The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

To that end, it shared a bunch of models that Nvidia has tested internally and confirm provide a good experience. Note: the asterisk denotes models where Nvidia says voice chat isn’t recommended). I spent time testing it out the beta on our 2017 Chromebook Plus, which straddles the line in terms of meeting the recommended specs.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

I’ve put those performance claims to the test over the past week, and the results are surprising. During my testing, I found this new cooling system to be a lot quieter than what I’ve experienced from AMD’s previous cards. 1440p testing. For 1440p tests, I hooked up the 6800 XT to a 27-inch Asus ROG Swift PG279Q monitor.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s faster to respond to voice commands, and most importantly, it sounds a lot better than the Google Home ever could. Needless to say, I haven’t observed any buzz or rattling while testing the Nest Audio, even at full volume. If you are willing to skip voice controls and an integrated digital assistant, the Sonos One SL is $179.).

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

It still allows you to open and close the lock remotely with your phone or your voice through Apple’s HomeKit platform (more on this later) or manually with the same key that you’ve always used. In the three weeks or so I’ve been testing the lock, it’s never dropped from “full.”. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

AUGUST 29, 2021

But now your voice should be better isolated when on work calls or in the middle of a hectic Call of Duty: Warzone match. The microphone is now unidirectional and better at isolating your voice. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. It seems to favor lower frequencies and lacks some crispness.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

I’ve been testing the larger 45mm variant, and it’s big and thick on my average-sized wrists. You can get either size watch in Bluetooth-only or LTE-equipped versions for a reasonable $50 more; I’ve been testing the Bluetooth model and haven’t had any major issues with it staying connected to my Galaxy S20.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From there, you can tell the Astro to go to a specific location either with a voice command or remotely through the app. Surrounding the telescoping pole are the far-field mics that are used to pick up voice commands. That’s why it needs to do larger-scale testing than it’s able to do in secret.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

I’ve been using the Emberton nonstop since I got a review unit to test, and it easily hit the 20-hour lifespan claim when it was piping out music at medium volume. That also means the Emberton doesn’t have voice assistant support, which may or may not bother you. Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2021

To confirm you have chosen the best-sized tips, Anker has a Tip Fit Test within the Soundcore app. There is also an audio test called HearID that claims to map your personal hearing sensitivity at multiple frequencies to best tailor the EQ settings for you. Photography by Becca Farsace / The Verge. Inspiration.).

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The Verge

JUNE 14, 2021

You can customize the long-press to activate a voice assistant instead, but that’s as far as Beats lets you switch things up. The Studio Buds support hands-free “Hey Siri” voice commands. Voice call performance was pretty rough outdoors in busy environments, and callers found it difficult to make out my voice from the background noise.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In my testing, I’ve found this light-up panel to be harder to see from across the room than the Echo’s glowing ring. Unless you’re right next to the HomePod mini, it’s hard to tell when Siri has heard your voice command and is responding. I ran into a number of weird bugs with Siri during my two weeks or so testing the HomePod mini.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

I attempted to run our routine video test (which involves exporting a five-minute, 33-second 4K video) multiple times using hardware acceleration, and Adobe Premiere Pro consistently crashed during the export. There, you can swap between presets for Music, Movie, and Voice, as well as equalizer settings for different tunes.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This led to some confusion in my testing, including that Alexa now thinks I get up at 4:31AM every morning, I assume because my daughter sat up in bed at that time and has an Echo Show as her bedside clock. And, as you’d expect from an Amazon device, it’s designed to be controlled with your voice.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

The Siri button has been pushed to the remote’s right side, almost guaranteeing that you’ll never unintentionally trigger Apple’s voice assistant. The Siri button on the side is whisper quiet; you still have to press and hold it down whenever you’re doing a voice command. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Singing a song of chaos : Frederic reports that application security testing platform Code Intelligence raises $12 million to inject a load of garbage inputs into your apps. Also, this was the day we learned about fuzzing. Fascinating! It just raised $106 million, Christine reports. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The outside of the ear cups have cartoon graphics — a fairy princess and rainbow unicorn on the models I tested, with a lion, cartoon DJ, scientist, and pirate on the other color options — and you can get them in pink, white, yellow, gray, blue, or dark blue depending on your child’s preference. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The earbud controls aren’t customizable, but Skullcandy packs in pretty much all of the functions you’d want (track skip / back, volume, voice assistant, and play / pause) into the large single button on each earbud. They’ve been easy to memorize in my time testing the Jib True buds. Best cheap wireless earbuds for voice calls.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

One thing worth mentioning is the occlusion effect; since Bose didn’t go for a vented design like the AirPods Pro or Pixel Buds with natural airflow, if you have a very tight seal with the QuietComfort Earbuds in, your inside voice might sound louder than normal, and in silent environments, you can hear yourself breathing.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

During my tests, I listened to Spotify, and the music sounded good enough to stick with this headset instead of automatically reaching for my Sony 1000XM3s. But for the purposes of this review, I tested just the out-of-the-box experience. Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge. Microsoft is keeping this one in the family.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Govee Immersion Kit and Light Bars reacting to the Fluid Sim Hue Test video on YouTube (Bar Segment color / Calm modes). I have little use for the voice commands since I plugged the Immersion Kit’s control box into a smart plug that automatically turns the backlighting on and off along with the TV (it remembers your last used Govee settings).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This new shape necessitates moving the signature LED light ring that lets you know when Alexa is listening for a voice command, when it’s muted, when you have a notification, or the volume level of the speaker. I used Spotify for my testing, but the Echo supports all of the major music services, save for YouTube Music.)

