Sonos just unveiled a new voice-controlled smart speaker that will work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The $199 Sonos One is slated to launch globally on Oct. 24 with support for Alexa. Support for Google Assistant will arrive next year, making Sonos One “the first and only smart speaker to support multiple major voice […]
Google has announced a smaller version of its Google Home in-home assistant product. Like the original, Google Home Mini has a fabric body, multiple microphones, light-up LEDs, a speaker, and support for Chromecast speakers. It comes in coral, chalk, and charcoal. Users can speak to it to ask questions of the built-in Google Assistant. Google Home […]
Zagg has announced five new iFrogz Bluetooth headsets. One that has our interest is is the $20 Free Rein Wireless, a set of Bluetooth earbuds with a flat neck cord and and an unusually small, light hanging module with the battery and three buttons. The earbuds are sweat-resistant and have wingtips to ensure they stay […]
GoPro today debuted two new cameras – the Hero 6 and the Fusion. The Hero 6 Black camera features 4K footage at 60 frames per second, internal stabilizing technology, and a new, custom-designed GP1 processor powering the device, said CEO Nick Woodman at an event to show off the new devices. High-frame-rate recording also gets […]
Apple has made the penultimate version of iOS 11 available to developers and those using the public betas. The company also made available gold masters of watchOS 4.0 and tvOS 11. All three platforms will push to iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices in final form beginning September 19. iOS 11 brings changes to the […]
Today, Roku announced the introduction of The Roku Channel. It’s a new channel available to all Roku players and Roku TVs within the US. There are hundreds of movies, which you can watch for free since they are being ad-supported. The movies come from major studios such as Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Sony Pictures Entertainment, and […]
Sharp Corporation has announced the release of the AQUOS 8K Series of 8K-compatible TVs and displays. Positioned as the core of the 8K Ecosystem, Sharp’s key medium-term strategy, these products will be released in China in October, in Japan in December, in Taiwan in February 2018, and in Europe in March 2018. 8K is […]
Apple today made a handful of new beta builds of its various operating systems available to developers. App writers can download and installed iOS 11 Beta 8, watchOS 4 Beta 8, tvOS 11 Beta 8, and macOS High Sierra 10.13 Beta 8. Apple did not spell out any changes specific to these builds, though it […]
Amazon is now discounting several of its Echo and Fire devices. The Amazon Echo is available for $99.99, $80 off its normal price, while the Echo Dot is on sale for $44.99. There are some nice deals to be had on Amazon’s Android-powered Fire tablets, too. The Fire 7 Tablet starts at just $39.99, while the Fire HD 8 […]
Over the past week, LockState customers have vented their frustration on platforms including Twitter to complain that their Internet of Things (IoT) smart locks, used to remotely control doors, begun to fail from last Monday. Consumers have taken to social media in their droves to complain about smart locks which became unresponsive following a flawed […]