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Zillow has updated its iOS 15 iPhone and iPad apps with SharePlay support, letting you browse homes with other people on Facetime, the company announced. iOS users can start a group FaceTime call and then enable SharePlay to browse through Zillow’s photo galleries so everyone on the call can see the property. 

“Americans love to Zillow surf — most of them alongside someone else — and now they have a new way to do it,” according to Zillow. “Using the Zillow app on an iPhone or iPad, home shoppers are now able to search and browse for-sale home and rental listings in a seamless, synchronous experience together with family, friends or a real estate agent.”

Zillow said that 86 percent of users browse homes with a partner, spouse or housemate, so the new feature makes sense if you can’t be together in person. It’s also a “great new way for real estate agents to connect with customers,” said Zillow CTO David Beitel. 

To use the feature, each participant will need Zillow running on an iPhone or iPad with iOS/iPadOS 15.1 or later. Users can search for different locations on Zillow and browse through available listings with content synced up. A rival real estate app, Redfin, introduced a similar feature back in October. 

A handful of key tech companies has already pulled out of next year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Amazon, Meta, Twitter and T-Mobile have announced that they’re no longer attending the event in person due to the threat brought about by the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The show earlier this year was a strictly online-only affair, but the Consumer Technology Association announced in April that the event is returning as an in-person affair in 2022. While the organizer requires attendees to show proof of vaccination to be able to attend the expo, the Omicron variant’s emergence prompted companies to reconsider their plans. 

Amazon told Bloomberg in a statement that it’ll no longer have an on-site presence at the event “due to the quickly shifting situation and uncertainty around the Omicron variant.” Its smart home subsidiary Ring will no longer be attending, as well. Meanwhile, Facebook parent company Meta said it won’t be attending the expo in person anymore “due to the evolving public health concerns related to COVID-19.” It might participate in the event in a virtual capacity, but the company has yet to release more concrete details.

Similarly, Twitter has canceled its in-person appearance “due to the spike in Covid cases across the country in the past week.” It’s reportedly exploring ways to be able to participate virtually, as well. Even CES sponsor T-Mobile has chosen to step back and limit its on-site participation. “While we are confident that CES organizers are taking exhaustive measures to protect in-person attendees and we had many preventative practices in place as well, we are prioritizing the safety of our team and other attendees with this decision,” it said in a statement. Other companies that have chosen to cancel include Pinterest and iHeartRadio. 

There’s still a lot of unknown factors surrounding the Omicron variant, but researchers have found it to be a highly transmissible strain. Further, what they’ve discovered suggests that most non-mRNA vaccines (such as Sinovac and Sinopharm) offer almost no protection against the variant. At the moment, though, the CTA has yet to announce any changes to the event, and the in—person expo is still scheduled to take place in January.

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LG has revealed a couple of monitors it’s debuting at its virtual CES event, and one of them is apparently a completely new format in the market. The company’s new DualUp Monitor has an unusual 16:18 aspect ratio. It’s a vertical display with a 2,560 x 2,880-pixel resolution that LG is calling “Square Double QHD.” When you use its vertical split view function, the DualUp looks like you put two 21.5—inch monitors on top of each other. 

It could be a better form factor than the typical monitor if you’re constantly having to look at information on multiple windows or screens for work or for any other reason. In its announcement, LG says the model will help reduce side-to-side head movements that cause neck pain. DualUp was also meant to save space and will ship with the LG Ergo stand that clamps to most desks and tables. The Nano IPS monitor’s other features include a brightness of 300 nits, a 1000:1 contrast ratio and HDR10 support. 

In addition to DualUp, LG has also introduced the UltraFine, a 32-inch 4K UHD monitor. It has a more conventional aspect ratio, but it is the first to use LG’s Nano IPS Black panel technology, which enables a contrast ratio of 2,000:1. The company will reveal more about both premium monitors at its virtual press event on January 4th. It’s unknown at this point whether LG will still push through with a physical experience at CES 2022, assuming the event will still take place despite the threat posed by the Omicron variant. It was planning on showcasing a list of new items during the conference aside from these monitors, though, including a soundbar with a center up-firing speaker, a wireless TV on wheels and an OLED TV with a motorized cover.