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Crestron Pyng Adds Native Support for Sonos and Amazon Alexa

Crestron has officially announced that a new Crestron Pyng software update is now available. Crestron says Version 1.010.0038 elevates the user experience to...

Small Cinema, Big Experience: Pulse showcases latest kit

Feast your eyes on the latest offering from Pulse Cinemas in their brand new video. Talking exclusively to EI, the team at Pulse explain the appeal of the small...

JVC Celebrates 20 Years Of D-ILA With IFA Projector Launches

JVC, the brand that arguably began a revolution in home cinema by showing that a household name could not only produce a high-quality home cinema projector, but...

Nest Reveals Plans To Take Over The Living Room

Nest has just announced an event that could reveal new smart home solutions targeted at the living room, following on from the launch of the Thermostat E...

Sony Introduces Three New Home Cinema Projectors At IFA

Sony has enhanced its line-up of home cinema projectors with three new high performance models that bring an immersive 4K HDR viewing experience to the home. ...

Sony Launches Stylish Google Home Competitor

Panasonic isn’t the only one with a Google Home competitor at IFA 2017, with Sony also unveiling a new smart speaker with the Google Assistant built-in...

Toshiba’s OLED TV Range Includes A Wallpaper Model

Toshiba has unveiled a new range of OLED TVs, including a concept wallpaper TV model that takes on LG at its own game...

Toshiba’s Latest TV Forgoes The Remote For Alexa Control

Toshiba is bringing Alexa voice control to its range of smart TVs, although it will need to be paired with an Amazon Echo or Echo Dot...

Libratone Zipp Beat Sonos To Alexa Support

The stylish Libratone Zipp speakers now support the Alexa voice assistant, beating multi-room audio specialist Sonos to the punch...

Z-Wave To Natively Support Google Home

The Z-Wave protocol will soon natively support Google Home, as upgraded firmware brings the Google Assistant on par with Amazon’s Alexa...