To immediately get into the weeds, both mentioned versions are now capable of running firmware version 2C54. The second-gen AirPods were on 2A364 while AirPods Pro launched with 2B588. It’s the first time both versions have bene updated to run on the same firmware. Given AirPods are wireless, the update is likely to be focused on improving connectivity with both iPhones and other Bluetooth devices. These two versions also, unlike the first-gen AirPods, have handsfree Siri, which could well have been improved....

Let us discuss how you can check the AirTag battery level, the type of battery to use, and how to replace the AirTag battery. How to Check AirTag Battery Level on iPhone Apple AirTags come with assured battery life for almost a year. That means once you set up a new AirTag and start using it, you do not have to bother about the AirTag’s battery level for one year straight....

ALDI smartphone: Price and UK availability The Medion Life P4502 is available in store at ALDI from today (18 December). It’s a limited Specialbuy, so when it’s gone it’s gone. If it takes your fancy then bear in mind that the ALDI smartphone is unlikely to still be in stock after this weekend. Also see: Best smartphones and Best Android phones. At £79 it’s temptingly priced in between the £60 Nokia Lumia 530 and £89 Motorola Moto E....

The performance of this new GPU promises to be impressive, especially as it should provide high-end gaming performance at a more competitive price than we’ve seen before. The design of the Alienware 17 is essentially unchanged – it’s built like a tank, measuring a full 48.5 mm thick and weighing 4.2 kg. Portability obviously isn’t its strong point. And like all Alienware laptops, it’s bedecked with customizable coloured lights that smoulder from beneath the keyboard, trackpad and various other sections of the matt-black chassis, just to let you know what a bad-ass gaming rig you’ve paid for....

This is a more affordable version of the Amazfit GTR, which currently sits in our round-up of the best smartwatches of all time, swapping out the 22mm leather band for a sweat-resistant silicone version and cutting down the number of sport modes from 12 to eight. It also loses the GPS, air pressure and geomagnetic sensors, but otherwise sports much the same features, including the 410mAh lithium-polymer battery and 5 ATM waterproofing....

Echo Show: Price and availability As of September 2018, the Echo Show has been succeeded by a 2nd-generation model which costs £219/ $229. Getting the old one might be slightly cheaper, but the Echo Show 2 comes with a new design, better screen and improved speakers. Echo Show: Design and build As it requires mains power, the Echo Show doesn’t feature a built-in rechargeable battery. While you may assume this means that the Echo Show anchored to the wall socket, you’re (kind of) wrong....

See our run down of the twenty best tablets here and our review of the HD 8’s big brother, the Fire HD 10. Price and where to buy Usually, the Fire HD 8 is £79.99, but it is sometimes discounted for Black Friday, Christmas and other seasonal events. As with the Fire 7, there’s a specific Kids Edition which costs £129.99. This is great value: it gives you the 32GB model, plus a colourful bumper case, a two-year, no-quibble warranty plus a year’s subscription to Fire for Kids Unlimited....

Those figures are 28% faster than Android 9 Pie, and today Android 10 is on nearly 400 million devices. Pushed out to Google Pixel phones in September 2019, Android 10 managed to make its way onto 100 million phones and tablets in 150 days. That’s significant for Android given that apart from Google, every manufacturer has to work like crazy to get its Android skin ready for release. OnePlus and Sony have been historically good at this, but it’s the improvement of Samsung in this area that has perhaps contributed to the numbers considering how many Samsung phones are sold....

Let’s see more details about Android Auto, the features available, country availability and the apps available for Android in this Android Auto Guide. Content What Is Android Auto? Android Auto is Google’s proprietary app available on Google Play Store. This is used for mirroring most of the app from an Android device to a car’s built-in dashboard. Android Auto is designed with an intuitive interface, large button panels, and full integration of Google Assistant (Google Assistant integration is available only in the US now)....

Find out everything you need to know about the Android operating system here. Android first appeared back on 23 September 2008 on the T-Mobile G1 which was over a year before the original iPhone arrived on the scene. Google’s open approach to building an open platform paid dividends as within three years Android become the most popular mobile OS in the smartphone market. Take a look at our recommendations for the best smartphone to buy right now....

