When you think of voice search functionalities on a TV remote, the primary use that likely comes to mind is bypassing the slow, awkward process of typing a title into your search bar. With the Chromecast with Google TV, you can do a lot more than that. The Chromecast’s version of the Google Assistant combines …

A TikTok Music app may in development for the US market, according to a filing made by ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, with the US Patent and Trademark Office. As earlier reported by Business Insider, ByteDance filed a trademark application with the USPTO on May 9. The application lists a variety of potential goods and services, including “allowing users to purchase, …

Lollapalooza is one of the biggest music festivals in the country, and this year it’s bringing superstar headliners like Machine Gun Kelly, Green Day, J-Hope of BTS and heavy-metal legends Metallica to Chicago’s historic Grant Park. More than 170 artists are set to perform on nine different stages.  Yet with this summer’s high gas prices, a new COVID-19 variant and steadily …

When it comes to providing an easy-to-use and affordable platform for accessing your favorite streaming services like Netflix or Disney Plus, Roku devices have always been top-tier. The Roku Express 4K Plus is CNET’s top pick for streaming devices, offering 4K video, voice search, Apple AirPlay and more for under $50. Roku’s free mobile app for Android and iOS gets a lot …

Google users should have access to the new Google Wallet app, after the search giant reportedly completed its rollout on Monday. If you live in the US, you should now have a new Google Wallet App next to your Google Pay app. The former offers digital wallet functionality, while the latter acts primarily as a personal payment app like Venmo.  Google Wallet, announced …

Samsung seems to have confirmed the date of its next Unpacked event as Aug. 10 via a cryptic tweet posted late Monday. Samsung Mobile posted three photos to Twitter: one with a grid of letters, numbers and symbols, a second with a grid of differently colored circles, and then a third with six colored circles in a row beneath the …

If you’ve clicked through Instagram Stories in the past few months, you may have seen a mysterious collection of crinkled grocery store receipts posted by friends of yours. Maybe you’ve seen Spotify Pies making the rounds on Twitter: Pie charts of hyper-detailed top genres, ranging from familiar umbrellas like rock and R&B to are-these-even-real categories like “metropopolis.” These viral streaming wrap ups offer …

One of the Roku mobile app’s best features is private listening, which allows you to take audio from your TV and stream directly to your phone. The feature is great for listening to your TV audio privately through a pair of wired or wireless headphones, but it can also use your phone’s Bluetooth capabilities to send the audio to your …

Spotify on Tuesday said it has acquired popular music-guessing trivia game Heardle. “We see Heardle as more than a trivia game. It’s also a tool for musical discovery,” the music streaming service said in a statement. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Heardle launched in early 2022 as a Wordle-inspired music trivia game, in which people guess the name of a …