Wireless plans often come with perks: AT&T offers HBO Max. Verizon has a bevy of options including Disney Plus. T-Mobile offers Netflix. For its new addition, Dish-owned Boost Mobile isn’t going with a traditional streaming video service; on Wednesday it announced a new deal with sports betting and fantasy sports provider DraftKings. As part of …

Verizon already offers a Disney bundle and a 12-month subscription to Discovery Plus with its Play More and Get More plans. On Monday, the carrier is adding a new perk: a free 12-month subscription to Apple Arcade or Google Play Pass.  Both programs normally run $5 a month, with Apple’s subscription getting you access to over 180 games that can …

If you’re on Spotify and have an Apple Watch, you’ll soon be able to listen on the go without an iPhone. On Friday the music streaming giant announced that it’s begun rolling out the ability to download playlists for offline listening to Apple’s wearable, bringing the Apple Watch on par with devices from Fitbit, Samsung and Garmin. It means runners, for …

After nearly three years — an eternity in streaming — Apple is finally giving the Apple TV 4K an upgrade. Available at Apple stores and online starting Friday, May 21, the new Apple TV 4K streaming device costs $179 (£169, AU$249) with 32GB storage, or $199 (£189, AU$279) with 64GB. The biggest upgrade is the all-new Siri remote control. Silver …

If you’re looking for a Roku TV but want something bigger than 75 inches, be prepared to shell out at least $1,600. First announced at CES earlier this year, the Chinese electronics giant has provided the pricing for its line of XL Collection jumbo 85-inch TVs. The cheapest is a 4-Series, model 85S435, that costs $1,600 and has been quietly …

May 2021 For years our favorite streaming device has been the Roku Streaming Stick Plus, but now we have a new favorite. The company’s latest streamer, the Roku Express 4K Plus, sets a higher bar for features and value, beating out not only the Streaming Stick Plus but other affordable streamers like Google’s $50 Chromecast with Google TV and Amazon’s …

Apple, like most major companies selling phones in the US, relies on Qualcomm for the wireless modems it uses in its latest iPhones. According to a new investor note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, however, that may change as soon as 2023.  In the note, which was seen by MacRumors, Kuo says that Apple may switch to using its own wireless …

If you have a subscription to YouTube TV and a Roku streaming box, you’ve probably received emails detailing a dispute between the two companies. Roku says Google wants more user data, search-result manipulation and hardware requirements. YouTube calls the claims “baseless and false” and says it wants to “renew the YouTube TV deal under the existing reasonable terms.”  For now, the main consequence of …

T-Mobile topped analyst estimates for the first quarter of 2021, as the company continues to add subscribers and build out its 5G network.  On Tuesday the nation’s second-largest carrier reported earnings per share of 74 cents on revenue of nearly $19.8 billion. Analysts, as polled by Yahoo Finance, were expecting earnings per share of 57 cents and revenue of $18.9 …

Twitter Spaces has graduated from a beta test to a full-fledged feature. On Monday the social media platform announced that starting today it will allow anyone with 600 or more followers to start a new Space.  The feature, which mimics the social media startup Clubhouse in creating audio chat rooms, first entered public testing late last year. You can either …