The AirPods Case LED light displays Amber, Green or White color. Let’s see more details about AirPods Case Status Light. Your AirPods battery is down and you have to charge the AirPods if you don’t see any lights. You can press the button on the AirPods to display the status light. AirPods Case Lid Closed & Charger Connected When you closed the lid and you place the second version of AirPods on a wireless charger, the led will display for few seconds to show the charging status....

For Mac users, the Apple AirPort base station has long been the go-to wireless router over various incarnations. That’s not least because the AirPort units are about the easiest in the world to set up, beside the obvious design aesthetic which recommends them to people that don’t like ostentatious or ugly IT boxes on show around the home. See also Best routers of 2014. But users of Windows PCs shouldn’t feel left out as the AirPort Extreme is a standards-compliant wireless router that works with any IEEE 802....

The updated 2014 models feature small processor speed bumps and price reductions but little else has changed. For reviews of the previous versions see 13-inch MacBook Air (2013) and 11-inch MacBook Air (2013) over at our sister site Macworld. The use of a low-power Intel Core i5 processor (in both 2013 and 2014 models) means that the MacBook Air lasts longer than ever before – and quite possibly by a significant margin: Apple’s figures, based on wireless web browsing, spell out a total runtime that has been stretched from an already handy seven hours, all the way to 12 hours for the 13-inch Air (9 for the 11-inch model)....

The pricing of the Archos GamePad 2 is interesting in that it markets itself as the perfect tablet for gaming, yet it comes with a £150 price tag that places it amongst budget tablets – making you immediately question the quality of the hardware onboard. See also: The best budget tablets in the UK Archos GamePad 2 review: Design and build The Archos GamePad 2 doesn’t look like a traditional tablet, instead it has opted for more of a Sony PSP design with a big 7-inch screen filling the centre of the device, surrounded by D-Pads, joysticks and several conventional gaming buttons and triggers located in the purposely oversized bezel....

4G mobile networks are fully in place but if you’re stuck on 3G because you can’t afford a compatible smartphone or tariff then Archos may be able to help you with the former problem. It’s new Helium smartphones aim to bring 4G to those on a tighter budget. See also: New smartphones to expect at MWC 2014: What will Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC and Nokia launch? To this end, the Helium 50 will be priced at around £229 and the smaller Helium 45 will come in at an even more reasonable £179....

One may avoid to launch the program in most of the times to get the latest updates. This resembles to the apps in the mobiles in other Operating Systems and the Windows 8 OS is the move towards a single OS for all type of devices. Now with latest Windows 10, Microsoft retained the Start screen along with these Tile Apps into the Start button for desktop users. In Windows 10, the desktop users will get the old Start button in the Desktop and clicking the Start button will open these Live Tile menu which will updated automatically with latest information....

The best cryptocurrency mining software CGMiner CGMiner has been around for a very long time, being originally made six years ago. It operates through a simple command line interface, which might be a little daunting for people used to a more polished UI. Being coded in C means it’s able to run on almost all operating systems, and is designed to run with hardware mining devices, but can also use any GPUs that your machine has available....

In fact, Apple claims that the M1 in the new iPad Air represents a 60% boost to CPU performance and up to 2x the power in the GPU department compared to the A14 Bionic in the 2020 iPad Air. It’s not Apple’s latest and greatest – that goes to the M2 within the 2022 iPad Pro range – but it’s still a capable beast that’ll let you take advantage of Stage Manager, a new window-based multitasking system in iPadOS 16....

For those of you who haven’t subscribed already, you can access all the television shows on Now by purchasing the Entertainment Membership, which is usually priced at £9.99 a month – however right now you can get two months for the price of one. See some of the films available through Now’s Cinema Membership in our top picks for movies on Now. If you’re searching for your next Now fix, then look no further than here....

Right now, many providers are offering Cyber week and Christmas deals, but the very cheapest plans haven’t really got any cheaper, so you’re looking at around £20-25 per month. Social tariffs If you’re reading this because you’re on a low income and need really cheap broadband then you can take advantage of a couple of different s depending upon where you live. One option is BT Home Essentials which costs £15 per month....