Sonos has long been a leading name in home audio, as any audiophile is happy to tell you. You can easily set up a Sonos speaker, and it should offer premium sound quality in any room of the house. This quality doesn’t come cheap, but we’ve done our best to round up some of the best Sonos deals available right now.
See also: Sonos 101: Spend wisely
With Samsung’s new foldable Galaxy phones performing better than ever in the market, there are plenty of savings available on the line, as well as many of the past Galaxy S and Note lines. If you don’t mind going with a slightly older flagship, you can save even more. We’ve gone ahead and rounded up the best Samsung Galaxy deals around, from the Galaxy S21 to the Galaxy S9.
Whether you’re on the hunt for a premium foldable device, the more budget-friendly A series, or the still-powerful Galaxy S20 family, you’ve come to the right place.
Earlier today, OnePlus took the wraps off its 2022 flagship smartphone. However, the company did so in China and only announced Chinese pricing and availability information.
See also: A history of the entire OnePlus lineup so far
2022 has just begun and we’re expecting it to be a pretty solid year in the smartphone space. We’re seeing more foldable phones to rival Samsung’s wares, Mediatek finally seems to have a proper rival to Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon silicon, and the mid-range continues to make impressive gains.
We’re expecting loads of high-quality phones this year, but which ones are the most eagerly anticipated devices? We asked Android Authority readers and here’s what you said.
The Xiaomi 12 series launched at the end of 2021 with a selection of three devices, but despite this variety, there was no Ultra option. However, this premium model could still be on the way and might again pack high-resolution cameras.
According to prominent tipster Digital Chat Station, the Xiaomi 12 Ultra could retain the 50MP+48MP+48MP triple-camera layout as its predecessor. Per the machine-translated Weibo post, this may include a main, ultrawide, and a “super-telephoto periscope” shooter. The tipster doesn’t overtly mention the Ultra by name in the post but does imply the device using a bunny emoji denoting Xiaomi and an image of the Mi 11 Ultra.
Google called out Apple over the weekend for benefitting from “peer pressure” and “bullying” over iMessage’s green bubble/blue bubble feature. Google and senior vice-president Hiroshi Lockheimer both noted at the time that a solution exists, and the executive has now elaborated on this.
The first two Motorola Razr foldables crammed middling hardware into an expensive, niche form factor. However, it seems that the company might take the third version more seriously.
According to XDA-Developers, citing unnamed sources, the Motorola Razr 3 could be a more serious flagship prospect rivaling other clamshell foldables like the Honor Magic V and the next Galaxy Z Flip.
Are you still vacuuming your house with a manual vacuum cleaner? It might be time to try saving some time and energy with a robot vacuum. After all, they don’t tire out, and many are smart enough to avoid common obstacles around your house. Our own C. Scott Brown named his robot vacuum as his favorite tech of 2020.
One of the biggest challenges is finding a model that fits your budget, but there are some great offers around right now. We’ve compiled our list of the best robot vacuum deals below. We’ve done our best to hit a variety of price points and plenty of different brands so you can pick the perfect fit.
Buying a new console or a few new games is a great way to pass the time while social distancing drags on. The tough part is deciding which machine to choose. Each has its perks, faults, and a list of exclusive games to pick from. Price is a factor too, so we’ve scoured the web for some of the best gaming deals available right now.
See also: PlayStation 5 vs Xbox Series X
Android 12 might seem very fresh in our minds, but we are literally weeks away from the first early launches of Android 13. Until that first developer preview lands, you should expect some leaked work-in-progress features to slip onto the internet.
See also: The evolution of Android
The technology world was shaken late last week by a ruling of the US International Trade Commission saying that Google had infringed on Sonos’ patents. After a couple of years of legal back-and-forth, this was a difficult blow to Google. A US import ban on many products is looming on the horizon, and a few crucial Nest and Chromecast features were deemed illegally used. The company has explained several of the imposed limitations in a post on the Nest community blog. One of these concerns the setup of some Google Home/Nest speakers and Chromecasts.
Of course, the timing was perfect — I wish I could convey the extra sarcasm in my tone — for me. I moved into a new apartment about a month ago and was dragging my feet to set up my older Google Home Mini in my bedroom. Hey, in my defense, I had to move the bed to plug it in. So when I heard that the setup process was about to get worse, I thought I still had time to do it right. Alas, no.
The HomePod Mini and the defunct original HomePod are smart speakers built to merge seamlessly into Apple’s ecosystem. But as true as that might be, it’s not always obvious how to make it do what you need, or how to make the best use of its features. Here are a few Apple HomePod tips and tricks you should know about.
