Amazon added Alexa to its popular TV-connected streaming devices, the Fire TV box and Fire TV stick, way back in 2015, but it wasn’t the Alexa most people know and love. Instead of being able to say, “Alexa, what’s the weather?” into thin air, you had to speak into the remote while holding a button, …
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I just don’t get it, TCL. When I reviewed the 55-inch TCL P series Roku TV in June, I really, really liked it. It delivered the TV trifecta: excellent image quality, an affordable price ($650) and superb ease of use. Good streaming features too, thanks to its integrated Roku. And I’m not the only one. Accolades included The Wirecutter (“our …
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Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it’s after your paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, is available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 cities already served, half of the households in America can …
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I’ve reviewed pretty much every streamer you can buy right now, and my current favorite is the Roku Streaming Stick. And now it’s cheaper than ever. As spotted by Cord Cutters News, Roku has permanently dropped the price from $50 to $40. The USB stick-sized device serves up Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and thousands of other apps quickly and easily, and …
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Instagram has 700 million monthly active users, hundreds of millions of which undoubtedly post from their iPhones. Now Apple has joined them, and you’ll never guess what phone took its first photos. After finally setting up its account at the photo-centric social media service today, the tech giant has over 10,000 followers and nine posts, all #ShotoniPhone. The tagline is …
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When AT&T’s DirecTV Now live TV streaming service first launched last November, one of the biggest complaints in CNET’s review was “No CBS.” That’s about to change. DirecTV Now will soon launch CBS stations in 14 major US markets nationwide, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. CBS shows will also be available on-demand nationwide. (CBS is the parent company …
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First there was Netflix. Now there’s… just about everybody. The latest major TV provider to offer a subscription TV streaming service is FX Networks, home of “American Horror Story,” “The Americans,” and plenty of other shows without “America” in the title. Its new FX+ service will launch Sept. 5, the company announced Monday. Its shows will stream commercial-free and it’s …
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Vizio is the second-best selling TV brand in the US after Samsung, and Amazon Video is the second most popular TV and movie streaming service after Netflix. But it took until today for Amazon to be available on Vizio’s best TVs. The TV maker has rolled out a software upgrade for its 2017 SmartCast TVs that allows direct access to …
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If you’re OK getting your phone lightly aged, Google has a deal for you. The Google Pixel XL with a 5.5-inch screen can now be had starting at $569. And the smaller Google Pixel, with a 5-inch screen instead of the XL’s 5.5-incher, now costs $524 and up. Those prices represent discounts of $200 and $125, respectively, and are available …
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Roku may not have the reach or stature of a tech colossus, but it’s more popular for streaming. A report by eMarketer finds that among Americans who use a streaming device at least once a month in 2017, 38.9 million will use a Roku. That number of users beats Google Chromecast, the 2016 champ, as well as Amazon Fire TV …
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