Amazon to launch Echo Auto in Australia
THERE is a way to bring your old car into the 21st century.
Amazon is about to launch its Echo Auto in Australia. The device gives users access to Amazon’s Alexa digital personal assistant in their vehicle.
Priced at $79, the Echo Auto is an affordable way to upgrade your car’s infotainment.
The Echo Auto is compatible with all cars and connects to your car’s radio via auxiliary cable or Bluetooth and is powered by a 12V or USB port.
The device allows buyers to control music, take calls, read messages, listen to map directions and organise their calendar via voice commands, are Powerbeats Pro by Dr Dre.
But if you have the right ears for them, the new Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 buds are hard to rival for music, sound and phone talk quality.
Rather than changes to the first model, there have been some welcome refinements.
They are slightly smaller to improve comfort levels, they have boosted battery life to seven hours plus another 21 hours with the charging case, and now offer active noise cancellation.
What helps to set them apart, however, is the way you customise the sounds via the app boosting bass or treble or reducing both.
Using your finger, you move around on your phone to change the “wave” and then when you have something you like, create a preset. You can have different presets for different styles of music. massive without taking their eyes off the road or hands off the wheel.
Most new cars come equipped with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring technology, but drivers of older cars are forced to use their phone in a cradle or not at all.
This puts drivers of older cars at a greater risk from driver distraction. The average age of cars on the road in Australia is more than 10 years, which is one of the oldest in the developed world.
Driver distraction is one of the biggest problems on our roads, with drivers four times more likely to be involved in an
The result is superb sounding buds which give you the music you want.
CNET describes them as “arguably the best true wireless earbuds on the market today”, awarding them their Editors’ Choice Award.
But they are not for everyone.
They are still on the bigger side of earbuds around - so it’s worth giving them a good try out in a store to see if you like the feel of them.
To ensure a proper fit, there accident if they are using their mobile phone.
Centre of Road Safety executive director Bernard Carlon has previously told news.com.au: “At 60km/h, if you look at your phone for just two seconds, you travel 33 metres, virtually blind. A short lapse in concentration can are three different tip sizes supplied. Of course, getting the right fit is essential for sound and noise cancellation.
In a quiet room, you probably won’t notice the noise cancellation when you switch from off to on, but in a noisy environment like at a train station or on a plane (remember those) you will.
When you need to hear what is going on around you, you can switch to transparent hearing, so you can start a conversation with someone without having to remove the buds. The controls are easy. Double tap the left bud, for example and you can change to your next track or three have serious consequences.
“No phone call, email, message or social media post is worth risking your life or someone else’s,” Mr Carlon said.
“Reduce the temptation by putting the phone out of reach – it’s just not worth it.”
Dom Tripolone
times for the previous track.
You can hold the left bud to reduce volume or hold the right bud down and it will up the volume. Tap the right bud to take a phone call or end it or activate voice assistance. Tap it twice and you enable transparent hearing.
You can also use Siri by saying “Hey Siri, next track” or volume up or down.
You can also customise the touch controls in Sennheiser’s Smart Control app on either Apple or Android devices.
Setting the buds up via Bluetooth was easy enough and you’ll love the way they just turn on and connect when you put them in your ears and
A HAPPY Telstra customer has posted online about a little-known rewards system for customers who can cash in after paying their phone bills.
The woman said she’d used Telstra’s rewards system to secure herself a new set of Apple AirPods, worth $249. She’s now calling on all fellow Telstra customers to start using the rewards feature.
“This is something I was only made aware of a couple of months ago,” the woman wrote on social media.
“If you’re a Telstra customer, they have a reward system where you earn points as you pay bills. Like I said, I only discovered this recently and had quite a few points … so I was able to redeem a pair of AirPods for free.”