Feb 27
More Americans are also leaning in support of gun law reform.
Feb 27
Sonos One users in Canada can now join their peers south of the border in yelling requests at their connected speakers – a free update issued today enables Amazon Alexa on the Sonos One. The One launched with Alexa support in the U.S., but while the speaker has been available to Canadian buyers since late last year, Alexa voice commands are new with the update. That means Canadians will… Read More
Feb 27
This morning Blizzard revealed full details – or teasers, you might call them – for the next big Hearthstone season. This is the third year in a row that the company will name the year-long season for the game, the first being Kraken, the next having been Mammoth. This newest season has another animal at its helm, the smallest animal … Continue reading
Feb 27
Sprint has announced the six cities in the pipeline to get its 5G network, and as expected they’re all large markets. The carrier will start by offering its customers in three cities access to “5G-like” network experiences this year, expanding to cover another three major regions larger on in 2018. This comes ahead of Sprint’s planned 5G rollout in the … Continue reading
Feb 27
Feb 27
Before now, if you fancied playing console games on your Mac, you’d need to use PlayStation 4’s Remote Play to do so. Windows 10 users have been able to stream Xbox One titles to their PCs since 2015, but macOS users have been out of luck. A new $10…
Feb 27
Feb 27
When it comes to waking up in the mornings, there are many different ways of doing so. The most traditional method that many of us adhere to would be through the use of an alarm clock, be it a digital or an analog one. The sudden ring, even though it is your favorite tune playing in the background, can prove to be a rather rude jolt to the system, which is an unpleasant manner for one to greet a brand new day. Why not get coaxed out of bed gently through Vobot’s latest creation, the Vobot Halo?
The Vobot Halo is a stylish wake-up light that will not only be able to help you jump out of bed as fresh as possible, it is also equipped with the ability to communicate with Amazon Alexa, making this a smart wake-up light that is truly one of a kind in the consumer electronics market. This fancy multifunctional smart wake-up light will bring together an innovative combination of home automation alongside the voice-activated assistant and contemporary modern design.
With the commercialization of artificial intelligence being one of the greatest changes in technology and business society, the voice revolution is truly well on its way to be a global phenomenon. Both Amazon and Google have had a robust head start, having already activated the drive and creativity of the developer community. The Vobot Team continues to be one of the forerunners that strives to push the boundaries of innovation in AI-enabled devices, hoping to make life simpler for everyone.
Apart from having countless Alexa skills, the Vobot Halo will also boast of sunrise simulation function that will adapt to your natural rhythms, using its light to simulate a sunrise so that you can be gently woken up from a deep sleep. With customized alarm sounds, you can wake up refreshed to your favorite TuneIn radio or playlist. There are also 16 million colors for the user to choose from, making it easy to select the perfect hue to suit one’s mood and match the environment. Sounds like the dream bedside lamp, doesn’t it?
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Feb 27
Milo smart speaker and home hub
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It makes perfect sense in this day and age for everything else to obtain a “smart” label attached to it, and Milo is no different. In fact, Milo takes pride in being the very first combination smart speaker and home hub that boasts of Z-Wave Plus as well as the Google Assistant, now how about that for a really potent partnership? This high performance, all-in-one smart home speaker will be able to deliver not only streaming entertainment, but also voice control of connected devices to boot.
Hogar Controls is the company behind the Milo Smart Home Speaker, where throwing in support for Z-Wave Plus will also see the inclusion of multi-platform access for Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices. Milo’s integrated smart hub feature will also play nice with the Google Assistant, enabling the home user to ask questions and control devices throughout the entire home, in addition to streaming music among others.
With its integrated smart hub feature, it will also be compatible with the Google Assistant, allowing it to obtain information on the latest news, weather, and virtually anything else that the user is interested in. It functions as an all-in-one solution that will help connect users with what matters in their world, including the everyday devices that they use. It boasts of a sleek and sexy design that has on-board one-touch scene control alongside a smart home mobile app. Leveraging the popular Z-Wave ecosystem for control of smart home devices such as lights, shades, locks, thermostats, and garage door openers (the list is not exhaustive), this is certainly a move in the right direction where smart speakers are concerned.
The Milo will integrate premium audio technology within a compact industrial design as well as an integrated smart home hub, being a complete voice-powered entertainment and smart home solution that can be used right out of the box. It tips the scales at less than 450 grams, and will arrive with an asking price of US$149 apiece.
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[ Milo smart speaker and home hub copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Feb 27
iPhone X-Inspired Asus Zenfone 5 Launches With Snapdragon 845 And AI Features
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You could be forgiven for thinking that the Asus Zenfone 5 is an iPhone X clone from some unknown manufacturer in China. The new handset from Asus looks quite similar to the iPhone X, it even has a notch in the display. Asus has actually launched two variants of this device, the regular Zenfone 5 and the Zenfone 5Z, it’s the latter that features the Snapdragon 845 processor.
The Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 5Z are more or less the same as far as the specifications are concerned with only a few changes. Both devices have the same 6.2 inch display that Asus has managed to find inside the same sized body as the 5.5 inch Zenfone 4 thanks to a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio.
The 19:9 aspect ratio LCD display has a 2240×1080 pixel resolution. The notch appears to be quite similar to that of the iPhone X but Asus claimed during the event at MWC 2018 today that the notch is 26 percent smaller than the “Fruit Phone X.” The notch houses the LED indicator, receiver, front camera, and proximity and light sensors.
The Zenfone 5 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 processor with 64GB of storage and 4GB/6GB RAM options. The Zenfone 5Z kicks things up a notch, pun intended, with the Snapdragon 845 processor and up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Immersive audio is promised by the handset’s five-magnet stereo speakers with dual smart amplifiers for maximum volume. It has support for Hi-Res Audio files encoded up to 25-bit/192KHz.
The new flagship touts Sony’s latest IMX363 1.4μm pixels camera at the back with f/1.9 aperture and 8 megapixel 120 degree wide angle secondary camera. Asus has introduced its own take on the iPhone X’s Animoji and it’s calling the feature ZeniMöji. It’s billed as a fun way to communicate which lets users create animated avatars using their own voice, facial expressions, and head movements. These avatars can then be used in video chats or live streaming as well as in text chats.
Asus has added several AI features to the Zenfone 5 as well. The AI Ringtone feature adjusts the ringer volume automatically based on the ambient noise level to ensure that users never miss a call. AI Scene Detection in the camera app rapidly analyzes the subject and matches it to one of its 16 scene types while AI Photo Learning lets users teach the device how they like their photos to look so that the camera settings can be adjusted automatically for future shots.
Asus is going to release the Zenfone 5 in April and the Zenfone 5Z in June. The latter is going to cost 479 euros when it’s released which will be around $480 in the United States.
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