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Amazon Echo Show 15 review: Alexa’s on your wall

The Verge

Of course, it does everything other Echo displays and speakers do, thanks to the presence of Amazon’s smart voice assistant, Alexa. This includes playing music, showing weather reports, streaming video, controlling smart home gadgets, telling fart jokes, all the stuff you’ve come to rely on Alexa for.

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Maingear Element Lite review: the competition is too good

The Verge

Its 16:9 aspect ratio display feels cramped, and its keys are spaced a little too far apart. Both of these models also have displays with a more generous aspect ratio than the Element Lite, which is a boon for productivity work. inch, 1080p touchscreen with a 60Hz refresh rate and a 16:9 aspect ratio. It’s also too expensive.

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This Apple Watch Series 7 sale arrived just in time for New Year’s resolutions

The Verge

Read our review. In his review published earlier this year, Verge reviewer Chris Welch praised these comfortable, water-resistant earbuds for their good quality audio, both in and out of phone calls. Read our review. In our review , we noted how the X12’s processor and 3:2 aspect ratio display impressed us.

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LG’s latest Gram 17 makes a stellar case for 17-inch laptops

The Verge

Inside of LG’s sole $1,799 Gram 17 configuration (it’s been available for $1,699 since late March), there’s now an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 quad-core processor that promises — and actually delivers — better performance and longer battery life than the 2020 model my colleague Monica Chin reviewed.

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Lenovo Yoga 9i (14-inch) review: sounds like a winner

The Verge

I also wish Lenovo would ditch the 16:9 aspect ratio, as it has for some of its premium models in the business space. These are useful not just for video calling (where they picked up my voice just fine) but for Amazon Alexa, which comes preinstalled on the Yoga. And it’s not the brightest around, maxing out at 290 nits in testing.

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Get all three Witcher games for just $11.22 at Steam

The Verge

We haven’t reviewed the Elite 4 Active yet, but Jabra has a record of delivering solid sound quality, so they’re likely decent in that department as well. Read our review. In addition, you can stream security footage to a smart screen thanks to its support for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit. Read our review.

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Apple’s second-gen AirPods are back down to their lowest price ever

The Verge

This model of the ubiquitous white earbuds wasn’t a big step forward compared to the first iteration, but our reviewer was still happy with their wireless performance and overall reliability. While it isn’t compatible with Apple HomeKit, it does play well with both Alexa and Google Assistant. Normally $300, they’re $200 for now.

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