Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Dune has become my go-to movie for testing soundbars. The Sonos Arc Ultra is a $999 premium soundbar from the smart home audio brand, and it promises unmatched surround sound thanks to the brand's new Sound Motion technology, which works with Dolby Atmos to fill the room with realistic, perfectly realized sound. I believe it does.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Over a conversation with a journalist friend, George Quraishi, it became clear to Chanin that Quraishi’s skill set — interviewing and audio editing — could be conducive to capturing a family’s history. It’ll be like a movie or a Ken Burns documentary about your family.”

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

First reported by Game Revolution, a dataminer discovered a number of unused audio files that sound as if they were recorded by several Mortal Kombat stars— Christopher Lambert as God of Thunder Raiden, Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Sonya Blade.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Spotify wants to turn more of its original podcasts into TV shows and movies. The company announced a partnership today with Chernin Entertainment, the production company behind Ford v Ferrari , Hidden Figures , and New Girl , to develop TV and movie pitches based on Spotify-exclusive and original podcasts.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As with most Amazon devices, the Amazon Fire TV 40-inch 2-Series has Alexa voice control. And it supports Dolby Audio for even better sound quality. This deal is specific to the TV-only option. To add the four-year protection plan you'll need to pay a bit more. Image quality is great too, with an HD 1080p resolution to enjoy.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Given its been nearly six years since the original, there are understandably substantial improvements to audio quality and battery life, as well as the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC). That component assists with everything from heart-rate monitoring to Spatial Audio and ANC.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

It also comes with a voice remote, whereas the Premiere only includes Roku’s basic remote without voice search. (If The Roku devices lack support for Dolby Vision, but general HDR support means you still get the vivid colors and bright explosions that help movies and shows pop off the screen. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

But competitors haven’t been sitting idle: Bose’s Noise Canceling Headphones 700 are neck and neck with Sony for noise cancellation and have better microphones for voice calls. You don’t need to worry about missing a call if you’re absorbed in a movie or show on Netflix on your laptop. Your music will be pausing constantly.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Samsung’s SSC HiFi and UHQ audio codecs ensure clear highs, deep bass, and crisp vocals. Thanks to the 24bit/96KHz support, listening to music, watching a movie, or taking a call sounds amazing. The 360 Audio feature even creates a surround sound effect that works especially well with Samsung Galaxy devices.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Louis Vuitton has revealed its next foray into tech products: the $2,890 Horizon Light Up Speaker, which looks less like either a gadget or a piece of high fashion, and more like an artifact of untold cosmic power from the next Marvel movie. and AirPlay 2 for wireless audio. The Horizon features a three-inch subwoofer, two 0.75-inch

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2021

You know spatial audio is having quite a moment when wireless carriers decide to create their own implementations of it. The audio trick, which Verizon says has been in the works since 2019, is coming to Motorola phones first, including the new Motorola One 5G UW Ace that goes on sale July 8th. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The three-mic system is seriously impressive, ensuring your voice comes through loud and clear, and the six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio delivers an immersive listening experience. Perfect for long calls or meetings, or watching movies and TV.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

They can’t match the listening experience of our audio-first picks below, but many people will be more than satisfied by what the 1000XM3s put out. If you plan to do a lot of video chats or voice calls with your headphones, that’s something to consider. These can also outlast Bose’s pair, with up to 30 hours of continuous playback.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

EssilorLuxottica , for instance, has come up with a winning formula for smart glasses in both the Meta Ray-Bans and its Nuance Audio hearing aids, which pack just enough technology to avoid looking uncool. Open earbuds are an area of increasing interest for audio brands, though none has put quite the same emphasis on all-day comfort.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

million, most of which will be put toward research around expressive AI-generated voices and expanding Papercup’s support for foreign languages, Shemen told TechCrunch via email. Beyond the custom translations that it creates for customers, Papercup offers a catalog of voices with “realistic” tones and emotions. .

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The Verge

APRIL 19, 2021

Roku’s new $30 remote has upgrades like a rechargeable battery and hands-free voice commands Roku’s new Voice Remote Pro is the company’s first remote control to come with always-listening mics built in. Weight-wise, the Voice Remote Pro felt about the same in my hand as the remote that came with my TCL Roku TV. The new $29.99

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. Qwiki automatically turns pictures and videos from events you’ve captured on your iPhone into brief movies to share. Learn more at: petitions.whitehouse.gov. VoiceTexter :: itunes.apple.com/voicetexter.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

There are dedicated tabs for movies and TV shows (along with a personalized “For You” section that mixes them together), but Google is clearly trying to break down the walls between streaming platforms. You can do voice searches by holding down the Google Assistant button on the remote and speaking.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching the same Netflix TV shows and movies simultaneously. It also enabled them to dish about the action in a side bar chat. ”).

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The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2021

A few features like 3D audio and automatic device switching — sound familiar? This covers one of the three built-in microphones and is there to act as a wind shield for voice calls. Either earbud can be used independently with mono audio if you prefer that option for voice calls or biking. More on that later.).

