Tag: audio
Spotify launches new Basic Plan in the United States – here’s what you need to know
Spotify is launching a new Basic plan in the United States just a few weeks after the platform rolled out its second price hike in less than a year. The tier brings back the old price of $10.99 a month, and you’ll receive all of the same benefits as the…
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The new Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker is leaked again, along with a probable launch date
A brand new Beats Pill speaker, an updated version of the old Beats Pill+ speaker that Apple discontinued in 2022, has been popping up on Instagram in recent weeks, as various sporting celebs just happen to be captured waving it around. Only now, it looks like the speaker will finally…
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Lenco’s transparent portable CD player will have you swapping CDs like it’s the 90s
What did we do before music streaming services and Bluetooth-enabled smartphones? We owned CDs. Books of them. We made “CD mix-tapes” and some of our friends were a bit naughty and got their music for free on LimeWire. Obviously, times have changed. But the Compact Disc’s relevance and quality (16-bit/44kHz,…
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Spotify will soon give you a mini version of Wrapped all year round –but does it justify the price hikes?
Are you chomping at the bit for your Spotify Wrapped to pop up, despite the end of 2024 being half a year away? Well you can quit it, because Spotify is set to bring a form of Wrapped all year round. The music streaming service touted its new ‘My Spotify’…
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Spotify’s HiFi feature might actually become a $5 add-on for the Premium Plan
There’s been a lot of debate about exactly how Spotify will deliver its long-awaited lossless audio support. It was initially thought back in April the format would’ve been a part of the Music Pro feature. Then in May, a leak suggested hi-res audio will be offered through an entirely new…
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These transparent noise-cancelling over-ear headphones are exactly what Nothing should have released, but didn’t
In a parallel universe, these headphones are the latest product from Nothing. Because like the Nothing Ear (a) earbuds, they’re considerably more affordable than their direct rivals, they have an unusual design that exposes their innards, and they have all the tech you’d want (apart from Nothing earbuds’ ChatGPT integration,…
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