Read more: The best smart speaker you can buy
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope team has fully deployed its 21-foot gold-plated primary mirror, completing the final phase of all major spacecraft deployments in preparation for scientific operations.
As a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history, from the solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.
The two wings of Webb's primary mirror were bent prior to launch to fit into the nose cone of an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket. After more than a week of other critical spacecraft missions, Webb's team began remotely deploying the hexagonal segments of the main mirror, the largest ever launched on launch. Place.
The telescope will now begin moving its 18 primary mirror segments to align the telescope optics. The ground team will command 126 actuators on the backsides of the segments to flex each mirror – an alignment that will take months to complete. Then the team will calibrate the science instruments prior to delivering Webb’s first images this summer.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for Science Mission Directorate in NASA Headquarters in Washington, added: “I am so proud of the team – spanning continents and decades – that delivered this first-of-its-kind achievement. Webb’s successful deployment exemplifies the best of what NASA has to offer: the willingness to attempt bold and challenging things in the name of discoveries still unknown.”
Webb will also shortly undergo a third midway correction burn - one of three designed to bring the telescope into precise orbit around the second Lagrangian point, commonly known as L2, nearly 1 million miles from Earth. This is Webb's last orbital position where his sunshade protects him from light from the sun, earth, and moon that could interfere with infrared light observations. Webb was designed to look back over 13.5 billion years to capture infrared light from celestial objects in much higher resolution than ever before and to study our own solar system as well as distant worlds.
Gregory L. Robinson, Director of the Webb Program at NASA Headquarters, said, “The successful completion of all Webb space telescope missions is historic. This is the first time a NASA-led mission attempts to complete a complex sequence of observatory in space, a remarkable feat for our team, NASA, and the world.
After making its debut at CES 2022 last week, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is officially available in India.
The latest “fan edition” phone packs a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 4,500mAh battery with 25W wired and 15W wireless charging, and a 12MP+12MP+8MP rear camera array. There’s also a 32MP selfie shooter.
Apple’s iMessage has acquired a huge following in the US, and one of the strangest trends is the blue bubble/green bubble controversy. Android users gain a green text bubble in iMessage rather than the default blue bubble, as they’re forced to use SMS instead of sending messages via data. This has led to some people, especially teens, mocking Android users who stand out in this way.
Now, Google senior vice-president Hiroshi Lockheimer has criticized Apple for apparently taking advantage of this “peer pressure” and “bullying” around iMessage.
After launching its new G line in Europe in November, Motorola is now bringing the range-topping G71 to India.
The phone is the first in the country to land with the 5G-toting Snapdragon 695 SoC, now built on the 6mn process and comes with efficiency gains over the outgoing 690.
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| The Apple logo is displayed at an event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam |
Apple could use its now common spring event to update its cheaper smartphone. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said in his latest newsletter that Apple is expected to showcase a third-generation iPhone SE this spring through a virtual presentation that "likely" will take place in March or April. Echoing past rumors, Gurman understood that the new SE would still stick to the iPhone 8-era design, but would add 5G and a new processor, possibly the A15 from the iPhone 13, when Apple's history of using the chip peaked of last year
. No other changes were mentioned. It wouldn't be surprising if Apple increased the storage to 128GB or upgraded the camera sensors (again carried over from the iPhone 8), but that's not guaranteed given Apple's low-cost approach to the iPhone SE. A larger battery may be required to compensate for the typically higher power consumption of 5G.
If the leak is true, the new iPhone SE would be disappointing to those who want a modern design that covers almost the entire screen. It would still have a relatively small screen, thick bezels, and a button-based fingerprint reader. However, as we just mentioned,
Samsung is widely expected to reveal the Galaxy S22 series in the coming weeks, with at least one tipster pointing to a February 8 launch event. Now, a Korean website has corroborated this date while also bringing more apparent availability details.
Are you looking to cut the cord but not sure you can fully turn your back on your favorite cable channels? Luckily, there are plenty of live TV streaming channels to choose from to give you the best of both worlds. Here, we offer a breakdown of two top picks. It’s YouTube TV vs Sling TV.
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Superman, Cinderella and Minions were among characters from films, comics and fairy tales who greeted children at a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Prague on Saturday to ease their nerves as they came to be inoculated.
Despite a lull in coronavirus infections in the past month, the Czech Republic is trying to boost vaccination rates because it is bracing for the Omicron coronavirus variant. Vaccinations lag other European Union countries.
With children aged 5-11 now eligible for the vaccine, staff dressed in costume at one of the biggest vaccination centres in the Czech capital helped children who came to be vaccinated.
