Deezer is now fully compatible with the HomePod as a default music streaming service. Earlier this month Deezer announced support and now joins Pandora and Amazon Music as options for default music sources. Apple added the support for third party music services last year, with iOS 14.3 and there is no input needed from Apple for that service to integrate with the HomePod and HomePod mini, meaning despite Spotify complaining […]
We reported last week that Genesis, the luxury car division of Hyundai was coming to the UK. Now this week, Genesis has revealed the pricing of the two models it’ll be launching this summer. The G80 saloon will cost from £37,460 and the GV80 large SUV from £56,715. Both will go on sale later this summer, with the G70 saloon and GV70 SUV to come later. Genesis will also have […]
Later this year, in November Rockstar will be being fully compatible versions of Grand Theft Auto V to the new Xbox Series S, Series X and PlayStation 5. On 11th November 2021 Rockstar says the game will be “expanded and enhanced”, exactly what that entails will remain to be seen. Rockstar is still supposed to be launching GTA 6 sometime soon, now that the game is approaching nearly eight years of […]
Alpine has revealed a new high end version of the A110 sports car, with the Légende GT. This new trim level has a fe unique design features as well as being in a limited run. Alpine will only make 300 units to be shared in Europe and the UK, with prices at £61,655 which is quite a jump from the standard car, at £46,900. The new car will have the […]
Vauxhall has launched a new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle version of the Vivaro panel van, which will have 249 miles of range with affect on the load capacity of the van, which is the same as the all electric Vivaro-e and combustion based cars. Parent company Stellantis announced its hydrogen plans in April this year. Hydrogen availability in the UK isn’t at a very high availability at the moment, […]
Citroën has put the new all electric e-Berlingo on sale this week, starting at £29,575 in the UK. Being under £35,000, this price does include the government £2,500 grant. The e-Berlingo is sharing the same electric drivetrain as the e-Dispatch, the all electric commercial vehicle Citroën offers, but this is primarily designed as a passenger vehicle with a rear bench seat. Citroën is offering two trim levels, Feel and Flair […]
Mini has confirmed that it will be launching an all new electric convertible version of the Mini this decade, specifically in 2025. Currently the company only offers the Mini in electric form on one model, the three door hatchback so it is good that the drivetrain will make it to more models. It is likely that the Mini E Convertible will share the same drivetrain and battery set up from […]
For a long time, other countries such as US, Canada, Netherlands, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand have had a universal alerts system which come through to smartphones. The system doesn’t need to know any phone numbers or locations. The UK is now planning on rolling out its own emergency alert system this year, initial testing will start this month and if that all goes ok the official roll out will […]
This week, Apple announced new Apple Music features, with support for Lossless Audio, Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos too. These features will come at no extra cost to existing subscribers and will be available next month. Apple has said that over 75 million songs will be available in Lossless Audio at launch and these will be in the ALAC codec, with the choice of various quality levels, from what Apple […]
Apple announced its new ‘Apple Podcasts Subscriptions’ service in April and it’ll be launching soon, most likely with the upcoming iOS 14.6 release. It offers an easy way for paid podcasts to upload their content and charge for it, all through Apple. Apple will even host the podcast for you. When Apple’s service launches later this month, Amazon’s own service, Wondery+ which is acquired in 2020 will be launching all […]
