LG Updates webOS With Alexa AI Voice Control In Third-Party TV Brands
LG announced Tuesday that it has extended support for Amazon Alexa voice control to third-party TV brands using its webOS smart TV operating system. The popular AI voice control platform has been available in LG TVs using newer versions of webOS but now it will…
CTM Launches Pro Quality Explore P2 Wireless Earphones
Professional music equipment resource Clear Tune Monitors has launched a pair of audiophile-level “true wireless” earphones called the CTM Explore P2. The CTM Explore P3 True Wireless Earphones, which are positioned by the company as consumer lifestyle audio products designed by musicians, are engineered to…
Google Unveils New Chromecast, Pixel Phones, Nest Speakers
Google joined Roku and Amazon Wednesday in announcing a full lineup of new smart devices and features including a new “Google TV” feature supported on the latest iteration of the Chromecast Dongle. Other offerings include new and improved Nest-branded smart speakers and the latest top-of-the-line…
Major New Smart Home Platform Standard Planned
Anyone interested in purchasing a new TV in part to use as a smart home hub might be interested to learn that Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance are teaming up in a historically unlikely way to develop a new open standard assuring interoperability…
Amazon Fire TV Blaster Brings Voice Control Via IR
Amazon launched this week its Fire TV Blaster, a new add-on device designed to bring voice control via Alexa-enabled Echo and Fire TV products to more devices. The Fire TV Blaster (which will ship December 11th at a $34.95 retail price) is an IR hub…
Review: Nvidia Shield TV Streams Brilliant 4K/HDR
Last week we received the new standard (tubular design) Nvidia Shield TV streaming media player based on the Android TV OS and what we found was a slick, speedy performer with lots of apps supporting native 4K/HDR content, a fantastic remote, great gaming responsiveness and…
Roku, Walmart Unveil `onn’ Brand Soundbar, Subwoofer
Walmart and Roku officially announced Monday the first Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer to be sold under the discount chain’s new “onn” brand. Similar to the wireless Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Subwoofer recently introduced by Roku for broad-based retail distribution, the new…
Alexa Will Now Let Users Delete Recorded Commands
Amazon announced at its devices event Wednesday that it has added a new feature to its Alexa cloud-based AI voice control platform enabling users to auto-delete their spoken commands from the system database, as a gesture to assuage the fears of those concerned with their…
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