smart speakers
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How to Use Your Smart Speakers as Intercoms
You might not have realized all the tricks that your smart speakers can do yet: As well as answering questions, setting timers and alarms, queueing up music, and everything else, these gadgets can also double up as intercom systems for your entire home. It’s a feature available on Google, Amazon, and Apple smart speakers. So,…
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Home Speakers That Will Improve Your Music Playback
There are many ways to make more of your music, and if your home speakers haven’t had an upgrade since the White Album, it may be time to invest.
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Is the Apple Music Voice Plan Worth the Trade Offs?
Apple Music’s Voice Plan lets you enjoy the benefits of a commercial-free music streaming service at a relatively affordable price of A$5.99 per month. It costs the same as Apple Music’s subscription plan for students (and is half the regular subscription price), but it also removes several features — including the ubiquitous play button and…
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How to Turn on Alexa’s Adaptive Volume (So It’s Not Too Loud or Quiet)
It’s pretty unlikely that the noise level in your home is consistent. At any given time, there’s a mix of people talking and appliances running and sounds from outside drifting in, and it can be difficult to set your smart speaker’s volume appropriately so it stands out above the fray but doesn’t shout at you…