Samsung at CES this week has finally announced when its Bixby smart speaker will be launching, with the first version being the Galaxy Home Mini. This is actually different speaker to the one we saw around 18 months ago at the Samsung Note 9 event, this one being a smaller version and it’ll go on sale early this year. Samsung spoke to Bloomberg this week who said, the Galaxy Home […]
Volkswagen discontinued the Up! GTI here in the UK eight months ago due to the way emissions are tested with the new WLTP testing procedure and also the allocation of cars for the UK had already been allocated. Volkswagen’s baby hot hatch received many highly praised reviews by car magazines such as Top Gear and is loved by owners all over, so as of today Volkswagen has updated the entire […]
Today, Fiat has introduced two new electrified versions of the existing 500 and Panda city cars and while this isn’t Fiats first electric vehicle as the Fiat 500e was introduced to the US market back in 2013 and hasn’t been updated since, it is at least some good steps towards the brands electrification plans. Both cars are going to launch in a few months time, the 500 in February and […]
August has been making smart locks which work with your phone for a while now and the latest generation, the August Smart Lock Pro is one of the most well reviewed locks on sale today. But like most smart home products on batteries, it uses bluetooth and therefore has to have some kind of hub or bridge in order to interface with the network and or internet. Wi-Fi Smart Lock […]
This week at CES, Google as showed off an upcoming new feature for the Google Assistant which will mean that it will be able to read what ever is on screen out loud for you, but due to the work Google has put in, it can do it in 42 languages. Google has also done some work to make it sound less robotic, so that it can pause in the […]
The LIFX Beam is one of the company’s newest products, connects to WiFi for use with HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT and also the LIFX Cloud. The set includes “Includes six customisable beams and one corner, flexible layout, 10 custom zones per beam, 1200 lumens of brightness with six beams” and is on sale today for £119, which is a third off the usual price of £179.99.
Apple is focusing more on offering the Apple TV app on third party platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku boxes and more smart TVs. Now, in a press release Apple has announced that later this year, more smart TVs will support the Apple TV app from LG, Sony and Vizio. Once we know the exact models which will support the app, we’ll update a post here on A&T Tech […]
Tesla has now made the new Model Y small SUV available for pre-order in China, which has a starting price of 444,000 yuan with an estimated production time of 2021. The base model, ‘Long Range’ which is rear-wheel drive only starts at 444,000 yuan which is around £48,000 / $63,000 in the UK and US. So far on the UK Tesla website there isn’t even any pricing information for the […]
Eve Systems has launched its first camera product this week at CES, called the Eve Cam which supports HomeKit and HomeKit Secure Video, which was introduced with iOS 13 at WWDC last June. Eve has said that the Eve Cam “is the first camera designed exclusively for Apple HomeKit Secure Video. It was built from the ground up to protect your privacy.” Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video is a more secure way of […]
This week at CES, ADT have launched a trio of new smart home cameras, which work with HomeKit and Google Assistant. ADT purchased Lifesheild back in February last year which made them a ADT company which focused on home security systems and professional installation, now the company has rebranded as ‘Blue By ADT’ and while it still makes home security systems, it now makes outdoor and indoor cameras for smart […]
