The LG SK10Y is LG’s new flagship sound bar and, like last year’s SJ9, it includes both Dolby Atmos compatibility and Google’s Chromecast built-in for multiroom music and control via the Assistant. The sound bar includes a wireless subwoofer, for a claimed 550W of total power, and the system also includes a pair of up-firing …

LG has announced that select 2018 televisions will feature Google Assistant built in, which will enable users to issue voice commands directly via the remote. LG’s “Intelligent Voice Control with Integrated Google Assistant” will enable users to control numerous functions on the TV, as well as search from information taken from the Electronic Program Guide (EPG). LG says users will …

The Consumer Electronics Show is just around the corner in January, and one of the first products to slip out early is the Samsung NW700– a slimline 3.1-channel sound bar. How slim? At just two inches (53.5mm) thick, slim enough to hug the wall right under Samsung’s “no-gap wall mount” TVs like the Q7. It achieves its vanishing depth thanks to …

Sonos has enabled voice control of Spotify via its Alexa-powered devices, including the brilliant Sonos One speaker.  Now Sonos owners can ask Alexa for artists, songs, albums or playlists and have Spotify serve up the music. The Sonos One originally launched with a choice of either Amazon Music or Pandora as the default music service, but Spotify went missing. The Alexa app, which is …

Just like sound bars, the sweet spot for Wi-Fi speakers are at the budget end. In this case, it’s under $200.  Sure, paying up to $500 will get you a bigger cabinet and better sound, but at that point you are probably better off with a sound bar or stereo system. And plenty of options cost less than $200, but …

Pandora has announced that Sonos users are now able to control their hardware directly via the Pandora app in a way similar to Spotify Connect. Unlike Spotify Connect, however, the app will let you control your Sonos system regardless of which subscription level you have — even the free tier will work. The app lets you select and play music, …

Shinola, maker of luxury watches and high-end turntables, is branching out into headphones with a line of four new models. They’re going straight for the high end — think Bowers and Wilkins or Bang and Olufsen. The headphones include two pairs of in-ears models, a pair of on-ears and a pair of over-ears, all called “Canfield” for some reason.  The …

Twitter users can now have display names up to 50 characters long, up from 20. Announcing the change late Thursday, Twitter said, “Starting today, your Twitter display name can be up to 50 characters in length! Go ahead, add that middle name or even a few more emojis.”  While you are also free to change your username — the handle …

Popular social music app Musical.ly has been bought by Beijing Bytedance Technology for a reported $800 million, according to Bloomberg. Bytedance, a company valued at $20 billion and which produces the Toutiao news aggregation app, announced the news on Friday morning but did not announce the financial terms, according to Bloomberg.   Musical.ly lets users lip-sync along to short music …

The sound base category is experiencing a kind of renaissance in 2017, with new models from Sonos, Fluance and now Q Acoustics. Though still yet to make a significant splash in the United States, Q Acoustics is nevertheless following up its well-received Media 4 sound bar with the M2 Soundbase. The M2 is a compact sound base at 21.6 inches (550mm) and …