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Amazon Fire TV Stick (2020) review: just get a 4K model

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick is a $39.99 streaming dongle that’s aimed at people who haven’t yet made the upgrade to a 4K TV — and don’t intend to anytime soon. It maxes out at 1080p video… Read more

YouTube TV is adding offline downloads and 4K streaming

If the monthly price for all of these streaming TV services is going to keep going up, the least they can do is throw in some new features and better video quality, right? That’s what YouTube says you can soon expect from YouTube TV; today, the company announced that in the coming weeks, the service… Read more

Apple’s most affordable iPad is even cheaper at several retailers

Starting at $329, Apple’s most affordable iPad model comes at a very attractive price — but if you have been holding off in the hopes of buying it at an even better price, your patience has paid off. At Amazon and Walmart (in select colors), you can buy a 32GB model for $299; you can… Read more

Super Bowl 2021: how to watch the NFL championship online

Super Bowl 2021 — the 55th Super Bowl — is happening today. The championship game pits the Kansas City Chiefs, the defending Super Bowl champs, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan will sing the national anthem, while The Weeknd will perform in the halftime show. If you are planning to watch… Read more

The fight to make Netflix and Hulu pay cable fees

Streaming services are slowly turning into cable TV — complete with bundles, an ever-growing list of channels, and a reinvented TV guide. And a series of lawsuits could portend the return of something even worse: the hidden cable fee. Three municipalities in Georgia are suing Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming video providers for as much… Read more

Best wireless speakers 2021: wonderful wi-fi speakers for all budgets

Home Best-buys Best wireless speakers Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best wireless speakers you can buy in 2021. The category of wireless speakers evolves and multiplies at a rate similar to new titles on Netflix. When it comes to driver-housing sonic boxes (cylinders, oblongs, spheres, wedges, jewels and teardrops) if you… Read more

The best last-minute digital gifts from Target, Amazon, Walmart, and more

The holiday season has arrived — but don’t panic. If you forgot to buy a gift for someone, you can’t decide what to give your loved one, or the item you wanted to give can’t be delivered on time, it’s not a problem. Digital gifts are the most convenient and easiest gifts. And with so… Read more

The Verge holiday gift guide for creators

Filmic Pro app This 4K video recorder app gives your Android or iOS phone a plethora of advanced features that will enable you to shoot and edit your videos like a real pro. Price: ~$15 Apple Google iBower omnidirectional lavalier microphone This is a great microphone for any YouTube video — or other video —… Read more

Hulu with Live TV increasing its price to $65 a month

Hulu with Live TV is the latest virtual TV bundle to get a price hike — this time to $64.99 a month. Hulu with Live TV currently costs $54.99 a month, marking a $10 monthly increase for current customers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s also on par with YouTube TV, a competing virtual live… Read more

Guide to streaming: from Disney Plus and HBO Max to NBA League Pass and Crunchyroll

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. There is a plethora of streaming services available for anyone with a credit card handy. Hulu and Netflix are general entertainment providers offering licensed content and originals for subscribers. Others, like anime provider Crunchyroll and NFL Sunday… Read more

There’s a question mark hanging over Apple’s Arm Macs

Apple has finally introduced its first Macs with processors it designed itself: a 13-inch MacBook Air, a 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a Mac mini. Apple is promising significant performance benefits over Intel processors and, for the laptops, a huge increase in battery life. (To give you an idea of the level of improvement Apple is… Read more

T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service

After years of anticipation, T-Mobile is finally getting into the live TV business with the launch of a new internet-based streaming service called TVision, launching on November 1st. To be clear: TVision isn’t using the fiber-optic-based IPTV technology that it acquired alongside Layer3 back in 2017. It’s a traditional over-the-top streaming service that simply streams… Read more

FuboTV now lets you watch four channels at once on Apple TV

If you never used Sony’s now-shuttered PlayStation Vue internet TV service, you’re probably unaware of one of its best features: multiview. PS Vue allowed you to watch multiple channels on-screen at once, which is something most of the bigger TV apps — Sling TV, YouTube TV, Hulu, etc. — don’t currently offer. But now, FuboTV… Read more

Sony confirms Disney Plus, Netflix, and Twitch will be on the PS5 at launch

If you are planning to use your PlayStation 5 for more than just gaming — whether that’s to stream movies and TV shows on Netflix or play music on Spotify — you’ll be happy to know that Sony’s next-gen console will support some of the more popular entertainment apps at launch. Sony confirmed in a… Read more

Ronin: The gimbal series updates with DJI RS 2 and DJI RSC 2

The Chinese manufacturer has announced the arrival on the market of the new gimbal models of the Ronin series: DJI RS 2 and DJI RSC 2 . According to what has been stated, these are completely revised devices to meet the increasingly complex needs of modern users. The main difference is that DJI RS 2… Read more