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Last hours to participate in the draw for a Huawei Watch Fit 5! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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You still have time to participate in the raffle for a Huawei Watch Fit 5. This giveaway, reserved for members of the Xtra community, will end tomorrow, so, if you are not yet part of Xataka Xtra, You can join for only 30 euros per year and access not only all the exclusive draws, but a private Discord server, discounts on digital services and a direct line with Xataka editors through El Consultorio. The winner of the Huawei Watch Fit 5 will be announced tomorrow, July 24, at 11:00 Spanish peninsular time. It will be communicated via email, in the Discord members-only service, and in an update to the original article. You can find it at this link. How to participate in the giveaway for a Huawei Watch Fit 5 This giveaway is reserved for Xataka Xtra members. If you are already part of Xtra, you just have to access your subscriber area and make sure the raffle entry box is checked. If you have already activated it to participate in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

The best mobile applications recommended by Xataka editors in 2026

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We bring you a collection of the best mobile applications that we recommend several of the Xataka editors and other Webedia technological media. They are the applications that we use the most in our daily lives, those without which our life would be a little worse because of how useful they are to us. In this article we are going to leave you the description that each editor has made of each application that they wanted to add to the list. This way, you will be able to know the reason for the choice and how it is useful to us. It will be a combination of new and old appsbecause we each have our customs. And as we always say at Xataka Basics, this is our choice, but it does not mean that they are the best applications. Therefore, we invite you to also leave us in the comments section the applications that are essential for you and why they are so. Alarmy By José Alberto Lizana “One of the big fears I can have when I have something important to do first thing in the morning is falling asleep, and to avoid that I use this application. Its use is quite simple since it breaks the habit of snoozing the alarm so that we finally get out of bed, and to do so it proposes you solve mathematical problems, record steps or even scan the bar code on the shampoo in the bathroom.” BlackMagic Camera By Alex Alcolea “I use the iPhone and the camera app is fine for a ‘I’ll catch you here, I’ll kill you here’, but not for when you want to get serious. You can lock the focus, but little else. That’s where I think any keen video user with the iPhone (which is one of the best phones for recording) should download BlackMagic Camera. It is guaranteed to be from a very reputable company like Blackmagic, it is completely free and it is the most complete application for recording video. “I recognize that it can be somewhat dry and is not the most intuitive for making videos of your cats to share on Instagram, but if you want to get serious about creating content by recording with your mobile, it is an essential tool.” CapCut By Alberto De La Torre “One of my go-to applications for editing short videos on my mobile when I have to publish some stories on Xataka’s Instagram. There may be some more in-depth ones but I pay my subscription religiously because it has that perfect balance between simplicity but with enough variety of options to not miss anything.” Clue By Azucena Martín “I have always been quite forgetful when it comes to the menstrual cycle, that’s why I downloaded this application and have been using it for several years now. I think it is very useful for many reasons. It helps you be prepared when it’s time for your period, which is what I use it most for. But you can also track your symptoms, to detect if there have been changes that you should consult with your doctor. In my case, for example, it has helped me a lot to limit the menstrual migraines that I usually have at the beginning of my period. menstruation. Of course, it’s also useful if you’re trying to get pregnant, because you can know where you are in your cycle at any given time. It has many functions that are only paid, but in general with what is open you can already have good control of the cycle.” Concert Archives By Yúbal Fernández “Just as there are applications to keep track of the movies or episodes of series you watch, the books you read or the records you listen to, this is an application to record all the concerts you go to. The concerts are pulled from a combination of Setlist.fm’s database with their own, and users can add them manually so that none are left unregistered. You can also mark or create festivals, where in addition to all the bands on the poster appearing you can specify which ones you have seen. For me, it’s essential.” Discogs By Yúbal Fernández “I am one of those rare people who still buys music in physical format, and with a collection of 500 CDs and 120 vinyls it is sometimes difficult to know if there is one that you have or not. To avoid duplicate purchases I registered with Discogs, where you can save all the records you buy in any format. But there is also much more. For each album you have a history of each edition, in case it has been released in different formats or there have been different editions in different years. In addition, you have the largest store for buying and selling first and second-hand albums in the world, with users and stores from all over the world offering all types of editions for sale.” flush By Álvaro García “I’m one of those who every time I leave the house I want to have a bar, a shopping center or any other establishment with a bathroom nearby. In short, a pisser. And since I know I’m not alone, I recommend the Flush application for this. It is, so you understand me, “the Google Maps of public bathrooms.” It shows all those places such as libraries or shopping centers that allow us to enter the bathroom to save us the embarrassment of having to go to the service of a bar without a drink.” Focus Timer By José Alberto Lizana “Maintaining concentration is essential for working or studying and this application gives me the necessary tools to achieve it. It has a Pomodoro timer to divide work into different blocks of time that are combined with breaks. In addition, it synchronizes quite well with the iOS ecosystem by having very visual widgets for the home and lock screen and allows you to see the timer at a glance … Read more

