Christine Persaud
Christine Persaud writes about technology at the point where new hardware meets everyday use, blending product launch coverage, hands-on reviews, seasonal gift guides, and human-focused features for Wifi Hifi Magazine. Her beat spans consumer electronics, smart home devices, audio and home theatre components, wearables, mobile products, and collaboration tools such as the Jabra PanaCast U30 video bar. She has been a regular contributor to the masthead since at least 2019, with a continuous archive of news, reviews, and features running through 2026.
Product launches across consumer and AV tech
Persaud consistently covers new product announcements across a wide range of categories, with a strong emphasis on consumer and audio/video technology. She reports on high-end audio, for example highlighting Focal’s Scala Utopia Evo M hi-fi speaker for enthusiasts. Her coverage of home theatre and premium AV includes stories such as McIntosh’s 8K upgrade to the MX123 AV processor, reflecting a close attention to performance and feature updates in that segment.
On the smart home side, she writes about devices like the Ring Video Doorbell 2, focusing on additions such as 3D motion detection and related capabilities.
Wearables and personal health tech also figure prominently in her work, including pieces on products like the Fitbit Charge 6 and its new machine learning-based improvements to heart-rate tracking. In mobile and connectivity, she tracks launches such as the TCL 30 5G smartphone and its availability in specific markets.
Her archive further shows coverage of control and automation platforms, such as software releases for Control4 OS, extending her remit into the broader connected home ecosystem.
Hands-on reviews and seasonal gift guides
Beyond straight news, Persaud undertakes hands-on evaluations of consumer products, positioning her as a reviewer as well as a news writer. She has produced practical reviews of items like the iRobot Braava Jet M6 robot mop, writing from an end-user perspective that foregrounds everyday utility. Her review of Urbanista Phoenix solar true wireless earbuds adds a focus on audio quality and innovative charging approaches within the personal audio category.
She has also covered updates to mainstream computing hardware, such as the MacBook Air with its gains in performance, storage, and keyboard design, signalling attention to changes that matter in daily productivity. Alongside reviews, Persaud assembles themed buying guides tied to the calendar, including a back-to-school tech gift guide and a Valentine’s Day tech gift guide that curate devices and accessories for specific gifting occasions. Her work on the Jabra PanaCast U30 video bar fits within this practical lens, speaking to how collaboration and conferencing tools slot into workplaces and home offices.
Together, these pieces show her shaping technology coverage around concrete decisions about what to buy and how to use it.
Women in tech interviews and industry profiles
Persaud’s portfolio includes sustained attention to leadership and representation in the technology sector, particularly through her Women in Tech series.
She conducts Q&A interviews with senior executives such as Shannon Leininger of Cisco Canada and Cheryl Stookes of Softchoice, presenting their perspectives on leadership, operations, and growth within major technology companies. These features sit alongside more traditional industry coverage, including an obituary for George Finlayson, a former president, partner, and CEO in the electronics retail channel, showing her engagement with the people behind the brands and the long-term evolution of the sector.
Her archive also contains personal essays such as “Coping with Working from Home” and “Facebook Messenger for Kids: I Caved,” which explore how technology affects family life and work patterns. This mix of executive profiles, memorials, and reflective columns marks a distinct strand of her work that focuses on the human side of technology and the businesses that deliver it.
Event coverage and trend reporting
Persaud follows major industry events and uses them as anchors for broader trend coverage.
She reports on announcements tied to global shows such as CES, covering stories like Walmart’s plan to deliver a keynote and the implications of a large retailer stepping onto a stage typically reserved for technology brands. At MWC 2026, she highlights Lenovo’s new technology for creators, gamers, and productivity-focused users, reflecting an interest in how device makers segment offerings for different use cases.
Her broader body of work, including commentary on working from home and family technology use, connects these event-driven announcements to longer-running shifts in how people live and work with devices. Taken together, her news, reviews, guides, interviews, and essays form a coherent beat defined by the intersection of new hardware, retail and distribution, and the lived experience of using technology.
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