Sonos plans to release a new, budget-friendly soundbar in the next few weeks called the Sonos Ray, according to multiple reports. Twitter account SnoopyTech has posted what it claims are official pictures of the new device, as reported by What Hi-Fi Friday, and these seem to correlate with The Verge’s previous renders. The soundbar shown in the …
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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 on June 1 for US …
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Spotify has over 406 million users worldwide who enjoy a wide range of musical artists, as well as a large selection of audio and video podcasts. If you’ve only listened to music or podcasts in the Spotify mobile app and never changed the settings, you’re missing out on features that can improve your listening experience. Here are 10 Spotify features …
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WhatsApp is adding a new way for users to gather and chat with Communities, which is intended for organizations like schools and neighborhoods to coordinate and share media. Communities are WhatsApp’s answer to Telegram’s massive Groups and Channels, and while it’s unclear how many users can join a Community, they won’t be as much as the “hundreds of thousands of …
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Last year, Bose released its SoundControl Hearing Aids ($850), the first FDA-cleared direct-to-consumer “self-fitting” hearing aids that you can fit and tune yourself without the help from an audiologist. Now it has some company with the arrival of Jabra’s $800 Enhance Plus buds, which come in two colors — gold and dark gray — and according to Jabra, are 40% …
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If you’ve ever stayed at a short-term rental property — Airbnb, Vrbo, HomeStay, etc. — chances are you didn’t spend a ton of time watching TV during your vacation. But on a rainy day or a lazy evening after a day of sightseeing, sometimes a good streaming TV session is in order. Enter Roku. You may have noticed that many vacation rentals are equipped …
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WhatsApp is updating voice messages for all those times when sending short audio recordings is more convenient — or expressive — than typing out your texts. The voice message feature is apparently quite popular, with WhatsApp announcing that 7 billion of these are sent on average per day. The new voice features should make it more flexible to listen to …
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iOS 15.4 rolled out to iPhones last week, bringing with it several new features including mask-friendly Face ID, a general-neutral voice for Siri, Universal Control and 37 new emoji. As seen in Unicode last year, the updated emoji library features seven more smileys and some very specific objects. (Confused about what these emoji actually mean? We help you decipher them …
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If you have a Samsung Galaxy S22, S22 Plus or S22 Ultra in your hands, you’ve probably been savoring some of its major perks — from the upgraded cameras to the sleek design. But the new S22 lineup is also loaded with some lesser-known features that can transform the way you use your phone. Below, we’ll take a closer look at the features flying below the …
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Twitter on Thursday turned on automated captions for voice tweets on iOS following criticism that the feature, which debuted last year, wasn’t accessible to people with disabilities. “We took your feedback and we’re doing the work. To improve accessibility features, captions for voice Tweets are rolling out today,” Twitter said in a tweet. “Now when you record a voice Tweet, …
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