speakers
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The Giant $500 Google Home Max Smart Speaker Has Been Discontinued
Debuting back in 2017, the Google Home Max was a hi-fi alternative to the original Google Home smart speaker, promising better sound but still providing access to Google Assistant. It was big, kind of pricey at $500, and from our testing, not as loud or booming as you’d expect, so Google has done what Google…
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Google’s Nest Audio Is the Best Sounding Smart Speaker You Can Get for $149
After buying Nest back in 2014, Google has been repositioning all of its smart home products under the brand, and that includes its smart speakers. One of the last holdouts to be upgraded as a Nest was one of the company’s first smart speakers, the 4-year-old Google Home. But the new Google Nest Audio sounds…
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This Is the Best Portable Speaker for $250 or Less
I’ve used many Bluetooth speakers over the years. Some have been good, and others have been, well, not good. Choosing a portable Bluetooth speaker that’s a good fit for you requires considerations like whether you care more about a bargain price or, say, a thumping bass. But before you shell out a couple of hundred…
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This Smart Speaker Prototype Can Throw Its Voice Like A Ventriloquist
If you get carried away with setting up helpful reminders, eventually you’ll get tired of your smart speaker’s endless nagging and will start ignoring it. But what if instead of Siri or Alexa reminding you to water the plants or that your Pop Tarts are ready, it sounded like your ficus or your toaster was…