Amazon Puts a Camera in an Echo Speaker and Alexa in a Photo Frame
Smart home gadgets have a habit of looking like smart home gadgets, even when they’re supposed to disappear into the living room. Amazon’s latest Echo…
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km5’s Sp1 Speaker and Mp1 Mixer Give CD Listening a DJ-Style Twist
There’s something satisfying about choosing a CD, even if most of us have become accustomed to tapping a screen instead. The trouble is finding audio…
Duramobi’s underwater speaker turns your pool into a sound system
Here’s a pool party experiment you’ve run without meaning to. Someone’s Bluetooth speaker is blasting on the deck, you duck under to rescue a dropped…
Pokémon Beats Pill Adds Charms Without Raising the Price
2026 is the year when Trainers everywhere celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, so we expected a lot of new merchandise, themed events, and collaborations with other…
Edifier’s $52 gaming soundbar lets you ditch your headset without losing voice chat
Gaming soundbars became popular in the 2017s, but the trend faded; in the last couple of years, this category of audio accessories has seen renewed…
Divoom Astrotoo Is a Desktop Speaker Dressed as a Retro Computer
Desktop speakers usually have a pretty straightforward job and an equally straightforward appearance. That makes sense when all you want is music, but it doesn’t…
5 Tailgate Speakers Built to Survive a Full Saturday Outdoors
A parking lot does not care how good your speaker sounded in the store. Too quiet for an open sky, too fragile for a cooler…
The $179 iPhone Speaker That Never Needs Charging
You’ve been waiting for your favorite artist to release their latest album, counting down the hours until it finally drops on your streaming service of…
Razer’s Clio X Is Gaming Audio for When Headphones Have to Come Off
Immersive gaming audio has always come with a catch: wear a headset and get isolated from everyone else in the room, or build out a…
Xiaomi Built a $29 Speaker That Snaps to Your Phone and Stands It Up
The compact Bluetooth speaker category has been fighting the same battle for years. Every new entry promises to be louder than your phone, smaller than…
This $179 Speaker Has No Battery And Makes Your iPhone Louder Anyway
Every speaker you own needs something. The Bluetooth speaker needs charging – and the charging case, and the cable for the case. The wireless earbuds…
The $99 Gadget That Clears 3 Devices Off Your Nightstand
The nightstand has become a staging ground for technology. Between a phone, a white noise machine, a lamp, and whatever book you’re pretending to read…
The Jerry Can That’s Actually a 300W Party Speaker With a Guitar Input
Portable party speakers have settled into a comfortable but predictable aesthetic: boxy, rugged, cylindrical, occasionally translucent. They compete mostly on specs, with loudness and battery…
5 Portable Bluetooth Speakers for Summer 2026 That Sound as Good Outside as They Look
Most portable speakers resolve the outdoor brief in one of two ways. They build something tough enough to survive whatever summer throws at it, then…
The 21.5-Inch Transparent Speaker That Animates Lyrics to Match Your Music
Most home speakers today have settled into a comfortable invisibility. Whether they’re slim soundbars pushed against a wall or cylindrical mesh towers parked on a…
Focal’s $200,000 Diva Alta Utopia Speakers Make Traditional Audiophile Systems Feel Surprisingly Outdated
Focal and Naim’s partnership has already reshaped expectations around high-end wireless audio, proving that convenience no longer has to come at the expense of performance….