月份: 2021 年 4 月

The Pixel 6 is saying bye-bye to Qualcomm.

What you need to know

A new report claims that Google is building its own chip for this year’s Pixel smartphones.
The new SoC is reportedly being developed with Samsung and could lead to chips being made for Chromebooks.
The move would see Google adopting an Apple-like approach to its hardware.

Last year, it was rumored that Google would design its own custom SoC for its smartphones. Since Google has been designing silicon like the Visual Core and Neural Core in its Pixel phones for some time now, it makes sense that the company would want to leverage its expertise inside more aspects of its smartphones. According to a new report, the rumors are legit, and Google will include its own SoC inside its phones like the Google Pixel 6 later this year.

According to 9to5Google, the chip, codename Whitechapel, is being developed with Samsung who also builds its own Exynos chips alongside rival SoCs like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. This suggest…

Streaming services have grown in popularity over the past few years, and there are now more options than there ever has been before. Back in the day, every single one of them offered a free trial to get you to use the service for a set length of time in hopes that you’d sign up after, but that seems to have slowly become less of a norm. Odds are that you are signed up for at least one of them, but thanks to some new offers which have popped up, there are a number of new opportunities to try out new streaming services, and they won’t cost you a cent.

Streaming Free Trial Offers

Disney+: Trial unavailable
Paramount+: One week free
HBO Max: Trial unavailable
Discovery+: One week free
Amazon Kids+: 30 days free
Amazon Prime Video: 30-day trial
Sling TV: Trial unavailable
Hulu: First month free
Amazon Music Unlimited: One month free
Netflix: Trial Unavailable
Amazon Music HD: 30 days free
Apple Music: 3 months free
Spotify: Two months free
Tidal: 30 days free
fuboTV: One week free
Amaz…

Your Chromebook is a productivity machine, and to keep productive, sometimes you need more than just a laptop. A mouse is often more comfortable and natural than a tiny trackpad, and have you ever tried to join a video call without using headphones? It’s always a bad time. With all this in mind, we put together a list of some of the best accessories for Chromebook that will help maximize your experience and get the most out of your machine, whether it’s for work or play!

Bluetooth or Wireless

Logitech Pebble M350

Trackpads are okay, but nothing beats a good mouse! This mouse has a nice slim shape that makes it easy to slip in your bag and go. You can either use it with Bluetooth or you can use the tiny little Wireless receiver that stores underneath the mouse’s magnetic top plate.

From $26 at Amazon $29 at Best Buy

MOAR storage!

Samsung EVO Select

You get a lot of bang for your buck with the EVO Select, which comes in sizes from 32GB all the way up to 512GB. If your Chrome…

Bringing one of the Old Gods of gaming to the mobile space with panache and grace.

There’s a new Crash Bandicoot game in town, and you may be shocked to discover that it is not a canon installment. With little fanfare before launch, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! came out for mobile at the tail end of last month, and it’s been doing absolute gangbusters ever since. Now, I’m one of those 90s kids who was raised on the likes of Crash and Spyro, so I feel very protective of the Crash legacy. I wasn’t particularly pleased to hear that a non-platforming Crash game was coming to Android. (What a missed opportunity, right?) I have to admit that I’m pleasantly surprised with the quality that On the Run! is bringing to the table.

On The Run! is yet another entry into the endless-runner genre, but it has made the atmospheric transition to mobile very well, and it looks and sounds fantastic. The soundtrack is fun, upbeat, quirky, and immediately recognizable as Crash Bandicoot. If you had p…

The fastest Eero

Eero Pro 6

$229 at Amazon

Pros

Fast AX4200 Wi-Fi can keep up with gigabit internet
Compact design compared to similar Wi-Fi 6 routers
Eero software is easy to use and stable
Can be expanded with any other Eero

Cons

Two Ethernet ports is low for a pro device
Eero Secure and Secure+ require a subscription

Eero Pro 6 is not only the fastest Eero ever, but its speed is on par with other routers at its price. AX4200 tri-band Wi-Fi makes this router a great fit for those trying to make the most of their gigabit internet connection. It’s also one of the most compact Wi-Fi 6 routers at this speed.

Still enough for most

Eero Pro

$199 at Amazon

Pros

Tri-band Wi-Fi for consistent mesh performance
Compact size
Eero software is great and works with all Eeros
Works with all other Eeros

Cons

Only two Ethernet ports
Eero Secure and Secure+ require a subscription
Slow performance for the price

The Eero Pro is a solid router, even considering its lower…