Birthday countdowns are coming to Google Nest Hub displays We might be closer than ever to a fully-fledgeddetachable Nest Hub that runs Android, delivering both the portability of a tablet with the handiness of a smart display. That doesn’t mean your current gadget is completely outdated, of course — in fact, Google rolls out new updates for it all the time. If you’re constantly mixing up or forgetting the birthdays of your family and closest friends, Nest Hub’s latest tool is made for you....

Meet my Android screen of shame, where all my non-themed apps live Material You has been around for a few years now, and with Android 14 right around the corner, it’s easy totake this fantastic feature for granted. However, despite theimprovements made in Android 13, I am still resigned to sending apps to my screen of shame two years after the feature debuted. It’s a problem I expect to persist on everything from Pixel phones tobudget Android tablets....

The Best QLED TVs of 2024 Samsung brought us the first QLED TV back in 2013. Initially praised for their vibrant and accurate colors, quantum dot TVs have only advanced since then. They now offer even better color saturation along with high contrast ratios, superb brightness, and sleek designs. Best QLED TV Overall:Samsung Neo 4K QN90C TheNeo 4K QN90Cis the latest design from the QLED kings at Samsung. It offers some exciting improvements to its predecessor, the QN90B, with the most apparent being picture quality....

This Black Friday Sony speaker deal lets you rock out using Google Assistant or Alexa Amazon is currently offering a discount of 50% for the Sony SRS-RA3000 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth wireless speaker. It usually goes for $398, but this earlyBlack Friday dealreturns it to the lowest price this speaker has ever seen. Down to a much more reasonable $198, this deal makes it one of thebest smart speakersyou can get. Well, it might be slightly inaccurate to call this a smart speaker as it has no microphone; rather, this speaker is smart-adjacent: you’re able to stream music to it via Google Assistant (via Chromecast Built-in), Amazon Alexa (via a nearby Echo device), Spotify Connect, Bluetooth, or a good old-fashioned 3....

16 awesome graphically demanding Android games in the Google Play Store Have you heard the phrase “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”? Well, it turns out that this phrase can be applied to gaming. Mainly, you’ll need abigger, beefier Android deviceto keep up with the most demanding mobile games. Unfortunately, contemporary mobile devices have a long way to go before reaching the technical prowess of home consoles. But that doesn’t deter developers from squeezing every ounce of graphical fidelity, showing high-end mobile device capabilities....

AirPods Pro vs. AirPods Pro 2: Should You Upgrade? Apple unveiled the original AirPods Pro back in 2019. They were a step forward over the standard AirPods, featuring innovations such as active noise cancellation (ANC), transparency mode, and Apple’s first in-ear wireless earbud design. And with the second-generation AirPods Pro, Apple turned it up to 11 with improved ANC, Adaptive Transparency, longer battery life, and improved controls. Both AirPods Pro models are excellent....

Future Wear OS devices will finally let you flip the screen for wearing watches upside-down Wear OS has come a long way since its initial launch as “Android Wear.” Google’s newest software came from a partnership with Samsung, building what many see as thebest wearable experience on the market yet. We’re still waiting for other manufacturers to launchWear OS 3-equipped smartwatches, but when they do hit the market, they’ll be equipped with a much-anticipated way to control your screen orientation....

Google’s Pixel Watch might end up using a four-year-old chip It’s hard to believe thePixel Watchis finally a reality. The earliest rumors for Google’s smartwatchfirst appeared online four years ago, promising a three-model lineup that never quite came to fruition. Despite this week’s announcement atGoogle I/O, we’re still months away from its official launch, and there’s plenty we don’t know about the wearable just yet — including its underlying hardware. A new report suggests its currently-unannounced processor might be about as old as those initial rumors....

Leak reveals the Vivo X80 and X80 Pro are in for a camera surprise Vivo is currently working on its first foldable phone and tablet,the X Fold and Vivo Pad, respectively. But its mainstream X series phones are in development as well. Thanks to new leaks, we know exactly what features the vanilla Vivo X80 and the Vivo X80 Pro will have. Leaker Yogesh Brar revealed theX80andX80 Prospecifications in a series of tweets, confirming that both devices will be similar in many ways....

Samsung ditches in-box chargers for A and M series When launching theGalaxy S21 lineup, Samsung decided to follow in Apple’s footsteps andditched the wall charger. Since then, its higher-end devices haveshipped without an in-box charger. Remarkably, the manufacturer continued to sell lower-end devices with chargers for a while but is now stripping their boxes off of the accessory too. The move shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the recently releasedGalaxy A13comes with no charger in the box....

What Is MPB and Is It Worth Using for Photographers? As you become more advanced as a photographer, you’ll want to upgrade your equipment slowly. But as you’ll quickly learn, purchasing new photography gear can get expensive. If you wish to reduce your costs, buying second-hand camera bodies and lenses is a good idea. You’ll find plenty of places to purchase used photography gear online, but MPB is one of the best....

Win a Pair of Audeze' Incredible LCD-5 Planar Magnetic Headphones It’s (almost) Christmas—the time for the giving of gifts—and to celebrate with our awesome readers, MUO is running a massive festive giveaway, with tonnes of great prizes to be nabbed. One such magnificent prize is a pair of Audeze' flagship planar magnetic headphones; the LCD-5. These impressed us no end during review, and we’ve secured a pair of these $4500 over-ears to include among the prizes on offer....

7 Tips for Taking Pictures Out of an Airplane Window If you’re a photographer, you won’t want to miss any chance to capture breathtaking compositions. And this includes taking pictures out of an airplane window when traveling. The truth is, you never know what to expect when taking pictures while flying. You may encounter a stunning sunrise, an unexpected thunderstorm followed by rainbows, or the plane might circle around a spectacular cloud....