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Breville Eye Q Toaster Review: Neat Sensors, Less-Than-Perfect Toast

Wired says the Breville Eye Q uses optical sensors to judge how dark your bread gets; the sensing is clever, the toasting less so.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
Published 3:23 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by Wired: “Breville Eye Q Toaster Review: Neat Sensors, but Less-Than-Perfect Toast”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 3:23 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Vera Bullock.

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WiredBreville Eye Q Toaster Review: Neat Sensors, but Less-Than-Perfect Toast

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWired reviewed the Breville Eye Q, a toaster with optical sensors that measure how dark your toast is getting.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe sensors are neat, but the toast itself is less than perfect.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA toaster with an eye. I think that's adorable.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAdorable is how they get you. The pros: it watches the bread, it looks modern, and it never blinks.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe con: it blinks at nothing and still misses the golden brown.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it sees the toast and gets it wrong?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a witness that watched the whole crime and still can't describe it. And an eye in my kitchen is listening, I promise you.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRating?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwo and a half stars out of five, and it knows exactly why.