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During their 2020 Made by Google, Launch Night In showcase, Google announced the brand new Nest Audio smart speaker, which will be available in just a little while. While Google has released a number of different smart speakers over the years, it looks like new software will make the Nest Audio the premier smart speaker option this holiday season.

Turtle Beach’s (Nasdaq: HEAR) Hamburg, Germany-based PC gaming accessories brand, today unveiled its all-new Burst™ Pro PC gaming mouse. The Burst Pro is ROCCAT’s first mouse to debut its Titan Optical Switch

With many computers, monitors, and obviously laptops coming with built in webcams today, it's not often that folks every look online for an actual, standalone webcam device. Unless you are streaming - in which case you are probably using an expensive alternative camera - buying a webcam online might be a bit foreign to you. It's not until you get one - or see a review of one, like ours here - that you realize how inadequate your built in webcam really is, and how much better your experience will be with an HD webcam doing 1080p. Did I tell you that this could ...

When it comes to phones in 2020, the bigger, the more powered, the better. But there is a large segment of society walking around who just want a cell phone to do one thing - make calls. They don't want the bells and whistles, they don't want the high-graphics games. They just want to make a call, and not spend 100s upon 100s of dollars to do. Enter the Alcatel Go Flip 3, just your average flip phone that gets the job done.

Over the last number of years, whenever I think 'gaming headsets' I'm thinking about Turtle Beach, and the fantastic headsets they've created and released, including their all time leading seller, the Stealth 600 on Xbox One and PS4. Today, Turtle Beach announced a brand new Gen 2 Stealth 700, and the newest generation of the Stealth 600, coming to both Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Late in June 2020, we had the privileged of reviewing a quality budget microphone from Tonor, which we spoke very highly of. When that was sent to us, the company also included a microphone boom arm for us to look at. Although not compatible with the microphone we reviewed, it is a great arm that will work with most mics you might pick up at retail. Let's take a look!

In October, Google introduced the all-new Google Pixel Buds — with high-quality sound, an unobtrusive design that fits securely and comfortably in your ear, and helpful AI features. Their intention was to make sure whether you're streaming content while working out, or sitting in a noisy room talking on a conference call, you have the best possible audio experience. Today, Pixel Buds are available in Canada for $239 in Clearly White.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020: One of the most popular ways people use Nest Hub Max is for video calling. Up until now, that meant one-on-one sessions with friends and family. Rolling out today in Canada (English only), you can make group video calls with Duo and Google Meet on your Hub Max. With just a simple voice command, Google Assistant can now help connect you with multiple people at once.

It's official! Today, Microsoft unveiled the official Xbox Series X tech specs, as well as a few articles to decipher the specs and technical capabilities of the next-gen console. Until now there was plenty of speculation and a few hints and teases about the relative power of the Series X and what it will be able to do. For those of us that love quantitative data, however, there was precious little information to go on - until now! Let's take a look at the official specs that will be offered with the Day One Xbox Series X!

First reported by IGN, a new patent has been unearthed detailing a new stylus attachment for the Switch Joycon.  While there are styluses already available, this new accessory would be more feature-rich.  Think more along the lines of an Apple Pencil than a generic piece of plastic.  As seen below, the device will replace the traditional Joycon straps, with a small stylus head protruding from the top. An image of the new accessory pulled from Nintendo’s patent application. Since the…