speakers
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Sonos To Roll Out Whole New App For Its Next Generation Of Speakers
The Sonos saga continues. A few months ago, the company caught some flack for sundowning its older hardware—now dubbed “legacy” products. It then quickly amended that while its oldest products would no longer receive newer features, they would still receive security updates and bug fixes. A big unanswered question, however, was how exactly would newer…
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Am I Blind Or Does This $3,400 Speaker Kinda Look Like A Lamp?
Bang & Olufsen is no stranger to crafting stylish and wallet-breaking gadgets. Well, the Danish company is at it again with this…lampy looking speaker, the Beosound Balance. It’s designed in conjunction with Layer, a London-based design agency, and costs $US2,250 ($3,401). Also, it looks like the base for an artsy lamp.
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Sonos Nukes Support For Older Devices, Changes Could Impact Your Entire Network
Sonos speakers are known for their endurance, so if you have an older model still chugging along, there’s some bad news on the horizon. Several of Sonos’ older models, including speakers manufactured in 2015, will no longer be receiving updates beyond May 2020.
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The Nest Mini Is An Excellent, If Unnecessary, Upgrade
If it ain’t broke, and you manage to sell over 100 million units, don’t fix it. That best sums up the latest version of Google’s Nest Mini (formerly the Home Mini) smart speaker. If you’re in the market for a cheap smart speaker that will occasionally be used for listening to music, it’s still Google’s…