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How to listen to spatial and hi def music streaming, CD/HD, Ultra HD, Dolby...
Spatial audio and higher definition audio are great ways to listen to high quality music via Amazon Music Unlimited, Deezer, Tidal and other streaming services but how can you setup your phone, speakers, headphones...
Amazon’s focus for the future is bigger, better and smarter technology
In a briefing to local media this morning we have seen the future, at least what Amazon believes is the future. This includes multiple devices, concepts and additions to existing functionality. As...
Amazon announces the next version of Kindle Paperwhite readers, including Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition...
Not only does Alexa now speak Aussie, but Amazon's been busy with some new Kindle Paperwhite readers, and they sound like a good upgrade over the previous generation. There's a new one, too, in...
Amazon Alexa gets its Aussie on, now speaks (or at least understands) Australian slang
Today Amazon has announced the addition of new Aussie lingo to Alexa’s vocabulary, ensuring Alexa can better understand some of Australia’s most unique, popular and need-to-know phrases when customers speak to their Echo devices.
Alexa...
Audible gives active subscribers “Plus” catalogue 1000’s of extra audiobooks
I'm a fan of audiobooks and one of the ways I listen to them is via the Audible app. Audible is an Amazon subsidiary that until now has offered a subscription service where Aussies...
[Great Deal] 3 Months of Amazon Music for free
If you've been contemplating whether you're on the right streaming service, Amazon is presenting a good case to try theirs. With 3 months free, instead of the standard single month trial for a...
Amazon.com.au adds 0.5% VISA Credit Surcharge from 1 Nov 2021
We've received a tip off that Amazon Australia has decided to add a 0.5% Surcharge for VISA Credit payments made by customers from 1 Nov 2021.
Of course credit card payments cost more to process...
If you’re planning a smart home, learn from my mistakes: Do it with purpose!
So it’s 2021 and there’s a lot of technology that’s available to make your life easier, safer or better. Planning your smart home can be a bit of a rocky road with bumps and...
Ausdroid’s Fathers day tech gift guide
Fathers day is just around the corner and if you're struggling for ideas on what to get your Dad, we've compiled a bit of a list for you. Everything from phones, to gadgets, IoT...
Australian Review – Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd Generation)
Amazon's new Echo Show 8 (2nd gen) is slightly faster to use and has a much better camera than the original Echo Show 8 1st Gen. Otherwise the hardware is the same.
If you haven't...
Covid accelerates growth for Kobo eBooks and Audible Audiobooks
Video platforms like Netflix and ABC iView aren't the only online entertainment services that have experienced a surge in popularity in Australia since Covid-19 hit the news in early 2020.
I had a chat with...
Amazon Music Australia adds Podcasts: missing ABC, BBC, NPR, TWIT etc
Amazon has announced that playback of podcasts is now integrated into Amazon Music in Australia but a quick look at the directory shows that many popular podcasts from big players like BBC, NPR and...
Amazon Echo Show 5 (2nd Generation) Review — A perfect smart companion for small...
It was the middle of May that we were officially told that the new generation of Echo Show devices was coming to Australia. Since then we’ve seen the retail release and had a...
Latest Fitbit OS update let’s you hear audible responses from Google Assistant
The latest FitbitOS release is rolling out to Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 devices.
Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 users can now hear audible responses from Google Assistant, track SpO2 levels from the Today dashboard...
Greenpeace reveals which Aussie telcos and data centres are switching to renewables fastest
Telecommunications giant Telstra has come out on top in a new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific that reveals which Australian telcos, data centres and tech companies are ahead in the race to switch to...