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Amazon Echo Show 5 (second gen) review: small screen, small updates

The Verge

Amazon’s smallest smart display has gotten the tiniest of refreshes Amazon recently updated a couple of its Alexa-based Echo Show smart displays. If you insist, the Echo Show 5 supports Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and YouTube via its browser, but not as many video services as the larger models.

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Say hello to Astro, Alexa on wheels

The Verge

Amazon’s long-awaited home robot is here In the fall of 1962, TV-watching audiences were invited to meet the Jetsons, a space-dwelling, flying-car-driving family from the future and their dog, Astro. Amazon’s Astro is not a dog; instead, it’s the company’s long-rumored home assistant robot. Animation: Amazon.

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Amazon Echo Show 10 review: Alexa’s next move

The Verge

Amazon says the Show 10’s ability to move makes it easier to follow a recipe with it. Around the display is a chunky bezel, which isn’t a problem I will care about until Amazon comes out with a model that has a thinner, more modern bezel that immediately makes this one look silly.

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Apple HomePod mini review: playing small ball

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Apple’s newest smart speaker is way more affordable but still chasing Amazon and Google Two and a half years ago, Apple finally entered the smart speaker market with the HomePod. It will glow white when music is playing or green when you’re using the mini as a speakerphone for calls. HomePod mini sound quality.

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Sony WH-1000XM4 review: the best noise-canceling headphones get better

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And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me. The detection works really well; music stops even if I say one short word. If you don’t do anything, the music will return 30 seconds after speech stops. Let’s get to the new stuff.

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Google Nest Audio review: the sweet spot

The Verge

But in the four years since the Google Home, Amazon has released multiple generations of new Echo models and leap-frogged the Home in audio quality, design, and features. It appears that Amazon has made a similar observation: its forthcoming fourth-generation Echo features a more directional design as well.

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Amazon Echo Dot (2020) review: have a ball

The Verge

Amazon’s latest entry-level smart speaker has a new design, but few other improvements over the last model Amazon may get more attention for its higher-end Echo speakers, such as the Echo Studio and the new 4th Gen Echo, but the humble Echo Dot is by far the most popular speaker in the lineup.

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