Last week CenturyLink launched a new service designed with cord cutters in mind, CenturyLink Stream. Like other options it aims to offer consumers a way to have traditional tv without the need for a traditional contract aka pay as you go. In addition to launching CenturyLink Stream, CenturyLink has also unveiled its CenturyLink Player – an […]
Category: Devices
New Chromecast Ultra Firmware Update Adds “Video Smoothness” Feature, On By Default
Everyone wants a 4k display, TV or monitor the higher resolution the better right? Well yes, but frame rates/FPS is just as important, especially if you like games or high speed sports. Google seems to have had the same thought process, given its latest “video smoothness” feature addition to the 4K-capable Chromecast Ultra with firmware version […]
NVIDIA SHIELD TV 2015 Gets A LineageOS Build
A long time ago CyanogenMod became LineageOS and they pushed libraries on GitHub and one caught my attention. It was those for Android TV. This has to mean they were building it for something right? It wasn’t just because they can. well today under the codename foster we have confirmation it was for something and […]
New Android TV Box from Technicolor In Israel
Android TV seems to be very popular with OTT providers and Technicolor seems to be the vendor of choice. Israel operator Partner Communications Ltd. launched this week an Android TV box in Tel Avi. The company is offering a television service without Netflix for NIS 69 monthly, rising to NIS 89 monthly if Netflix is included. This is […]
Google Home Rolling Out Bluetooth Streaming
Announced at Google I/O this past year Google told us all Google Home devices were getting bluetooth streaming. Now it’s finally rolling out as users are seeing it show up in the Google Home App. Google Home has always supported streaming audio, but that was as a Chromecast target. Your app needs to have Chromecast support […]
Tablo Turns Shield TV Into A DVR
Plug in a $70 tuner into your antenna to watch and record broadcast TV it’s that simple, as long as you have a Shield TV and TV Antenna. Instead of $180 for one of Tablo’s all in one boxes you just need this tuner and the Tablo engine app. At first, tuner buyers will get […]
Yesterday was a good day for fans of the Google Home outside the US. Canadian’s can now buy the Google Home for $179 and it speaks both English and French! Ask and you shall receive the latest Canadian stories from sources such as the CBC, Radio Canada, Global News, Sportsnet, TC Media, The Weather Network / […]
Sony A1E 77″ OLED 4K HDR TV Now Available for Pre-Order
Sony will be launching and expanding its flagship A1E series with the larger 77″ OLED TV model this summer, and it will be the second most expensive television from Sony at the moment (the company’s most expensive TV right now is the monstrous 100-inch Z9D, at US$ 60,000). Sony.com recently added its brand new Sony […]
Burger King Google Home Ad Wins Big Advertising Award
Neat right? Back in April, the fast food chain created a sneaky TV spot that served as a hack for Google Home. The ad featured the phrase “OK, Google, what is the Whopper burger,” which triggered any Google Home device within earshot to start reading aloud from the Whopper Wikipedia page. Whoever thought this up deserved […]
SHIELD Summer Sale – June 22nd – 25th – Up To 80% Off
Summer is here and the SHIELD summer game sale is HOT. From June 22 through June 25, save up to 80% on these sizzling GeForce NOW titles. From exploring the award-winning world of The Witcher 3: Game of the Year to escaping zombie hoards on a remote beach resort in Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition, gamers will have plenty of opportunities […]
[Editorial] Will We See A Speaker Revolution?