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2021

Once your console is connected, you can hit record and chat through your microphone as you play, and the recording will pick up both game audio and your voice. A snapshot taken from the browser version of Genki Arcade shows the full suite of tools, including voice recording, screenshots, and video recording.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2021

My test configuration is in the middle; it includes a Core i7-10850H, 1TB of storage, 32GB of RAM, and the OLED touchscreen. I actually found myself eschewing my personal laptop during my testing period in favor of the ThinkPad because of how much I love typing on it. They didn’t have any trouble picking up my voice.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2021

They’ve also proven dependable and consistent in my testing so far, which couldn’t be said of the $99 Nothing earbuds when I looked at those a few weeks ago. OnePlus includes an audio test to personalize your audio profile based on your own hearing. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. The charging case is easily pocketable.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

The Strix G15 punches above its price I was skeptical of the ROG Strix G15 Advantage Edition when I first got my test unit from AMD. This Strix is one of the first laptops announced that includes AMD’s new RX 6000M series mobile GPUs, and the first one I’ve gotten to test. Here, have a Strix. Well, the price range. to $1,699.99.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

On the outward-facing part of the stem, you can see the voice / ANC microphones, touch sensors, and a dot — red (right) or white (left) — to indicate which ear that bud is for. Despite having three microphones and algorithms meant to help isolate your voice from background noise, the Ear 1s were a disappointment for voice calls.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2021

Or perhaps it’s the inclusion of a voice assistant on your wrist that you can ask to do things without having to use your phone? Those are the questions I’ve been asking over the past week-plus as I’ve been testing the new OnePlus Watch , a $159 smartwatch and the first wearable from the smartphone company.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

That’s a potential deal-breaker for some gamers who might want to be able to jump into a voice chat with friends on their consoles. Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge. In an effort to prioritize bandwidth for sound quality and responsiveness, only the playback channel is active when you’re listening using the USB-C dongle.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Photography app roundups are a dime-a-dozen, but this Tech Radar post is written by an actual, professional photographer. Some of these apps I've never heard of and can't wait to test out this weekend, such as Snapseed. " Pogue defines an explainer video as "a cross between videos and slideshows."

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

They practically make the ambient sounds in my local coffee shop go poof, and while visiting family upstate over Memorial Day, I tested them in a crowded bar and found that I could listen to my music at around 60 percent volume without hearing any of the lively chatter surrounding me. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The Elite 85ts still won out and hushed more noise when I tested them side by side in a coffee shop or on the streets of Brooklyn, but not lopsidedly so. People said my voice was crisp and came through clear without much background noise. Unlike previous Jabra earbuds, the 85ts no longer offer Amazon Alexa as a voice assistant.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Unfortunately, after testing the Sense for the past week, the impression I’ve gathered is that Fitbit tried to do too much in too little time, which results in a smartwatch that feels slightly unfinished. We may update this review down the road if longer-duration testing proves to garner important insights.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Testing that feature has been challenging during the pandemic-related lockdown we’re currently in since my kid rarely leaves our home, and when they do, I’m generally with them. During my testing, I ran into a bug where I was unable to turn on the content and privacy restrictions at all. Photography by Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

It doesn’t support Wi-Fi connectivity, and its microphone listens for changes in your environment’s acoustics to tweak its adaptive equalizer (you can customize it yourself if you’d prefer to), but there’s no support for voice commands here, which I frankly welcome. It’s fluid, and both methods worked perfectly in my testing.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2021

I also tested them wired with my Apple Lossless files and streaming Amazon Music HD, and the M-200 ANCs proved wonderfully layered and rich. It also would’ve helped boost the M-200 ANCs at voice call performance. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

That’s the area where you’ll tap (or hold) to access the various gesture controls, which proved responsive in my tests, can be customized to your liking, and cover all functionality except for volume. Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge. Thanks to a plethora of included ear tips, it’s easy to find a good, comfortable fit.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 23, 2020

That’s because the battery life is so gargantuan that our traditional rundown test was next to useless. The base model, currently listed at $1,848.99 , comes with a quad-core Core i5-10210U, 128GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM; our test model, priced at $2,937, comes with a six-core Core i7-10810U, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.

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