This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Editor’s note, June 23: Prime Day has officially ended at Amazon, but Walmart’s sale continues throughout Wednesday. Check out the best Prime Day deals still available, and some other favorite Prime Day deals that are hanging on. …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day 2021 may be over for another year but there are still plenty of deals on entertainment gear, including streaming devices, TVs and soundbars. A soundbar or surround-sound system can bring theater-like performance to your home for as little …
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Streaming music is here to stay, but for a lot of us it’s stuck on our phones or laptops. Google’s Chromecast built-in enables you to liberate your tunes and play them on devices anywhere in your home (or beyond), and even stream audio that follows you from room to room. You can use apps on your phone or simply speak …
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Less than 12 months after debuting the Uni-Fi 2.0, Elac has announced a new Uni-Fi Reference speaker that incorporates performance and cosmetic upgrades. It’s also more expensive. Like the Uni-Fi 2.0, this is a three-way design with a bass driver and a concentric mid driver and tweeter. As well as resembling the Debut Reference the new Uni-Fi also includes a …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has announced new features coming to its high-end earbuds and headphones, including Conversation Boost and improved tracking via the Find My network. The company revealed the new features during its annual WWDC keynote. AirPods Pro and AirPods Max users will soon be able …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has announced that as part of the update to iOS 15, FaceTime will offer spatial audio to make people’s voices appear to come from their position on screen, during its annual WWDC keynote. The feature is designed to make FaceTime “more natural, …
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There’s a well-worn cliché that older people only use flip phones but three in five people over 65 in the US now own smartphones, according to new research. A report on smartphone and broadband use by Pew Research published on Thursday says the number of people 65 and older who have a smartphone has increased from 53% to 61% in the …
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Vizio has announced a slew of new soundbars for 2021 that will include a replacement for CNET’s favorite Dolby Atmos system, the Vizio SB36512-F6. Prices start at $100. The range consists of 13 soundbars, which are named like the company’s TVs with M and V models, and which include the previously released M21d-H8, V21-H8 and Elevate (the single P series) from 2020. …
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Recent 8K-compatible AV receivers from Yamaha, Denon and Marantz will need additional hardware fixes for a bug preventing them from displaying highest-quality video. Currently these models are unable to display video with a 4K resolution and 120Hz frame rate. Yamaha has announced that owners of its early 8K receivers, including the V6A, will need to replace an internal HDMI mainboard if they …
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Apple is preparing redesigned versions of its AirPods and AirPods Pro in-ear headphones for release in 2021 and 2022 respectively, Bloomberg reported Friday. The new AirPods design will apparently resemble the Pro more closely and include “updated motion sensors with a focus on fitness tracking.” The company is also reportedly experimenting with a stemless version of the Pro, which could …
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