations. Simply put, this will be just like having an in-house IT team dedicated to Datadog issues.

Datadog: The competition

Pingdom is a robust monitoring solution offering as many as 44 plans across synthetic and real user monitoring with different check thresholds. This makes it as ideal for small businesses that need to run just 10 uptime tests in a month as it is for large businesses that want to run, say, 30,000+ checks.

Much like Datadog, Pingdom also offers customizable graphical dashboards. Its top-level dashboards provide a quick summary of all website performance and page-level metrics to help drill this information deeper.

If you’re looking for something more affordable and value-packed, Host-Tracker can be a good option. Its plans start from just $9.9/month, allowing 10 website checks. You can add additional websites at just $0.70/site. In addition to synthetic monitoring, Host-Tracker also checks the IP DNS blacklist and Google’s unsafe websites list to ensure your websites aren’t blacklisted. However, it doesn’t offer RUM.

Datadog: Final verdict

Datadog is a one-stop solution for all your website monitoring and security needs. You get both real user monitoring and synthetic monitoring, like API tests, browser tests, and mobile app testing.

Each function is offered as a separate plan so that you have to pay only for the features you use. This is ideal for small businesses with limited needs. Datadog’s extensive information-driven dashboards make it a very intuitive platform. These dashboards are fully customizable, allowing you to drill data down as per your needs.

Plus, Datadog is one of the few monitoring solutions that offer a dedicated plan for premium support, with 24/7 call, email, and chat support. That said, such extensive features also come with a bit of a learning curve. However, there are a lot of resources and videos on the platform to help beginners out.

FAQs Who is Datadog best for?

Datadog is an all-around business solution offering services like security monitoring, network monitoring, log management, and synthetic and real user monitoring. It's ideal for businesses of all sizes since it offers feature-specific plans. For instance, if you only need real user monitoring, you can get started for as low as $1.80/month.

Large businesses can also benefit from customized plans and a dedicated customer support plan that offers 247 chat, phone, and email support – something you won’t get with any other website monitoring solution.

What is website monitoring?

Website monitoring is the process of constantly checking your websites to ensure they're up and running. This is performed by specially designed tools, or website monitoring solutions, that alert you in case there are any unexpected downtimes. These tools also help businesses get insights into how users interact with their websites and improve components that have been slowing down user experience and load speeds.

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• The iPhone 17 series will reportedly lack a previously rumored anti-reflective, scratch resistant coating
• Apparently it was taking too long to apply to the millions of iPhones Apple is building
• In other news, the iPhone 17 series is reportedly on schedule for a September launch

One of the earliest iPhone 17 rumors suggested that the upcoming phones would have a scratch-resistant and anti-reflective display coating, but now we’re hearing that this won’t be the case after all.

It seems that the original claim may have been correct at the time, as a source “with reliable information” told MacRumors that this had been planned for the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max.

But apparently the process to apply the coating to the millions of handsets Apple is building was taking too long, so the company is said to have scrapped the idea – at least for this year.

What MacRumors isn’t clear on is whether Apple has switched to using a simpler coating, or perhaps a nano-texture display (which can also cut down reflections and is currently in use on some iPads and Macs), or whether the screens on the iPhone 17 series won’t be any more anti-reflective than current models.

The iPhone 16 Plus catches a lot of reflections (Image credit: Future) A big miss

While we’d take this claim with a pinch of salt, it certainly sounds believable since we hadn’t heard anything about this coating in a long time. And that’s a shame, because this sounded like a big upgrade for Apple’s phones.

Cutting down on reflections and glare would make the colors appear more true to life and less washed-out in bright lighting conditions, and the other feature of this coating – its scratch resistance – would obviously help keep the screen safe from damage.

So it’s no surprise that Apple fans haven’t responded well to this news, with a lengthy Reddit thread including comments like “this is such a shame”, “really falling behind”, and “I’ll probably switch to Samsung”, with those last two comments likely referring to the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra does have an anti-reflective coating.

Still, there is some good iPhone 17 news, as in a paywalled DigiTimes report (via BGR) it's claimed that Apple has completed engineering validation testing (EVT) for at least one iPhone 17 model.

If that's correct – and nothing changes – it should mean that Apple is currently on track to launch the iPhone 17 series in September.

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