Latest news

UK will be banning locked phones come next December

Come December 2021, UK regulator Ofcom will be banning the sale of locked phones in an effort to make switching mobile phone providers much easier with less hurdles. The ban was first talked about in December 2019 and if all goes ahead will come into play by the end of next year. Currently there is a charge for some networks to unlock a phone, if it has been sold from […]

Porsche Taycan will soon have native Apple Podcast support

Porsche has recently updated the Taycan to now support native Apple Podcasts, as well as native Apple Music integration, which was added last year. This is the first car to have both serviced natively built in. Apple Music is also gaining the real time lyrics which was added to iOS recently too. “A great podcast can make any drive more enjoyable. With Apple Podcasts, drivers can effortlessly catch up on […]

Quick Review: Top Gear Series 29 Episode 4

The penultimate episode of the current series of Top Gear was on last night and this was a very enjoyable episode, the challenge segment was recorded back in August which was at the peak of the lockdown here in the UK, so they went to one of the places in the UK with the best driving roads – Wales. The trio were told to take three GT cars or Grand […]

VW Golf 8 GTD now on sale in the UK

Volkswagen is slowly rolling out new models of the Golf 8, and last week the new GTD version has gone on sale for £32,790, following the GTI and the new GTE which went on sale late last month. The GTD comes in at £670 less than the new GTI and by name, it uses a diesel engine but offers a large amount of power considering the ‘GT’ badge. Golf GTD […]

Weekends with A&T Tech – Best stories of the week

Another week has gone by and its time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. In the news this week, Ford revealed that the new Mach 1 Mustang will be coming to the UK, Ubiquiti updated UniFi Protect to 1.15.0, adding in Person Detection, Apple released 14.1 for HomePod and iOS 14.1 for iOS. Also, Fiat announced that a 500e for under £20,000 is […]

Upcoming Fiat 500e gains new trim which will be under £20k

The third generation Fiat 500 was announced earlier this year and for the first time, it will be a fully electric car and as of June, Fiat announced the pricing was from £29,000 for the convertible and from £26,995 for the hatchback. Both cars will have 199 miles of range. That price is common for a premium electric hatchback at the moment, both the Honda e and the Mini Electric […]

Apple TV app coming to the PS4 and PS5 soon

Apple is busy expanding the reach of the Apple TV app to other platforms other than its own, such as Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV sticks, Roku boxes as well as the web. Now it looks like Apple will soon be adding the app to the PlayStation 4 and the new upcoming PlayStation 5. Just earlier this month, support for Sony TVs was added and also support for Xbox is […]

HomePod updated to 14.1 – adds Intercom support

This week, Apple released iOS 14.1 and iPadOS 14.1 which contained a number of bug fixes and at the same time, 14.1 was released for the HomePod which adds support for the upcoming Intercom feature which isn’t yet on iOS. 14.1 also adds support for the HomePod mini. Intercom on the HomePod allows users to broadcast to the home a recorded message and have it appear on everyones iPhone, iPad, […]

Tesla Model 3 updated with more range and interior changes

Tesla has recently updated the Model 3 in the UK to now have more range, as well as some minor revisions and updates to the interior. Tesla has ‘de-chromed’ the Model 3, which was a common thing people wanted to change and changed them to satin black on the door handles, indicator housing and around the windows. Also new are the Überturbine wheels (pictured) which come in 18-inch and 19-inch […]

Britbox now integrates with the Apple TV app

Britbox launched here in the UK November last year and has been available in the US since the joint venture between the BBC and ITV was created in 2017. As of today, the app on iOS, iPadOS and the Apple TV now fully supports the Apple TV for tracking watched shows, showing recommendations and as well as popping up as a destination when you search for a show using Siri […]