Evolution You Say? Speaker, speaker, speaker everything and everyone has a speaker in some form or some shape to play some noise from music to phone calls to the latest podcast. Bluetooth, WiFi, Smart or good old Aux or RCA you connect to your speaker(s). In the past 10 years we’ve redefined speakers to adapt to […]
Foxtel is Launching OTT Service Foxtel Now and Android TV
Australian cable company Foxtel is working hard to appeal to a new generation of cord cutters with two big announcements. First is Foxtel Now, what may be known as a skinny bundle such as Playstation Vue or YouTube TV. Google Cast will be supported, letting users stream high-definition television to supported devices. The initial channels […]
NVIDIA Brings 5.2 GeForce Experience Update to the SHIELD TV
SHIELD TV users will be able to enjoy new features delivered with SHIELD Experience Upgrade 5.2. SHIELD Preview Program members will be the first to receive the upgrade as it rolls out over the next couple weeks. This software update brings new cord cutting features from Plex including Live TV and DVR. To celebrate this […]
Ikea’s Smart Home Hub will add Google Assistant Support
Ikea has been making furniture for a long time, since it was founded in 1943 in Sweden. Since then, its modern design and inexpensive prices has allowed it to become the largest furniture retailer in the world. However, they have not just been making chairs and tables. The company has also been focusing on other […]
Google Home Gets Bluetooth Support
As part of Google I/O we learned a little something about existing Google Home devices, they have Bluetooth! Announced during the Keynote the Home is getting Bluetooth support. That means it’s yet another speaker you connect to via Bluetooth because we needed more of those, but it’s one thing that the Echo had over the […]
Google Home adds new Music and Castable Video Partners
At this morning’s keynote, Google announced a number of new capabilities for Google Home. Of particular note are music and video services that can be automatically called and played. For music services like Spotify, which now works even for free tier users, the playback can happen straight on the device itself. For video services, like […]
At Google I/O today the Google Home was the star of the keynote, with Google’s pivot in the recent years to AI an all voice assistant was inevitable. Amazon beat them to market but Google came fighting back with Home. Amazon recently announced Echo was getting calling which makes complete sense because if you can […]
Vizio’s New TVs Add Smart TV UI and Cloud-Based Apps
Vizio had come up with a clever and cheap smart TV setup. They integrated Chromecast into the hardware and included a tablet to act as a “remote”. Users were able to find all kinds of content and then beam it immediately to the TV. With Vizio’s latest TV lineup, they still have casting, but with […]
LeEco TVs to be Updated With DirectTV Free Trial
Do you have an Android TV from manufacturer LeEco? If so, you should be receiving an update soon. This will give users access to “an extended free trial” through the DirectTV Now app. The device purchase dates for this promotion are 4/1/2017 – 6/30/2017 and a unique promo code will be shared with those who […]
Google Assistant is meant to be a singular place to go to control your house, whether through Google Home, your phone, or your TV in the future. With that being said, the software needs to have a broad range of support for the many products in your home, and provide intercompatibility between all of them. […]
Sony may soon upgrade their TVs to Nougat
Sony has been incorporating Android TV into their TV sets since 2015, although they haven’t been too quick with their software updates. It does seem like owners of Sony TVs will be receiving Nougat pretty soon, according to a new help article posted on their website. Your Android TV software version is scheduled to receive […]
Welcome to the club TELUS! The Canadian telecommunications company has this week announced an Android TV which gives users access to their new OTT service. The device, Pik TV, which is physically rather small, comes with 2GB RAM, 8 GB storage, along with ethernet, USB, and HDMI ports. It comes with a remote which pairs over […]
Move over Ratchet and Clank. Move over Banjo and Kazooie. Move over Mario and Luigi! There’s a new platform/adventure game in town: Yooka-Laylee has come to GeForce NOW today Tuesday, April 25. This heavily-backed Kickstarter will see you run, jump, puzzle and fight your way through massive, colorful worlds filled with special items to discover, and […]
Remember growing up as a kid and playing the floor is lava either by yourself or with siblings or friends? It brings back great memories for me and so does this game. Imagine a game that combines the rules of the childhood game “The Floor is Lava” with the highway chase scene from Matrix: Reloaded, and […]
Do you have your NVIDIA Shield TV hooked up to a 4K TV? You can access lots of ultra-high definition content: Netflix, Vudu, and more. Thus far, Google Play Movies hasn’t supported it. Yet the app is getting an update that will unlock NVIDIA’s high-performance graphics in the devices. Users will be able to take […]
Myst, a game from legendary developer Cyan Worlds originally launched in 1993 for something called a Macintosh, since then the Mac hasn’t been such a gaming powerhouse, but none the less it hasn’t stopped indie devs porting their Steam games for all 3 platforms. Now the classic game is brought to the modern-day and called it […]
Chromecast functionality, allowing your phone to quickly cast media to a speaker directly or through an Internet connection, has slowly been adopted in the speaker industry. Jensen has just announced their new smart speaker, named the JSB-1000. This device, which is expected to retail for around $170, should appear in many stores. In addition to […]
Google Home can now be trained to identify the different voices of people you live with. Today Google announced that its smart speaker can support up to six different accounts on the same device. With this you’ll finally have the Home tailored to your voice and be able to sleep at night knowing no one […]
[Deals] SHIELD Spring Game Sale 13th Through The 16th
Starting Thursday, April 13 and running through April 16, the SHIELD Spring Game Sale gives you an opportunity to play the critically-acclaimed kingdom-building simulation game, Kingdom: New Lands and finally one of the games I’ve wanted to play for a while has gone on sale Ultimate Chicken Horse, trust me if you haven’t played you’re missing out […]
We recently noted that Android TV could start to play a bigger role in India, and it seems like that has happened with the announcement of Airtel’s Internet TV. It is an Android TV set-top box which supports 4K video at 60 FPS and comes with the company’s television network as an added bonus for […]