The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

What’s next for Amazon’s family of Alexa-powered devices? Alexa-powered soundbars: Amazon has reportedly been working on an Alexa-equipped soundbar with an integrated camera, designed to make video calls easier in the home, as with Facebook’s Portal devices. A soundbar or larger screen sound quite tepid by comparison.

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Engadget

MARCH 27, 2025

It's best for those who have a smaller living room or den they want to outfit with better TV sound. There's also Alexa support built into the remote, so you can use voice commands to search for content. It's easy to set up and use, and it works seamlessly with Amazon's Alexa.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Boses Ultra Open Earbuds, meanwhile, lead a burgeoning category of hearables that let in outside sound instead of tuning you out, with a comfy design that clips to the side of the ear. As with the innovations in wearables, its another way youll be able to leave the phone in your pocket for a while longer.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Alexa, and Google Assistant. It’s sounding a lot like a TV, yeah? You can also connect wirelessly via DeX, Samsung’s utility that lets your Galaxy S8 or newer phone power a desktop-like PC experience on the monitor. You can also quickly mirror your Samsung phone’s (running Android Oreo 8.1 Image: Samsung.

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Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

It's best for those who have a smaller living room or den they want to outfit with better TV sound. Beats Studio Pro for $180 (49 percent off): These Beats headphones have improved sound quality, good Transparency mode and USB-C charging, plus decent mic quality for phone calls.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In my experience, Siri is typically faster to respond and do something than either Alexa or the Google Assistant, whether that’s to play music, answer a question, or control a smart home device. HomePod mini sound quality. With the first HomePod, Apple prioritized sound quality above all else.

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The Verge

JUNE 12, 2021

Amazon’s smallest smart display has gotten the tiniest of refreshes Amazon recently updated a couple of its Alexa-based Echo Show smart displays. It works as a monitor for a security camera or video doorbell, but I wouldn’t want to watch much video on it — your phone is a better device for that.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Amazon revealed its new cloud gaming service, officially called Luna , at its annual Alexa hardware event today. Luna’s format sounds like a lucrative format for cloud gaming, mostly because it’s structured similarly to the current streaming TV landscape. But more generally, why wouldn’t publishers be excited?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Despite its age, we still think it’s a great little smart speaker for the price, with decent sound and plenty of functionality thanks to Amazon’s Alexa. The Echo Frames are a lightweight pair of glasses outfitted with built-in small speakers and mics, which make it possible to listen to music and use Alexa on the go. Halo deals.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

According to some Reddit users, the issue sounds even worse. Some owners reported losing Bluetooth connectivity and the ability to play CDs, as well as a disabled backup camera and powerless USB ports for charging phones.

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Engadget

MARCH 24, 2025

It's best for those who have a smaller living room or den they want to outfit with better TV sound. Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones for $250 ($150 off): These top our list of the best wireless headphones you can get right now thanks to their supreme comfort, excellent sound quality and ANC, multipoint connectivity and 30-hour battery life.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

That’s led by the content-forward Fire TV interface and wide app selection, but Amazon believes that Alexa voice controls add a major convenience factor. These voice commands can be used for finding something to watch, like always, but you can also adjust the TV’s brightness, volume, or switch inputs with Alexa. and Canada.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

There's also Alexa support built into the remote, so you can use voice commands to search for content. It's best for those who have a smaller living room or den they want to outfit with better TV sound. Sonos Ray for $179 ($100 off): This is our favorite midrange soundbar thanks to its compact, attractive design and easy setup.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

But I’m more intrigued by the mention of “3D motion detection,” which sounds like something a touchless doorbell could use to tell when someone’s standing right in front of it — and maybe cut down on false positives buzzing my phone.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Last year, Amazon unveiled a new spherical Echo with Zigbee support and “premium, adaptive sound” from Dolby, spherical Echo Dots (one which came with a clock), and the Echo Show 10 got a motorized base that turns its screen to face you while you’re interacting with it. Uncertain: Alexa sleep apnea tracker?

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The new Show is the first smart display that can follow you around Since its inception in 2015, Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant has always been a disembodied digital form trapped in a box of electronics. Alexa behaves in the same way on all of them: you ask it to do something, then it provides a polite response and does that thing.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2021

From Alexa to Google, the best smart displays to buy right now Smart displays, those cousins of voice-controlled smart speakers with full touchscreen displays, are great devices for managing your smart home, displaying useful bits of information throughout the day, or even playing music or video. The best Alexa smart display.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). It’s easier than it sounds. Set up face-to-face meetings or phone calls to ask contacts to donate. Then help implement these tools.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google’s latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world, but that’s exactly how long it’s been since Google’s first smart speaker, the Google Home , was released. Still, the Nest Audio’s shape is hard to describe without accidentally sounding pejorative.

