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Google Play Music Shutdown

Google Play Music Starts Shutting Down Like Google Said It Would

Kellen October 22, 2020 54

When Google laid out the timeline for the end of Google Play Music a couple of months back, they told us that users would start to lose access as early as September in select countries. They also told us that once October hit, the general shutdown would begin...

Acer Halo Smart Speaker Costs $109, Launches Early 2021

Tim October 21, 2020 6

Acer held an online press event this week, showcasing all of its upcoming products. During the event, which was mostly filled with desktop monitors and notebooks, the company announced the Halo Smart Speaker, powered by Google Assistant. The device is the...

Quibi

Quibi Didn’t Make It (Updated: Yep)

Kellen October 21, 2020 22

We've written three stories about Quibi, a streaming service that somehow took in over $1 billion dollars even though it had no chance of ever succeeding. The first of those three stories went up in April of this year, where I admitted that I had no idea what...

LG Velvet

Verizon’s LG Velvet and V60 Next Up to Get Nationwide 5G Access (Updated)

Kellen October 21, 2020 8

Earlier this week, Verizon and Samsung began pushing updates to a number of devices that enabled access to the carrier's new nationwide 5G network. Today, LG tells us that it'll add support through an update over the "next few days." If you own an LG Velvet or...

Google Pixel 4a 5G Review: Excellent Phone, But Missing a Few Creature Comforts

Tim October 21, 2020 41

Earlier this year, Google released the Pixel 4a, a relatively cheap device at $349 with no real interesting characteristics besides from it being a cheap Google phone with a good camera. For some, maybe that's good enough. Now, we have a beefed up version of...

New Nest Hub UI

New Nest Hub UI Already Rolling Out!

Kellen October 21, 2020 7

The new smart display UI that Google announced earlier in the week is already rolling out to Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max units. To recap, the new UI introduced a multi-tab approach, where you'll have a main tab that changes throughout the day to get you info you...

Google Pixel Portrait Light

Google Photos Portrait Light Arrives on Older Pixel Phones

Kellen October 20, 2020 12

The new Portrait Light feature inside Google Photos is starting to arrive on older Pixel phones this week. As a feature first announced for the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G, you love to see such swift rollout to other devices within days of those phones launching....

Amazon Luna Early Access Launches for Lucky Few

Tim October 20, 2020 9

Luna, Amazon's cloud-based game streaming service, has officially entered early access for a select group of users. Hooray! Related: What is Amazon Luna? The lucky group of people are located in the US, and for a bit of context, we're talking a small handful...

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