Last hours to participate in the raffle for some JBL Live 780NC! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Time is running out, xatakeros! Tomorrow the draw ends for some JBL Live 780NCgreat headphones to take advantage of their noise cancellation on your next plane or train trip. This is an exclusive giveaway for members of Xataka Xtra. If you still don’t know the Community, for only 30 euros a year You can be part of it and participate in draws like this, in addition to accessing a huge (and growing) catalog of advantages in digital services. JBL Live 780NC winner to be announced tomorrow, July 10, at 11:00 Spanish peninsular time. It will be communicated via email, on the members-only Discord server, and in an update to the original article. You can find it at this link. How to participate in the raffle for JBL Live 780NC This giveaway is reserved for Xataka Xtra members. If you are already part of Xtra, you just have to access your subscriber area and make sure the raffle entry box is checked. If you have already activated it to participate in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

00 in the third Q&A with editors. Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Is there a better way to close the month of June than with a good virtual meeting between xatakeros and Xataka editors? probably not. One of the many benefits included in your subscription to Xataka Xtra It is the participation (voluntary, needless to say) in the monthly Q&A, online meetings in which there are no predefined topics or agenda, but rather we talk about what you feel like. The session will take place today, June 30, at 5:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. As on previous occasions, the meeting will be held through Google Meet. The link will arrive in your email in just a few hours, as long as you have the “Xtra Community” box checked in your member area. We leave you a small executive summary with the key data: Day: June 30. Hour: 17:00, Spanish peninsular time (16:00 in the Canary Islands). Assistants: Alejandro Alcolea, Rubén Andrés, John Tones, Javier Pastor, María González and Jose García. Connection link: We will send it to you by mail in a little while. How Q&As work The Q&A are online conversations between xatakeros and in-house editors. They are part of the set of advantages included in Xataka Xtra and its format is very simple: there is no agenda or predefined topics. In these meetings we talk about whatever you want, be it the tech news of the week, the price of the Steam Deck, GTA VI coming out without a disc or the latest tool you have made with AI. It is not a serious meeting by any means, but rather a hangout. chill to see each other, talk and disconnect after a day of work. Like meeting for coffee and catching up, exactly the same. Like previous times, the meeting will take place through Google Meet, so there will be no need to download software. We will send you the link by email in just a moment. Needless to say, using the camera or microphone is completely voluntary, as is participation. If you don’t feel like it or it doesn’t work for you, absolutely nothing happens. As for the participants, we do a rotation in each Q&A so that we can all participate and you can get to know us better. For this third meeting we will have Alejandro Alcolea, Rubén Andrés, John Tones, Javier Pastor, María González and yours truly, Jose García. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

Last hours to participate in the draw for a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Tick, tock, tick, tock! Time is running out, xatakeros. Today is the last day to participate in the giveaway for a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro, one of our favorite smartwatches of 2026. It is an exclusive giveaway for members of Xataka Xtracommunity to which You can join for only 30 euros per year and that includes not only access to exclusive giveaways like this one, but to a good (and growing) catalog of advantages in digital services. The winner of the Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro will be announced tomorrow, June 26, at 11:00 Spanish peninsular time. It will be communicated, as on all previous occasions, via email, via Discord and in an update to the original article that you can find linked right here. How to participate in the giveaway for a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro This giveaway is reserved for Xataka Xtra subscribers. If you are already part of the Community, you just have to go to your subscriber area and make sure you have the raffle entry box checked. If you have already activated it to participate in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for only 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access many more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the private Discord server, discounts on an ever-growing catalog of digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The next one is next week, in fact. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here.

Last hours to participate in the giveaway for a Nintendo Switch 2! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Tomorrow is the day. Tomorrow the draw ends for one nintendo switch 2one of the most ambitious exclusive awards we have given during these months in Xataka Xtra. Because yes, as we already mentioned, this award is for members of the Xtra Community, a community to which You can join from only 30 euros per year to access exclusive giveaways like this one and a good handful of other advantages. The winner of the Nintendo Switch 2 that we raffled with AliExpress will be revealed tomorrow, June 19, at 11:00 Spanish peninsular time. As always, you will be notified by email and it will be announced both in the original article and on our Discord server (another advantage of Xataka Xtra, by the way). How to participate in the giveaway for a Nintendo Switch 2 This giveaway is reserved for Xataka Xtra subscribers. If you are already part of the Community, you just have to go to your subscriber area and check that you have checked the box to participate in raffles. If you already activated it in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for only 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on a growing catalog of digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

Xataka is Media Partner of VivaTech, the largest technology event in France with more than 14,000 startups

