Yasmine Crossland
Yasmine Crossland (she/her) is a freelance tech journalist and reviewer, specialising in advice guides and product reviews across phones, TV and audio, smart home, and laptops and tablets. She also covers major sales events like Prime Day and Black Friday.
A former Technology Ecommerce Editor at Digital Spy, Yasmine has previously written for titles including Good Housekeeping, T3 and Pocket-Lint. Since 2019, Yasmine has tested hundreds of products from brands including Samsung, Google, Amazon, Bose, Sony and more. As a proud Google Pixel owner, she's an expert on Android too.
Some of Yasmine's most popular guides include the best smartphones, the best noise-cancelling headphones and the best TV streaming services. If you need advice on the kit you should buy, she’ll happily point you in the right direction.
An English Language graduate from King's College London, Yasmine is also a keen writer and grammar is her guilty pleasure. In her free time, you'll catch her solo travelling the world, tending to her houseplants and practising yoga.
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