Sony’s 2019 TVs make it easy to get up and running with Android TV
If, like us, you find shopping for TVs a little baffling, Sony's 2019 TV range should be a breath of fresh air. We deal with multiple SKUs of phones fairly often, but TV ranges often confuse us with prices...
Google Nest: building the helpful home under the one roof
As mentioned the yesterday in the Google I/O keynote, all of the Google Home products are moving to be covered by the Nest banner. In doing so they are refocusing their products on not just the smart home...
Introducing the Google Nest Hub Max, the Home Hub’s new big brother
It did not come as much of a surprise this morning when Google's head of hardware Rick Osterloh announced their new home hub, the Google Nest Hub Max. We saw rumours of it earlier this year along with a...
Stop sitting on your arse all day; stand up with a Varidesk ProPlus Standing...
If you're like me (or many of us at Ausdroid), there's a good chance your ass is growing fat sitting in an office chair for too long. Except for Scott, he could probably open jars with his ass, but...
Ring Stick Up Cam Battery — Australian Review: Another (good) reason to join the...
Ring came to prominence not long after they were turned down by the US version of Shark Tank (clever business folks those) with their Ring Video Doorbell. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength, culminating in...
Aldi Special Buys: Grab a 50-inch TV this weekend for just $399
Every week, discount supermarket ALDI has its special buys items, offering all manner of things clustered around a bunch of themes. Whether its camping equipment, motorcycle accessories, home entertainment or regional foods, there's something for many each week, and...
Amazon’s Prime Video app comes to Telstra TV
As Amazon's attitude towards other streaming devices continues to thaw, Telstra TV is the latest platform to benefit with the company's Prime Video app added to its library.
In a post on the Telstra Exchange blog, the carrier details that...
Tested: Aussie Broadband NBN 150 Mbit down 100 Mbit up FTTP Speed
If you think that the most speed available to any one premises on the NBN is 100 Mbit down 40 Mbit up, you're mistaken.
Any Australian whose home or business is lucky enough to have been connected to the NBN...
Amazon Echo Input Australian Review: Buy an Echo Dot Instead
The Amazon Echo Input is the smallest Echo device you can buy, designed to be portable and fit in places where an Echo Dot or other larger Echo speakers wouldn't be appropriate.
The catch is that reduced size means the...
Alphabet’s Wing will take to the the skies above more of Australia with its...
Alphabet's Wing drone delivery service has been in testing in Canberra for some time now, with the team behind the aerial delivery service read to make the next big step and start a wider commercial delivery service. After kitting...
Netgear Australia Unveils Meural Canvas Smart Art Display
The Meural Canvas smart art frame is a new kind of smart home display that enables a wide variety of artworks from iconic museums, artists and image collections worldwide to be displayed on residential and corporate walls across Australia.
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Typo is selling an Alexa voice enabled speaker for $99.99
Typo is one of my favourite stores around, and it seems they now have a smart speaker that utilises Alexa Voice Services on sale for $99.99.
The smart speaker, which takes its design cues from smart speakers currently on the...
Australians Can Alexa Enable Speakers With Amazon Echo Input
Amazon's Echo Input device is available for purchase in Australia today. What is the Echo Input? Think of it as a much thinner Echo Dot, with the external speaker and internal speaker drivers removed.
Echo Input allows people to Alexa-enable...
Reports from China indicate Huawei might be getting ready to move into TVs
When you've conquered smartphones, where do you go next? If you're Huawei, according to a report from Chinese website ITHome, you set your sights on the TV market.
ITHome reports that Huawei could be ready to launch not one but...
More Google Assistant voice control coming to more Android TVs soon
Last year Nvidia added full Google Assistant voice control to their Shield TV and now it appears that more Android TVs will be receiving the same Google Assistant love.
Recently Android Police noticed that the Play TV shows & movies...