Samsung knows how to make a premium device. Just take a look at the Galaxy S22 phones or Galaxy Tab S8 tablets: Elegant designs matched with the best tech. Samsung also knows how to make good budget phones and tablets, like its Galaxy A-series devices, using the right combo of materials and components to cover …
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Apple’s 2021 redesign of the iMac comes with sleek Magic accessories in the box, including the Magic Keyboard — with Touch ID, if you’re willing to pay extra. But you no longer need to splurge on a brand-new iMac in order to get the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID: You can buy it separately to work with whatever Mac you …
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We may still be waiting to get a first look at the iPhone 13 this fall, but rumors around the iPhone 14 are already heating up. In a Wednesday investor note, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo doubled down on his prediction that in 2022, Apple will launch four iPhone 14 models, with support for under-display Touch ID, 9to5Mac reported. Kuo said …
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The folding, dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo promised to redefine multiscreen Android phones when it arrived nearly a year ago. It had support for Microsoft’s streaming Game Pass Ultimate games in beta mode then, but that didn’t help it feel like an especially game-ready device. That may change now that a new update has added touch-based controls on the second screen …
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Brett Pearce/CNET Apple finally updated the Apple TV 4K with a faster processor and new features. But perhaps the most anticipated change is Apple TV’s new Siri Remote. The redesigned remote is bigger, making it less likely to get lost between your couch cushions, and completely ditches the touchpad that previously made up the top half of the remote. The …
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At Apple’s Spring Loaded virtual event Tuesday, the company announced an updated iPad Pro with the company’s powerful M1 chip that debuted last year. Also getting the M1 is an entirely new iMac that will be available in seven colors — green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue and silver. Apple didn’t leave its accessories out of the updates, either. Apple’s wireless Magic …
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Through Apple’s latest wireless keyboards, we’ll soon be able to use Touch ID on desktop iMacs for the first time, Apple said Tuesday during its virtual Spring Loaded event. The company said its new Magic Keyboards with Touch ID capability will let users quickly change to a different user profile with the touch of a finger, and will also include …
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The MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar can be a useful feature that puts common tasks opening a new tab in Safari at your fingertips. Not everyone loves the Touch Bar, and personally, I don’t always remember to use it. However, with a few tweaks and customizations, it’s possible to incorporate the Touch Bar into your workflow and feel like the fingertip-size display is …
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I was expecting Anker to release a noise-canceling version of its popular Liberty Air 2 earbuds last year, but the launch apparently got delayed a few months, thanks in part to the pandemic. But the Soundcore Liberty Air 2 Pro ($130, £130), the company’s first earbuds to feature active noise canceling, are now available and except for one small but …
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8.0 Apple Watch Series 6 Like Always-on display looks bright even after it’s timed-out Measures blood oxygen levels automatically Better battery life during runs Don’t Like SpO2 data is hard to interpret Still requires daily charge with sleep tracking and always on display The Apple Watch Series 6 feels like it has perfected many of the features I liked about …
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