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“We thought it would be better to have a day just for the kids,” said Nikola Melicharova, a vaccination centre worker dressed for the day as Snow White. “And because kids are usually a bit afraid of vaccinations, we decided for a fairy tale day so that it was a little more pleasant.”
Some 62.4% of the population in the country of 10.7 million has been fully inoculated, compared to a rate of 68.6% in the whole of the EU, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Some children cried, but less so while talking to their favourite characters.
“I think it is right (for vaccinations). It is the only way out of the pandemic,” said Jaroslav Kottner, who brought his nine-year-old son to be vaccinated.
It’s taken a really long time and some reported delays, but the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has finally been announced. The phone was originally expected to launch in Q3 2021 before being delayed to January 2022. Samsung’s latest FE model seems like an iterative upgrade over the Galaxy S20 FE, clearly taking an if-it-ain’t-broke approach and offering the same $699 price tag. But what if you want something a little different? Here are some of the best Galaxy S21 FE alternatives you should keep in mind.
The Oppo Find X3 Pro was among the smartphone highlights of 2021, bringing a tasteful mix of innovative features and expected flagship fare. Now that it’s 2022, it’s time to talk about its likely sequel. News that the Oppo Find X5 Pro (or Find X4 Pro) is in the works shouldn’t come as a surprise, but how could Oppo take its latest flagship to the next level?
Well, below, we round up the latest credible rumors about the new Oppo flagship leading up to its official launch.
If you’re considering cutting the cord but still like to catch up with your favorite shows or sporting events as they air live, you do have options. Two of the biggest players in the live TV streaming game are YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV. So, who comes out on top in the match-up of YouTube TV vs. Hulu?
That will depend on what you’re looking for specifically, as the two services offer slightly different options. Read on for everything you need to know about the two before making your choice.
If there’s one thing that helps refresh my smartphone excitement meter every year, it’s a new system on a chip (SoC). As the brain of your smartphone, new SoC features can revolutionize the way you use your handset, from the introduction of multiple cameras and machine learning smarts to 5G networking and better gaming frame rates. Plus much more, of course.
However, many promised SoC features — even those that are now several years old — are yet to make their way to consumer handsets. There are a few reasons for this, such as manufacturer priorities and the need for wider market adoption, but either way, recent smartphone chipsets have seldom lived up to their full potential. This is obviously something to consider when mulling over a potential purchase and when following chipset hype more generally.
Believe it or not, electric bicycles — e-bikes, more commonly — are actually one of the oldest forms of motorized transportation. US patents for them date back to the 1890s, though of course they never really caught on until over a century later. Today the e-bike scene is exploding, fueled not just by better technology but the growing number of people who work from home or otherwise don’t need to drive every day. This guide should help judge whether an e-bike makes sense and what to look for when buying one, as well as offer a few choice picks to consider.
Go in-depth: The best electric bikes you can get
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Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. They can tell you how well you sleep, control a smartwatch, count sheets of paper, and have you play the world's smallest violin. But the company's Soli radar hasn't necessarily seen commercial success, primarily in an ill-fated Pixel phone. Now Google has launched an open source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the technology to additional devices outside of Google, possibly even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard.
Adritionally, the Github ripple project is filled with references to Google, including different instances of "Copyright 2021 Google LLC" and contributors must sign a Google Open Source license agreement to participate. (One commit points out that the project was updated “to include CTA.”) Ripple appears to be a rebranding of Google’s “Standard Radar API,” which it quietly proposed one year ago (PDF).
None of that makes it any less exciting that Soli might find new life, though, and there may be something to the idea that radar has privacy benefits. It’s a technology that can easily detect whether someone’s present, nearby, and/or telling their device to do something without requiring a microphone or camera.
Ford, for its part, tells The Verge that indoor radar might become part of its driver-assistance technologies. Right now, the automaker says it’s using “advanced exterior radars” to research those features instead (which sounds expensive to me). Here’s a statement from Ford’s Jim Buczkowski, who’s currently heading up the company’s Research and Advanced Engineering team:
We are investigating how to use indoor radar as a source of sensors to improve various customer experiences in addition to our Ford CoPilot360 driver assistance technologies which now use advanced exterior radars. A standard API, with input from the semiconductor industry, will allow us to develop hardware-independent software purchases and give software teams the freedom to innovate across multiple radar platforms.
Other companies are also exploring radar: Amazon is also investigating whether radar could help it track your sleep patterns; This smart dog collar uses miniature radar to monitor vital signs, even if your dog is very hairy or furry, and this bulb does the same for humans.
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