While Sonos’ range of speakers and voice-controlled soundbars support Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, the audio company will soon release its own voice assistant, reported the The Verge on Wednesday. Sonos Voice, as the voice assistant is reportedly called, lets customers control music with voice commands and will arrive on Sonos speakers as part of a software update …
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Miss the experience of going to the theater? With this humongous 4K ultra HD 75-inch screen, you’ll get 2160p resolution and HDR to enjoy sharp contrasts, bright colors and lifelike picture quality to pull you into your favorite shows, films and games right from the comfort of your couch. It also features DTS Studio Sound with two-speaker playback, so your …
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Football season may have come to a close, but basketball season is still in full swing. Whether you’re gearing up with friends to watch the big game or prefer streaming movies and shows from your favorite apps like Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, Hulu and more, now is a great time to upgrade your home entertainment setup. Amazon has discounted …
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Amazon said it’s resolved network issues that led to an outage that took down multiple major websites and apps for some people on Tuesday. Amazon workers also reported in social media posts that the company’s warehouses were at a standstill on Tuesday while the company struggled to resolve an Amazon Web Services outage, leaving workers without much to do but hang …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Amazon’s Fire TV devices let you stream most major streaming services, including Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and its own Prime Video. Like its chief rival Roku, Fire TV is a popular and affordable way to stream TV shows and movies, and it’s available on plug-and-play …
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What’s the price of convenience? It’s $119 a year, if you pay for Amazon Prime annual subscription. (Otherwise, you pay $13 a month. And students get a discount.) The benefits are definitely worth paying for. Of course, you’re probably familiar with Amazon’s free two-day shipping option. But depending on where you live, you can also get free one-day delivery, same-day delivery …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Amazon has been sporadically discounting its second-gen Echo Buds and they’ve now hit $70, or $50 off their list price of $120. That’s their all-time lowest price, beating this year’s Amazon Prime Day price by $10. And that makes them a very good deal for a solid …
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With the right movie or TV show, a soundbar with Dolby Atmos onboard can help transport you out of your living room and into another world — from the nuclear wastelands of the Outback to the battlefields of Europe. Yet not all Atmos soundbars are created equal. Some include physical, upfiring drivers and some, like the Sonos Beam Gen 2, …
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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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Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick Max is the company’s highest-priced and most powerful streaming stick yet. A step up from the $40 Streaming Stick 4K, the new Max runs $55 and packs a faster processor, support for Wi-Fi 6 and nearly all the latest playback standards from 4K, HDR10 and Dolby Vision to HDR10+ plus Dolby Atmos for audio. Spoiler: The Max is fast. For those who simply …
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