If you’ve on the greener side of Android and looking to upgrade your wireless earbuds, Amazon is now offering the Google Pixel Buds Pro for $159 (20 percent off). The set of noise-canceling headphones could make a perfect pair to gift your mom this Mother’s Day or just spoil yourself with it.
The Redmi Buds 4 Lite debuted on stage in China back in February, and they are now available outside of the world’s most populous country. This is reason enough to take a closer look at this inexpensive pair of true wireless earbuds from Xiaomi. In this review, we find out whether the earbuds offer fantastic value-for-money at that price, or are just plain cheap and nothing else.
Apple’s AirPods 3 are great wireless headphones that you can pair with your iPhone or iPad. Amazon is running a deal that puts the set of in-ears back to their second-best price at $149, which is a rare $20 off (11 percent) or just a shy more from the best listing we’ve recorded.
Apple is planned to adopt USB-C on its iPhone 15. While the decision is seen to improve sustainability overall, it will undoubtedly reduce compatibility with older devices that are stuck with the old Lightning port. The good thing is that Apple will also switch to the versatile interface for its accessories, including the wired EarPods headphones, and just in time for the next iPhone.
Smart speakers and displays for the home are mostly built to cater to hands-free situations using voice control. In Google’s home ecosystem, this is performed by Google Assistant. While the feature is useful in most cases, the verbal responses of the assistant are not the most welcoming. Google has acknowledged such murmurs of discontent from users and did something about it. Initially launching chimes for smart lights, Google has finally expanded it to more accessories.
When Apple launched its 2nd gen HomePod, it introduced the Sound Recognition capability. Today, Apple began to enable this feature not only for the full-sized speaker, but also for the HomePod Mini. Here’s how you can use Sound Recognition to detect smoke alarms in your home.
The Jabra Elite 4 is the manufacturer’s latest entry-level wireless earbuds. Sold for less than $100, it offers active noise cancellation (ANC), multipoint Bluetooth, and aptX codec support. Check out my full and honest review!
In addition to the rumored new HomePod with giant display, Apple could also start fitting its next-gen smart speakers with cameras. A new patent awarded to Apple describes how users could take advantage of these sensors by enabling long-range FaceID tracking and voice command recognition.
OnePlus has launched its new budget Nord Buds 2 alongside the mid-range Nord CE 3 Lite. This next-gen wireless earbuds are slightly more expensive than its predecessor, but OnePlus has thrown in significant improvements such as ANC and a longer battery life.
Apart from the iPhone 15, Apple is expected to replace the Lightning port with USB-C on its accessories this year. Initial clues were discovered in the iOS 16.4 RC update, but now a notable analyst has specified that among these devices, the pro model of the AirPods are included.