Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Chris Welch dive into the tech and gadget news from this week — including theories on what will be announced at Apple’s spring event next week, LG quitting the smartphone business, and Sonos’ next speakers.
Further reading:
- US recommends pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine use over extremely rare blood clots
- How the Johnson & Johnson pause could move the needle on vaccine fears
- For many, COVID-19 vaccines come with a side of side effects
- How CO2 sensors might help us return to ‘normal’
- Airbnb is trying to preemptively cancel post-pandemic bacchanals
- Celebrate your COVID vaccination with these off-the-wall tchotchkes
- Expedia launches a new tool to check coronavirus travel restrictions
- Apple officially announces Spring Loaded event for April 20th
- New iPad Pro still coming soon but supply could be short, says Bloomberg
- Apple officially starts letting your iPhone help find lost third-party products
- Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag Plus with UWB to track items with AR is out April 16th
- Logitech officially discontinues its Harmony remotes
- Apple gets its own button on Roku’s latest remotes
- Roku announces Express 4K Plus streaming player and rechargeable Voice Remote Pro
- Roku OS 10 adds instant resume for streaming apps, brings AirPlay 2 to more devices
- Apple reportedly developing an Apple TV with a built-in camera and speaker
- LG is quitting the smartphone business
- LG had a few smartphone hits, but it’ll still be missed
- LG leaves behind more than a flip phone-shaped hole in our hearts
- Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it’s canceled
- TCL aims to build a better budget phone with the 20 Pro 5G
- TCL’s Fold ‘n Roll concept transforms a 6.87-inch phone into a 10-inch tablet
- Sony announces the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III with variable telephoto lenses
- US carriers have thankfully abandoned at least one bad plan for RCS
- Apple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’
- Sonos Roam review: portable potential
- Ikea is working with Sonos on a hidden speaker built into art you hang on the wall
- Spotify’s Car Thing debuts as a limited release for selected US users
- Amazon announces new Echo Buds with more powerful ANC and better comfort
- ONEPLUS WATCH REVIEW: BIG, BASIC, AND BORING
- Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 4 with choice of Intel or AMD processor
- Can Clubhouse keep the party going?
- Apple trusts Phobio for its trade-ins, but maybe you should think twice
- Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers
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