Tag: audio
Samsung Buds 3 Pro’s new AirPods-like design turns out to be very repairable, leaving Apple no excuse
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds changed their design this year in a way that strongly mimics Apple‘s AirPods Pro 2. But they differ from Apple’s pro earbuds in one crucial respect: they’re “extremely easy” to take apart and potentially repair, according to a repair specialist. As iFixit put it,…
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Traditional hi-fi speakers aren’t a dying breed, and Sonus Faber’s elite new bookshelf speakers mix in smart sustainable materials to prove it
While smart speakers tend to get most media attention, serious audio aficionados continue to flock to traditional speakers instead – and there’s a new version of some of the most desirable pairs, the Sonus Faber Concertino. The new model, the Concertino G4, offers a typically impressive audio performance but the speaker…
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Apple Music looks set to get generative AI art in iOS 18, and I’m going to abuse it so beautifully
Newly discovered code has revealed the existence of an interesting Apple Intelligence feature that looks set to come to the Apple Music app in iOS 18: AI-generated playlist artwork. The code was noted by 9to5Mac, and indicates that when you’re creating or editing a playlist there will be a new…
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Pixel Buds Pro 2 leak hints at hardware upgrades and an AirPods-inspired design change
An advertisement showcasing the yet-to-be-revealed Pixel Buds Pro 2 has recently surfaced on Reddit. User Living_Series8400 claims they were looking for a protective case for their Pixel Buds on Amazon when they ran into the images on full display. Alas, they’ve since been removed from the source page. The leak doesn’t…
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Bose’s best noise-cancelling earbuds are getting the free upgrade we’ve been waiting for – here’s how to get it
Bose is delivering some good news for owners of its QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, as its begun to roll out a new firmware update that adds Multipoint support. This Bluetooth feature allows users to connect the earbuds to two different devices simultaneously and hop between them without any issue. Imagine being…
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Samsung Buds 3 Pro have been delayed, and we’ve seen why in our early unit
Samsung has pushed back the release of the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in response to some quality issues noticed by those who’ve received a pair early, and one in particular that we’ve been able to replicate with our unit, which we’re in the middle of testing right now. In…
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