Improving on the original Google Home in every way, the Nest Audio is the new $100 smart speaker to beat.

Paradigm’s PW Amp can stream high-res audio while correcting your speakers’ and room’s acoustic shortcomings. Canada-based Paradigm has a long, respected pedigree in the high-end audio world ...

The Xumo Stream Box combines streaming and cable into one interface, with mixed results.

Amazon’s over-the-air DVR nails the little details, but it has some major limitations. The mere existence of Amazon’s Fire TV Recast is a testament to how popular cord-cutting has become. The ...

Walmart’s $30 Android TV streamer should make Roku and Amazon sweat. If you’re wondering which company makes the best streaming players for the least amount of money, you might not expect the ...

The new HomePod supports Matter, the standard that promises to get rid of walled gardens, but this smart speaker won’t let you entirely escape Apple’s.

The Ecobee SmartCamera isn’t a top-shelf security camera, but it does have some great attributes—including Alexa integration. But you’ll need a subscription to unlock the most useful ...

Ambient Weather’s WS-5000 home weather station is a significant improvement over its earlier and excellent WS-2902. It’s worth the extra cash if you can afford it. We’ve observed a dramatic ...

The third-generation Amazon Echo Dot looks prettier and sounds a whole lot better than earlier iterations of Amazon’s entry-level smart speaker. I called the second-generation Echo Dot “the ...

Scott Wilkinson / IDG 360RA partners include streaming providers, studios, and technology developers. Features Sony’s 360 Reality Audio is an object-based, immersive-audio system, not unlike ...

LG’s 5.1.2-channel soundbar uses side-firing drivers rather than separate speakers for surround effects. Is that effective?

The Nucleus is a superb—but very expensive—platform for running Roon Labs' marvelous Roon music server software.