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Eero Drops 3-Pack to $399 Permanently to Better Compete on Price ($100 Off)

Kellen February 23, 2017 18

Eero, the mesh whole home WiFi router system that I dubbed my favorite tech purchase of 2016, will see a permanent price drop today. Why? Because Eero has a whole bunch of competition these days, after initially ushering in the era of whole home WiFi systems....

JetBlue Hands Out Free WiFi Now on All Flights

Kellen January 11, 2017 9

There are few things worse on this planet than WiFi on an airplane. Forget the fact that the connection allows up to all of 4 people before it slows to a worthless crawl, companies like GoGo charge you insane amounts for usage if you don't pre-pay for access....

Walkthrough: Setting Up Google WiFi and First Impressions

Tim December 29, 2016 85

This week, I took to the task of hooking up Google WiFi throughout my home. It's quite possible that someone reading this is also going through the same process, or is possibly thinking about trying out Google's mesh network hardware. With this post, I'll go...

Eero Gets Biggest Update Yet With Alexa Integration, “TrueMesh” Tech, App Improvements

Kellen November 18, 2016 3

Eero, the smart WiFi system that Google WiFi seems to have modeled itself after, is set to receive it's biggest platform update to date. That means up to 2x speed improvements on networks, more intelligent WiFi throughout a home, Amazon Alexa integration for...

Google’s WiFi Assistant Seems to be Rolling Out to Non-Project Fi Nexus Devices Today

Kellen September 8, 2016 63

Project Fi's exclusive WiFi Assistant feature that has allowed Nexus owners to automatically connect securely to open WiFi networks appears to be rolling out to non-Fi Nexus owners at the moment. Google first announced WiFi Assistant for all Nexus phones back...

Google Maps Gets WiFi Only Mode, Offline Maps to SD Cards

Kellen August 9, 2016 15

A Google Maps update will start rolling out to Android users today that includes a WiFi only mode and the option to save offline maps to microSD cards.. Google walked through a bunch of scenarios specific to each feature in today's announcement post, but this...

LG G Watch R Finally Gets WiFi Support in Latest Android Wear Update

Kellen August 20, 2015 13

Back in May when Google said that an update to Android Wear would introduce WiFi to almost all of your favorite smartwatches, there was plenty of excitement to be had at the added functionality in brought that no longer required a constant Bluetooth connection...

How to: Setup and Use WiFi on Android Wear

Kellen June 19, 2015 61

The Android 5.1.1 update for Android Wear introduced what I would consider to be the most important new feature since the platform launched. I'm talking about WiFi connectivity of course, which lets you have some freedom from your phone and the Bluetooth...