‘Not a new app, but a new way of navigating’: The Sonos app is finally getting its long-awaited improvements to volume control, player listings and content organization — and you can try it this week, if you want

After ‘hundreds of hours’ studying Sonos users, the latest beta of the Sonos app will feature significant improvements to navigation, volume and more.
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‘Time for a new streaming stick’: Fox is acquiring Roku for $22 billion, and users of the streaming devices are far from happy

Fox and Roku have entered a $22 billion agreement, but Roku users fear the damage it could cause.

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‘Set picture mode to Sport’: Gemini on Google TVs is getting its most useful upgrade yet — you can now tell it to change picture settings instantly, or even just tell it what’s wrong with the picture and it’ll (try to) fix it for you

Google is rolling out an update to its Gemini TV platform that will enable you to control your TV’s settings via voice — but it’s on TCL TVs in the US at first.
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I heard a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos system in Denon and Marantz’s elite reference listening room in their Japan factory — here’s what a best-in-class system with tech from Bowers & Wilkins, Oppo, and Sony can do

Find out which movie provides the ultimate ‘AVR stress test’, and what a quarter-mill of home theater gear can do

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I tested a budget RGB TV and equivalent mini-LED TV side by side — and while RGB gets us closer to OLED performance, it still needs to learn a few things from its old-school counterpart

How does the Hisense UR8, an affordable RGB mini-LED TV, compare to the Samsung QN80H, which uses standard mini-LED?
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‘I really love the way the Cinema Mini sounds’: I tested Bluesound’s latest small soundbar, and it’s the best compact options for audio quality — but the price puts it in dangerous territory

Some small-footprint soundbars compromise on big, robust sound, but not the Pulse Cinema Mini.

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We all hate ads on today’s smart TVs, but a report says they’re a big part of why TV prices haven’t had to rise as a result of the memory crisis — so if you’re upgrading your set for the World Cup, say thanks to advertisers, I guess

TVs aren’t immune from the electronics component crisis –but manufacturers had already given up on making money from hardware
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Does your Apple TV support tvOS 27? These two models have surprisingly been dropped from upgrade support much earlier than expected

tvOS will come with a handful of performance boosts, but Apple is leaving two models out of the update.

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‘A total gamechanger for big bass in a small space’: I heard a groundbreaking new subwoofer driver that fits in a tiny box 6x smaller than a regular sub, but can punch you in the gut like it’s a home theater beast with its ‘powerful but tight’ sound

GSS Audio’s innovative transducer can put the power of a 10-inch sub in a box the size of a microwave dinner — and it’s designed to work in soundbars or wall-mounted speakers too.
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I’m a certified TV calibrator, and I rate these 3 models as the best-value buys you can get for a World Cup upgrade, all based on our real-world testing

World Cup fever is in full force and if you’re looking for a great value TV for the tournament, these are 3 of my top recommendations
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