Apple’s latest Mac operating system, MacOS Monterey, is full of new features that streamline the way your Mac works and let you work seamlessly across all your Apple devices. You can download MacOS Monterey now to test out some of its best features (like using FaceTime on Android and grouping tabs in Safari), so long as …
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Amazon’s new Fire TV Omni and 4-Series televisions officially go on sale on Wednesday, but that doesn’t mean Amazon is done adding new features. The online retail giant announced Wednesday that the new televisions will be getting support for Apple’s AirPlay, allowing those with an iPhone, iPad or Mac to easily share what’s on their screens with their big, new …
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The 20th anniversary of the iPod is upon us, and one of the most iconic iPod speakers — the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin — has now been rebuilt with streaming in mind. The biggest change over the most recent Zeppelin is that the speaker now has Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant on board, meaning it can act as part of a smart …
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Are you sick of watching videos on a tiny screen? Or do want to play your music over your stereo instead? Apple’s AirPlay 2 allows you to do this and more, and it’s baked right into every iPhone and Mac. The original Apple AirPlay is a proprietary system for streaming audio or video from one Apple source — typically an iPhone, iPad …
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Forget Bluetooth dongles. The wave of the future is Wi-Fi music, and in the absence of Google’s discontinued Chromecast Audio we look instead to Belkin’s new Apple AirPlay 2 add-on, the $100 Soundform Connect. Like the Chromecast Audio, the Soundform Connect is designed to connect any system with an aux or optical digital input to Wi-Fi. AirPlay 2 is a multiroom …
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Bang & Olufsen on Thursday revealed their stylish Beosound Emerge wireless speaker, which has a book-inspired design that’ll let it fit smoothly on a bookcase or in a tight space. Its side panels wrap around the speaker like the cover of a book, and the company’s logo sits on the front like an author’s name on the spine of a …
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Roku has rebranded its existing Smart Soundbar as the Streambar Pro for the same $180 price, but it now includes an upgraded voice remote. The Streambar Pro is a hybrid device: a 4K HDR streamer, similar to the Streaming Stick Plus, built into a soundbar. The improved remote comes with Roku headphones for private listening, one of our favorite features …
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Cambridge Audio has a history of doing things its own way — Bluetooth turntables, anyone? — so its new high-end streaming amp’s quirks are perfectly on-brand. The Cambridge Audio Evo offers wooden trim, a “dual concentric dial” and a higher-power version aimed directly at the competition: the Naim Uniti Atom and the NAD M10. There are two Evo models with …
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Every TV you can buy these days is oriented for horizontal, “landscape mode” images, but numerous phone apps work best with vertical images, also known as portrait mode. One of the most popular such apps is video-sharing social network TikTok, home of pasta recipes, happy animals and election misinformation. Samsung says most of its 2021 smart TVs will get a TikTok …
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Have you ever wanted to watch a video from your phone with someone, without getting a splitter or wedging your AirPod into their ear? Apple’s Audio Sharing feature has flown under the radar since it was released last year. But with iOS 14, Apple has streamlined the process, making it easier to share the audio playing on your iPhone or …
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