[ad_1] Last fall, Amazon announced Sidewalk, a way to keep low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices connected even when they’re far from your WiFi router. Today, Amazon revealed a few new details, including the addition of Echo and Tile devices. The company plans to launch Sidewalk “later this year.” Sidewalk will use the 900 MHz spectrum to […]
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After Math: Ninja pulls the old ‘Twitcheroo’
[ad_1] Engadget Sure, the thought of having an internet connected, voice activated microwave might seem cool at the start, but then you have to factor in the probability that it will spontaneously combust and burn your house down. Engadget After just a year on rival platform Mixer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is heading back to his […]
Skullcandy packs Tile’s location tech into its latest wireless earbuds
[ad_1] They can also be located while they’re in their charging case and can, crucially, be found individually — an incredibly valuable feature, since users are more likely to lose a single earbud rather than both together. In fact, figures show that the Metropolitan Transport Agency in New York recovered some 1,220 single earbuds from […]
Sonos CEO will testify at a House antitrust hearing next week
[ad_1] A day after his company sued Google for allegedly stealing some of its speaker tech, it emerged Sonos CEO Patrick Spence will testify at an antitrust hearing. The House Antitrust Subcommittee, which is broadly investigating the market dominance of tech giants, will hear from more witnesses next week. [ad_2] Source link
The best Bluetooth tracker | Engadget
[ad_1] How we picked and tested Over the past few years, we’ve tested more than a dozen Bluetooth trackers. The major players in this category are well known. But to make sure we didn’t miss any, we turned to Amazon and Google during our research for a previous version of this guide. The latter turned […]
Google Assistant is ready to find your Tile tracker
[ad_1] This works on any Assistant-capable device, although you will need the Tile app on Android or iOS for the initial setup. While Assistant’s support for Bluetooth trackers is still pretty slim (Chipolo is the only other brand we know to work at present), this is still a pretty big addition. You might be more […]
Tile’s latest Bluetooth tracker is a tiny, waterproof sticker
[ad_1] The Sticker is by far the smallest Tile yet. Measuring 27mm in diameter and 7.3mm thick, it’s shaped like a tiny disc. That makes it a lot more versatile than the other Tile trackers, and more practical for items like cameras, headphones and remote controls. The Sticker is also waterproof, which makes it ideal […]
Skullcandy’s Crusher ANC block noise while you feel the bass
[ad_1] The Crusher ANC still offers the adjustable haptic low-end tone that’s the trademark feature of this headphone line. Officially dubbed “adjustable sensory bass,” this new model allows you to control the level of thump with a physical slider — much like the previous models. Skullcandy says the Crusher ANC has the “broadest range of […]
Google Assistant will help you find Tile trackers
[ad_1] Tile hasn’t gone into great detail about how the Assistant command will work. You can expect it to be available sometime later in 2019, though. This won’t be novel for Alexa fans, who’ve had the option for a while, but it’s good to have choices — particularly when Assistant is already baked into legions […]
Apple’s tracking tags will reportedly use ultra-wideband for precision
[ad_1] As with any communication protocol, the limitation of this new standard is that both devices need to feature the tech. According to a previous report from Kuo, all three 2019 iPhones will feature UWB. Unfortunately, that leaves out all current iPhone owners. Kuo’s latest note doesn’t say anything about how existing iPhones will connect […]