It was promised earlier when Amazon originally launch Apple Music on native Alexa devices. It appears the feature is now available. This is great news for me, as we love our Sonos devices (6 currently) and hated having to use a different music service for them, from our phones. Definitely a plus to see Apple opening up it’s music services […]
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Sorry but this is just terrible and a huge step backwards for universal remotes. It reminds me of the AppleTV remote (which is the worst currently). Voice is a great augmentation to controls but honestly not much use, beyond turning stuff on or finding a video. This remote is missing way to many buttons and is way too small to […]
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CyberLink has rev’d to the next version of PowerDVD, now with 8K support. Hardware support remains the major issue with playing back greater than 4K content. With a Intel 7th Gen the minimum for UltraHD Blu-ray, Core i7 with 630 GPU or NVIDIA GTX 10 for 8K (note, NVIDIA GPU won’t support UHD BD though), but the i7 with 630 […]
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Wahoo ELEMNT users have been waiting a long time for ANT+ Radar support. So when I heard there was an update for the Wahoo ELEMNT’s firmware this morning, I was really hoping that they finally added support so I could use the Varia with my BOLT. But, alas, only disappointment awaits… Wahoo
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I have been a user and fan of Ubiquiti Unifi equipment for a long time now. They just posted a review of their AP vs other much more costly AP’s. Given it is their own site, but is still “third party”. It matches what I have always seen from their AP’s. High quality consistent connections even with mixed and multiple […]
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SVS was a bit coy about the pair Prime Pinnacle tower speakers in their CES suite, so we all knew they were coming – just the matter of when. Which, mystery solved, we now know is today. Slotting in between the Prime and Ultra Tower floor standing speakers, the gloss black* $1800/pair ($900/each, but really who buys a single tower […]
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This is great news but still waiting on GA to allow Apple music. I am hoping the alexa integration is writing on the wall for the GA to get it. There are no guarantees Apple will integrate Chromecast support soon, if at all. However, the mounting volume of code suggests it could be more a matter of when than if. […]
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It is only rumor right now but it wouldn’t surprise me. Apparently there have been lots of outages without explanation. In addition I have noticed hubs are no longer stocked at retails around me. The buzz around Reddit suggest development has stopped altogether. Although to be fair I had it for 2 years and the amount of development even done […]
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They have been working on this for a while. It seems they finally announced it officially. Support for Iris by Lowe’s Version 1 Zigbee devices. This is a huge boost for anyone stuck with Iris gear (especially if they took advantage of the refunds from Lowe’s). This will allow them to move over to a much better and local hub […]
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Somehow Best Buy popped this option into my inbox. Sevenhugs remote. It looks very interesting and appealing. The ability to control Sonos, Hue and with a little finagling probably my Hubitat hub. It appears it uses little pods around the room to tell what your aiming at. I do wish it was a little bigger and wasn’t all touchscreen. I […]
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