If you have an outdated or broken Amazon Echo at home gathering dust, there never better time to upgrade to a brand new model. Amazon offers up to 55% off the latest range of Echo smart speakersthe price of the fifth generation Echo Dot for £24.99 And Full size Echo for £49.99. But the savings … Read more
It’s mid-July, which means it’s time for one of the biggest sales events of the year: Amazon Prime Day. For audiophiles ready to upgrade their listening experience, our shopping editors have found some amazing Prime Day speaker deals that are already live — and that you won’t want to miss. The Bang & Olufsen Beosound … Read more
Simon Lucas auditions a new mid-range standmounter that features some impressive new technologies… Monitor audio Studio 89 Floorstanding Speakers Recommended retail price £2,000 Before Monitor Audio rationalized its speaker ranges into the easy-to-understand Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum groupings, Studio was the name given to its premium speaker range. The new Studio 89 standmounter isn’t … Read more
This week we’re hosting our very own Smart Home Week to highlight the latest and greatest technologies in smart home technology and give you tips on how to use your gadgets more effectively. We also saw the arrival of some brilliant new Bluetooth speakers, a Surface Pro that finally gives the iPad Pro a run … Read more
The original Beats Pill, launched in 2012 before Beats was acquired by Apple, shook up the portable Bluetooth speaker category with fun colors and well-regarded sound quality. The speaker got an upgrade in 2015 with the launch of the Pill+ under Apple ownership, but over time it seemed to become an afterthought for Beats compared … Read more
8.5/ 10 SCORE Beats Pill (2024) Pros Very good sound quality for its size Strong battery life USB-C audio and charging function IP67 waterproof and dustproof Speaker function Integrated lanyard Cons No auxiliary entrance Heavier than Bose SoundLink Flex A few years ago, Beats was owned by Apple stopped taking his Pill Plus Bluetooth speaker, … Read more
TL; DR With the release of Android 15 Beta 2, Pixel phones will once again be able to control the volume of Google Home speaker groups while casting. Google deliberately disabled this functionality on Pixel phones in late 2021 due to a legal dispute with Sonos. In late 2023, Google announced it would bring back … Read more