I thought I needed a NAS, then I used this device for Plex instead
Patrick O'Rourke Apr 15, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
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…Without airtime fairness and other QoS settings , your router is left on its own to manage slow traffic from smart devices and high-priority traffic from your PC, smartphone, and laptop. It…
I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account As a hobbyist, I love experimenting with SBCs and microcontrollers . However…
4 USB-C features that felt like magic the first time I used them
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 9, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
I stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
…are good reasons to add hardware to a home lab . If you’re experimenting with Proxmox clustering, high availability, storage redundancy, or network segmentation, you need more than one machine to do…
Your NAS permissions are probably a mess, and a single flat share fixes it
…Sign in to your XDA account Network-attached storage (NAS) becomes the central part of most home labs and smart homes. Even if you're not running stacks of used enterprise gear…
3 hidden Android Auto features I wish I knew about earlier
Patrick O'Rourke May 5, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
Building my own NAS taught me why prebuilt enclosures are holding you back
…They were largely responsible for setting up the initial stages of our smart home and saved a considerable sum of money each month. The ability to pick up a turnkey enclosure, chuck…
This pocket-sized e-reader broke my phone addiction in ways I didn't expect
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 11, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
Your bad Wi-Fi isn't your ISP or PC's fault if you're following these 4 practices
…Furthermore, if you're someone who loves tinkering with new tech and adding new devices to your smart home , router updates are the only surefire way to make sure that you never…