The pandemic has brought out the best in smart home assistants as we spend months and years confined to a few rooms. For many, the companion we often turn to for music as well as information about the...
Surprisingly, nursery rhymes dominated India’s playlists in 2021. Forty per cent of ‘India’s Top 20’ belonged to the kid’s category with Baby Shark, Lakdi Ki Kathi, and J...
Amazon, of course, has bigger plans for its Echo range and what we have caught a glimpse of is the Echo Show 15. It is meant to be wall-mounted or placed on a tabletop stand. A bigger screen means, yo...
Apple: Centre Stage: Centre Stage uses machine learning to adjust the front-facing ultra-wide camera during FaceTime video calls (and more) on your iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) or iPad Pro 11-i...
Device: Amazon Echo Show 10
Price: Rs 24,999
Available on: Amazon.in
High notes
• The 13MP wide-angle camera is very capable
• Excellent sound quality, enough to fill a large room
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The nicest part of the new Echo Dot speaker hasn’t launched in India. In the US, there is a kid’s edition of the Dot (comes in tiger and panda themes), which is colourful and fits the deco...
New Fire TV Stick: Rs 3,999 (pre-order; available on October 15)
Fire TV Stick Lite: Rs 2,999 (pre-order; available on October 15)
Echo: Rs 9,999 (coming soon)
Echo Dot: Rs 4,499 (pre-order; avai...
In the last few months, my nine-year-old has found a new bench partner during her online classes — my wife and a one-kg friend. In the kitchen the oven hasn’t dinged as much in three years...
Qubo Smart Indoor CameraPrice: Rs 11,990The Smart Indoor Camera is the first offering from Hero Electronix’s smart home accessories sub-brand Qubo, and for a first attempt at an ecosystem product, t...
Alexa spends nearly 15 hours a day singing songs on request. The virtual assistant developed by Amazon, in fact, spends an hour every day singing Happy Birthday. She gets asked “Will you marry me?â€...