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VivaTech It is one of the largest technology events in Europe in general and France in particular. Its next installment, VivaTech 2026, will take place between June 17 and 20 in Paris, the French capital, and From Xataka we have the pleasure of being Media Partner of this edition. It is going to be an event full of technology, panels and interviews and, as it could not be otherwise, from Xataka we will be covering it and experiencing it in situ. If you want to join us, we invite you to pay attention to our Instagram profilewhere we will share live everything we find in this (huge) tech meeting. A big edition Image | VivaTech Since 2016, VivaTech has been bringing together an entire ecosystem of companies, startups, influencers, media and technology fans. It takes place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles and has not stopped growing. To give some figures, in the first edition there were 45,000 visitors and more than 5,000 companies and startups. In the previous edition there were 180,000 attendees, 450 speakers, 300 announcements and launches, 14,000 startups, 4,000 partners and 3,600 investors. It is a sensational opportunity to discover first-hand how the global and European technological landscape breathes. It is also an important year for the event, which turns ten years old. For this reason, on Sunday, June 14, they are going to turn the legendary Parisian Champs-Elysées into a huge free experience, so that anyone can enjoy technology in a spectacular environment. Image | VivaTech The event also has top level speakers. To mention a few, personalities such as Yann LeCun (AMI Labs), Peter Steinberg (founder of OpenClaw), Henna Virkkunen (European Commission), Joe Tsai (Alibaba), Elizabeth Stone (Netflix), Bernard Arnault (CEO of LVMH) or Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) will attend VivaTech. Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Elon Musk (Tesla), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) and Tim Cook (Apple), among many others, have also walked through its halls. The event, as we said, will take place in Paris between the days June 17 and 20. Tickets can be obtained now from the official website of the eventas well as the agenda with the presentations and the map with the stands. See you in Paris! Images | VivaTech

Last hours to participate in the draw for a Dreo Humidifier 713S! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Last day to participate! If you want to anticipate the arrival of the heat (more heat, I mean), the Dreo Humidifer 713S that we raffle in Xataka Xtra It’s a great idea. And today, xatakeros, is the last day to sign up and have the option of taking it home. The draw is reserved for members of the Xtra Community, a community that you can join by only 30 euros a year and enjoy, in addition to exclusive draws, many other advantages. The winner will be revealed tomorrow, Friday, June 4, at 11:00. You will be notified by email and it will be announced both in the original article and on our dedicated Discord server. How to enter the draw for a Dreo Humidifier 713S This giveaway is reserved for members of the community of Xataka Xtra. If you are already inside, you just have to go to your subscriber area and check that you have checked the box to participate in raffles. If you already activated it in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for only 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on a growing catalog of digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe now to Xataka Xtra

00 in the second Q&A with editors. Only for Xataka Xtra members

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May 28th arrives and that, xatakeros, means one thing:habemus new virtual meeting between xatakeros, xatakeras and Xataka editors! As you already know, this is one of the many exclusive benefits included in subscribing to Xataka Xtra and, at least from our point of view, it is also a magnificent opportunity to catch up, talk, converse and get together with you. The session will take place today, May 28, at 5:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. It will be carried out through Google Meet, so there will be no need to download any software. The link will be sent to your email, as long as you have the “Xtra Community” box checked in your member area. In the meantime, we leave you the coordinates: Day: Thursday. May 28 Hour: 17:00, Spanish peninsular time (16:00 in the Canary Islands, 9:00 in Mexico). Assistants: Amparo Babiloni, César Muela, Javier Jiménez, Javier Márquez, Antonio Vallejo and Jose García. Connection link: we will provide it to you immediately by email. Q&A sessions are one of the exclusive advantages of Xataka Xtraour new community for subscribers that includes giveaways, discounts, exclusive newsletters and more. What are the Q&As about? Q&As are one of the many benefits included in subscribing to Xataka Xtra. They are live sessions of more or less an hour (more ‘more’ than ‘less’, so why fool yourself) in which both xatakeros and Xataka editors participate. The idea is to talk about any of the things that we normally talk about on the webbut without an agenda and in a more relaxed atmosphere. It’s like we meet for a drink after work. The meeting will be held through Google Meet, so it will not be necessary to install anything and you can enter from your PC, mobile phone or tablet. We will send the link by email in the next few minutes so you can locate it and connect whenever you want. Needless to say, the use of the camera, microphone and participation are completely optional. Regarding the participants, we will rotate in each session so that you can know us all (and we know you). Amparo Babiloni, César Muela, Javier Jiménez, Javier Márquez, Antonio Vallejo and myself, Jose García, will participate in this second meeting. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

We present Xataka Life, our new YouTube channel on home automation and technology to transform your home

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2026 comes full of news in Xataka. If just a couple of months ago we announced the launch of Xataka Xtra, today we bring a new project called Xataka Life. In this house we have been talking about home automation, connectivity and devices for the home for a year, an increasingly relevant category in the world of technology and that, through Xataka Lifewe will explore in video form. Because Xataka Life is, precisely, a YouTube channel. One in which we will discuss topics related to home, home automation, savings and products that, little by little, have been finding a place in the homes of more and more people. We talk about lighting devices, air fryers or robot vacuum cleaners, to name just a few. What changes on the Xataka YouTube channel? Absolutely nothing. This channel will continue to operate as before with the content we already publish. Xataka Life is an additional space that allows us to delve into a topic as complex, but at the same time so exciting and interesting, as technology for the home. As it could not be otherwise, Xataka Life expands beyond the long format of YouTube, so you will also be able to short content on @xatakalife on Instagram. If you like the sound of it, we invite you to follow us on Instagram and, of course, to subscribe to Xataka Life on YouTube. We continue!

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