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The Verge

APRIL 7, 2021

Car Mode is a simplified version of Amazon Music’s interface, featuring larger buttons, suggested playlists and albums, and easy access to Alexa. Like Spotify’s own take on simplified car controls , Amazon Music can be set to switch to Car Mode as soon as it recognizes your phone connecting to your car’s Bluetooth.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Reeves expects mobile, AR and VR to eventually converge, “in the same way as lots of devices came together into our phones.” ” If this sounds a bit abstract, look no further than EvolVR , the VR meditation community whose acquisition TRIPP disclosed last February. Eden’s acquisition is funded by an $11.2

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Get Deal While the controls can be a bit finicky, overall the JBL Authentics 500 speaker delivers impressive sound with deep bass and crisp highs. You can stream through Bluetooth and WiFi and even use Google Assistant or Alexa to play your favorite tunes. JBL Authentics 500 Opens in a new window Credit: JBL JBL Authentics 500 $499.95

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

On Tuesday, Verizon announced it will be switching to Android Messages as the default texting app on all Android phones it sells — which is a big step for pushing RCS as the new texting standard. Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds. OnePlus is merging OxygenOS with Oppo’s ColorOS.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

I said in May 2021 that Microsoft’s once-pricey Surface Duo was finally the cost of a normal phone. But now, it’s the cost of a midrange phone at Woot through the end of the day, or until it sells out. The AT&T-locked version of the phone with 128GB of storage is just $398 new at Woot, while the 256GB version is $470.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

To use the UWB radio, though, you’ll need a compatible UWB-equipped Galaxy phone. It’s far superior to its predecessor, with a loud and rich sound we praised. In our review , we called the small smart speaker a great upgrade over the last-gen Home Mini, one that sounds far better.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2021

Hands-free Alexa voice commands still get top billing, but the most compelling thing about the Echo Buds is still their aggressive price — and the solid mix of features you get in exchange. hours if you disable noise canceling and hands-free Alexa. Passable ANC aside, the Echo Buds do sound good. The Echo Buds cost $99.99

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The function only works with the newest Ecobee SmartThermostat with voice control ($249.99), which has a built-in microphone and speaker and has supported Amazon’s Alexa since its release in 2019. Music is one area the Siri integration is better than Ecobee’s Alexa integration. that device invariably picks up the request first.

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

As for sound quality, Samsung is building more speaker drivers into the 2021 TVs for what it calls Object Tracking Sound. The TVs analyze scenes and try to make it seem like sound is coming directly from the source on screen — and moving with it.

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2021

They have good sound quality, USB-C charging, a comfy fit, and they can block out a considerable amount of noise. Most Samsung phones before this have had a microSD card slot to make adding space possible, but this generation of Galaxy phones doesn’t have one. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2021

Not only was I using my phone less, thanks to having constant easy access to a tablet and laptop, but even when my phone got close to running out, my trusty charger was never far out of reach. Outdoor tech. ZMI PowerPack 20000. Twelve months predominantly spent indoors did wonders for my battery anxiety. Brandon Widder.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

The tiny, lightweight speaker has a ton of functionality, but don’t expect sound quality miracles The Sonos Roam is the most focused, calculated product from Sonos yet. The Roam has a curved triangle shape that naturally projects sound both forward and up when it’s laid horizontally. Now onto the main agenda: sound quality.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

Whereas the $399 Beam was aimed squarely at the massive market of people looking to upgrade the dull, lackluster sound coming from their TV speakers, the $799 Arc represents the pinnacle of what Sonos can do in the living room. This is what makes it feel like sound is happening all around you instead of just coming from in front or behind.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The 85t buds have a new chip dedicated to noise canceling, which allows them to cancel out a wider range of outside sounds than the 75t, where the ANC feature feels tacked on. Considering the differences in water resistance and sound quality, it’s not a straightforward answer. That’s also because of sound quality.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Sure, you might have the Google Assistant on your phone or in your headphones, but it’s still too phone-centric. Alexa and the Google Assistant aren’t quite ready either, to be fair, but they’re both much further along that path than Siri is. “I That sounds great, but my advice is to start talking sooner rather than later.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

“I’d be more worried about the camera on your phone than I would be about a drone,” Amazon devices SVP Dave Limp told me in an interview a few hours after yesterday’s big Echo event. It’s adding more ways to delete your data by talking to Alexa, and it has a privacy control dashboard that is quite good. I’m no Amazon apologist, though.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We’ve adapted our coverage to make sure that you’re only seeing the latest and best deals on tech that you want, and that we recommend, on wireless earbuds, TVs, games, phones, and more. When turned on, however, it transforms into a smart 4K TV with Amazon’s Alexa built-in and a 120Hz refresh rate. The best deals available on 4K TVs.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Still the best Alexa smart display Amazon’s midsize Echo Show 8 is the best smart display in its lineup. You can use the Echo Show for video calls to the Alexa app on phones or other Echo Show devices, or you can join Skype, Zoom, or Amazon’s Chime calls from it. You can still block the camera’s view with a physical shutter.

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