Regular readers are now intimately familiar with the Insignia Voice alarm clock that regular pops up here for $25. Guess what? Its portable cousin is on sale for the same price: Best Buy has the Insignia Voice Portable Speaker with Google Assistant for $25 shipped. Regular price: $150! See it at Best Buy At first blush, …
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Every digital camera is flawed. Image sensors can’t capture light perfectly, lenses distort scenery, and photos so often seem blah compared with what you remember seeing. But Google, with its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones, has found new ways to use software and hardware to overcome those flaws and get you better pictures. Its Pixel and Pixel 2 …
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It’s been a busy fall for premium phone releases with the unveiling of the iPhone XS, Google Pixel 3, LG V40 ThinQ and more. And now yet another phone has entered the fray to compete for space in your pocket. As of Oct. 17 the Sony Xperia XZ3 is available for purchase in the US. You can buy it unlocked …
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Now you can control your Spotify music from your wrist. Spotify on Wednesday announced its new app for Wear OS smartwatches. The app lets you pick a song or playlist, and pause, play or skip tracks on your smartwatch. That way you won’t have to pull out your phone in the middle of a jog if a song you don’t …
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Google is calling the Pixel 3 its most secure phone yet. On Android, there’s not much competition. During Google’s Pixel 3 event in New York last Tuesday, the company mentioned that its latest phones would be the first devices to have its Titan M security chip. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Google first announced the Titan chip for …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Cutting through the 5G hype. Pixel 3’s computational photography chops. Netflix’s blowout subscriber growth in the last three months. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Check out the extended shows on YouTube. …
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iFixit’s latest teardown took on the new Google Pixel 3 XL. While there weren’t many surprises, it did clear up one of the remaining mysteries about the phone: which company made its display. Turns out it’s a Samsung AMOLED, the same type of display (though not necessarily the same screen) that appears in Samsung’s latest models such as the Galaxy …
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Huawei on Tuesday announced a raft of new products at an event in London. You can watch the event as it happened in the video above. Here’s what’s new: Huawei Mate 20 Pro: The company’s newest flagship phone is an Android handset with a 6.39-inch, 3,120×1,440-pixel AMOLED screen. But it has a host of unique features that sets it apart …
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Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! The Pixel 3 is one of Google’s most refined phones yet. It’s got the specs to compete with the iPhone XS and Galaxy 9, features dual 8-megapixel front-facing cameras for spectacular selfies and even supports wireless charging, all for hundreds less than the competition. On top of all that, it …
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Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! We’re still working on our full review of Google’s recently announced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, but in the meantime, we wanted to showcase exactly what its camera is capable of. Last year’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL had fantastic cameras, and Google claims that this year’s …
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