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

The audio quality has been further refined, and Sony added key features it frustratingly omitted last time — like IPX4 water and sweat resistance. The 1000XM4s also raise the bar for wireless audio and battery life in noise-canceling earbuds. But Sony’s audio prowess extends through all frequencies.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The new regular AirPods get a lot right even before the gimmicky spatial audio part For the first time since their introduction in 2016, Apple’s AirPods have a completely new design. But you’ve also got hands-free “Hey Siri” voice commands at your disposal for adjusting volume or changing up the playlist.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Firefly Video Model is Adobes answer to existing video models like Open AIs Sora and Metas new Movie Gen. Using the brands new suite of tools, creators can turn a written prompt into a video clip, convert an existing image into a video, and even translate audio and video into multiple different languages.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

You can lock and unlock your door with your voice, fingerprint, app, touchpad, or traditional keys, plus see who's at the door via sharp 2K video, motion sensors and smart motion detection, and local video storage. While tablets aren't typically known for having rich audio, the Lenovo Tab Plus aims to prove users wrong. at Amazon $279.99

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

That is 41% off a pair of premium true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, transparency mode, spatial audio, and 36-hour battery life. Thanks to their custom acoustic platform, the Beats Studio Buds+ delivers powerful, balanced audio with deep bass and crisp highs. SAVE $209: As of Feb. at Woot , down from $169.95.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

I suspect it will also be the introduction for many people to Dolby Atmos audio in the home. It’s a reminder that even as Sonos ventures into services , voice AI, and evolving its platform , it still knows how to make damn fine speakers. If that’s you, I think the Arc delivers a phenomenal audio experience for its price.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

You can use the app to quickly pull up TV shows and movies without having to navigate in a browser, and the service syncs across devices, so you can pause an episode on your PC and resume where you left off on your phone. It’s missing some features of the web client — namely, voice and video calling. A membership starts at $8.99

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

So you can take a call or have audio from any app come through from a phone, tablet, or a PC mixed in with the sound coming from your Xbox console. In addition to how the headset looks, its functionality is similar to the Surface Headphones, with twistable dials on the outside of each ear cup for adjusting elements of the audio.

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

I’ve personally used Discord daily to keep in touch with friends, or participated in remote movie nights, streamed games, and just used the app as a place to hangout. Discord is a great mix of Slack messaging and Zoom video, combined together with a unique ability to just drop into audio calls freely. Image: Discord. Azure and Xbox.

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The Verge

MARCH 19, 2022

First off, it has a 120Hz refresh rate screen for smoother scrolling and gaming, Face ID for easier unlocking (the Air uses Touch ID), and a four-speaker audio setup for bigger sound when it comes to time to binge. Switching gears from gaming to the smart home, Google’s Nest Audio offers an excellent value. with promo code XBXSTERE372.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Bose has essentially just copied and pasted the physical buttons of the QC35 IIs: on the underside of the right earcup are dedicated controls for volume and a multi-function button for track controls and summoning a voice assistant. There’s still the Bose-standard 2.5mm audio jack for wired listening with the included 2.5-to-3.5mm

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Cosmos Plus come with a color-matched hard case, charging cable, audio cable, and boom mic in the box. As for the audio specs, the Cosmos Plus have 40mm neodymium drivers, similar to many other over-ear Bluetooth headphones. It’s also designed to make it easier to hear voices when on video calls.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2021

There’s a USB port if you want to plug in a drive that contains your FLAC collection or whatever local audio you feel like playing. The soundbar also supports pretty much every home theater audio codec under the sun, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Surprisingly there’s no preset audio mode for gaming.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2021

And then everything else about it — the keyboard, the touchpad, the audio, the battery life — was also great. and power delivery, one combo audio jack jack. I could certainly hear them while the machine was under load, but it was standard gaming-laptop noise, and I had no problem hearing game audio. Not only was it just over 3.5

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Razer’s second set of true wireless earbuds nail fit and audio but fall flat elsewhere Razer’s Hammerhead True Wireless Pro earbuds are a major improvement over the company’s first pair of true wireless earbuds. In Apple’s case, that’s Spatial Audio. Jabra’s earbuds can pair with two devices at once.

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The Verge

JULY 9, 2021

But there’s one area where it’s far ahead of the pack — the audio. There’s actually a 14-inch laptop out there with very good audio. I’m not exaggerating when I say this is the best audio I’ve ever heard from a laptop of this size. Type-A Gen 2, two Thunderbolt 4, and an audio combo jack. Yes, you read that correctly.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Apple stepped up its audio game with the AirPods Pro, which feature active noise cancellation. All of your friends will start calling your home the "cool house" if movie nights involve this mini portable projector. Use it to play movies, shows, or games outside on a screen or indoors on a blank wall. AirPods Pro. Credit: apple.

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