Gestures on a smartphone aren’t exactly new tech, but they are new to Google’s Pixel 4. Thanks to a teeny tiny Project Soli radar, you can now wave at a Pixel 4 to poke Pokémon wallpapers, as well as control your music, timers, and phone calls. That’s all well and good—but the problem with gestures…
Sonos is one of the WIRED Gear team’s favorite speaker companies. In the splintered buy-it-trash-it world of Wi-Fi connected tech, where nothing seems to connect together properly or last all that long, Sonos speakers always sound outstanding. They are built to last for years, and they do things other speakers just can’t. Sonos speakers can…
Siri can be used to control a whole lot more than just Apple’s devices, apps, and services. One such third-party service is the Spotify iOS app, which just recently began testing Siri support for some users. The catch here is that you need to have upgraded your iOS device to iOS 13.1 and you have…
Cropped Kitchen Image.png Chris Chan Product Manager, Google Nest Published Oct 8, 2019 Since 2013, we’ve been working to make it easier for people to play music and watch their favorite shows and videos at home. It started when we first launched Chromecast, which lets people get content from their phones to their TVs through…
Fans of MaKey MaKey may find this project similar, but there’s a lot more to the Mini Automat than making music from fruit. The idea for the Mini Automat (which is an off-shoot of the original Automat project by [Dada Machines]) is to make music accessible to anyone. The device functions as a plug and…
Best answer: No. You don’t not need an Apple device in order to sign up or use Apple Music on an Android device.Get the music pumping: Apple Music ($10 per month at Apple) Apple brings Music across the border When Apple bought Beats in 2014, it wasn’t clear whether the Beats Music Android app would…
It’s been over a year since the revamped YouTube Music launched as Google’s new defacto streaming service, and following that launch back in May 2018, it’s been a confusing period for long-time Google Play Music users. It’s been clear from the beginning that YouTube Music would replace Google Play Music at some point down the…
By Nicole Gallucci2019-10-03 14:48:56 UTC It’s 2019 and in a giant plot twist the band Nickelback has found itself at a pivotal moment in its career. After years of being ridiculed for simply not being so great, I guess, Nickelback has been given the chance to stand up to the President of the United States.…
The Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, c.1960. Photograph by Les Leverett The Blue Ridge Mountains extend from just north of Atlanta to just west of Gettysburg, and through the green valleys on the ridge’s western flank marched Union and Confederate armies to some of the Civil War’s most pivotal battles: Chickamauga, Chattanooga,…
By Caitlin Welsh2019-10-11 04:24:50 UTC OK, Libras: whoever wished for “new Harry Styles music, preferably with a video where he’s literally in a sweaty pile of writhing nude people” when they blew out their birthday candles, the rest of us thank you. Styles dropped new single ‘Lights Up’, likely to be off his yet-to-be-announced second…
