Many smart speakers place much of their emphasis on being extra smart, but not all of them pack the high specs that come with speakers made by Harman Kardon. This weekend you can pick up the Harman Kardon Allure speaker with our Tech Deals promo code and combine the best of both worlds. Not only do you get the convenience of hands-free commands powered by Alexa, but you also get the flexibility to connect with dual-band Wi-Fi.

AT&T on Tuesday unveiled its own upgrade plan for smartphone or tablet buyers, AT&T Next, which will let them upgrade hardware once a year under certain conditions. The carrier did hint a few days ago that a special announcement was scheduled for July 16, and now AT&T Next is official. The plan will be available to consumers starting with July 26. Interested buyers will have to purchase a smartphone or tablet “with no down payment and agree to pay [20] monthly installments for the device.

Whenever two near-identical versions of the same phone are announced, you have to ask yourself: which one should I buy? Sometimes the differences are so noticeable the choice is pretty easy, as it was last year with the flat vs curved screen Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. But this year things have changed, and the differences between the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are much smaller than you might think.

First announced in March at the 2019 Game Developers Conference, Google Stadia is Google’s upcoming service that will stream high-end console and PC games from cloud servers. It will work on big-screen TVs via Google’s Chromecast Ultra dongle, and via your Chrome browser on desktops, laptops, Pixel 3 smartphones, and tablets. Games will be supported with up to 4K resolution and up to 60fps. However, this service won’t be free to use — at least not initially.

TL;DR The Honor Magic 4 Pro and vanilla Honor Magic 4 launched today. As far as specs go, the Pro model boasts one of the best specs sheets we’ve seen in 2022. The question, though, is whether or not those specs will add up to a cohesive whole. With most smartphones (and other tech products in general), a specs sheet is always missing something. Shouldn’t the Samsung Galaxy S22 have a battery larger than 4,000mAh?

People can’t be too happy with Samsung’s software updating “efforts” since the still very popular Galaxy S2 was supposed to get the Jelly Bean bump back in November 2012 and ended up being left to ICS dust until now, but at long last things are moving forward. According to Sam Mobile, the Android 4.1.2 upgrade is being pushed out to international versions of the GS2 as we speak, starting with devices in Spain.

TL;DR A new report has detailed how some North Koreans rooted their Android phones. Escapees said people rooted their phones to install unauthorized apps and consume unauthorized media files. Android phones in North Korea are subjected to plenty of restrictions and surveillance software, but it turns out that some citizens are taking matters into their own hands. A new report by North Korea-focused human rights organization Lumen and researcher Martyn Williams (h/t: Wired) has revealed that some North Korean citizens are rooting their Android phones in order to install unapproved apps and consume unauthorized media.

The Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL already support a robust number of LTE bands. That number will soon go up by one, thanks to a software update that will introduce LTE band 48 support. We’re not sure when the software update will arrive. Google requested a change to the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL’s FCC filings back in November 2018, with the addendum made public yesterday. For the uninitiated, LTE band 48 is also known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS).

In a decision that is sure to upset many of the fans Sony has left, it has been reported by a Sony store manager in Japan that the conglomerate may be ending the Xperia Tablet series. Dozens of websites – and even some stores – have now made mention of the story. The origin of the speculation was apparently pending promotional material that reflected sales would be ending in early March. The caveat is that this apparently pertains to Wi-Fi only models, so in theory the cellular variants may still stick around.

Sony continues to hit it out of the park with their compact line, giving consumers a fantastic small form factor option, without a trade off in quality or specifications. The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is a small powerhouse with high accessibility and high power, with few compromises.  For a while now, various OEMs have released “mini” versions of their flagship devices, which not only featured a smaller form factor, but also took on a more mid-range nature.