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Sizing Up Device Care: AppleCare+ vs. Samsung Care+ vs. Akko
You spend upwards of $1,000 on your smartphone these days, and even more on other electronics. But after shelling out all that money, are you protected if something goes wrong? Even if you pay for AppleCare+ to cover our iPhone or spring for Samsung Care+ on a Galaxy, are you really in good hands? Or is there room for a third player, Akko, to offer a better insurance plan for your favorite gadgets?
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Google Nearby Share lets you send files between your Windows PC and Android device
Transfer photos, videos, documents or entire folders between your Android device and Windows PC with Google’s Nearby Share. Sending files can be done via drag-and-drop as long as the two devices are within 16 feet of each other.
T-Mobile Launches ‘Go5G Plus’ Two-Year Upgrade Plan, Will Help Would-Be Customers Get Out of Device Contracts
Go5G Plus is T-Mobile’s new wireless plan that includes an upgraded device every two years. T-Mobile says that it ensures new and existing customers will get the “same great device deals” along with $270 “in added value every month” for families that have multiple lines.
The Go5G Plus plan includes 50GB of hotspot data per month and 15GB of data in Mexico and Canada each month. Right now, T-Mobile is offering a promotion that includes a free 5G phone with an eligible trade-in, along with a free third line.
There are caveats, though. Go5G Plus is T-Mobile’s most expensive plan at $90 per month for a single line with AutoPay enabled. Prices get cheaper with more lines, with two and three lines both priced at $150/month and a fourth line available for $185/month total for all four lines. It is on par with Magenta MAX at the three line level, but more expensive for four lines. T-Mobile’s Magenta and Essentials plans are cheaper, as is the “Go5G, a plan that does not offer unlimited high-speed data.
For customers who want to swap to T-Mobile but who are locked into AT&T with a three-year device contract, T-Mobile says that it will pay off the old phone and give customers a new phone on the T-Mobile network through the “Easy Unlock” option.
There is also a “Go Back Guarantee” for switchers who try T-Mobile and then decide they want to return to their prior carrier.
T-Mobile says that it is making these changes because “millions of people” are locked into three-year device financing contracts with carriers like AT&T and Verizon, which means many people can only upgrade their phones every three years.
The Phone Freedom options will be available starting on Sunday, April 23.
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How to Stream the MLB (2023): How To Watch Baseball on a Streaming Device
Best Roku Device Deals: Grab the Roku Streambar for $117 – CNET
This New Google TV Streaming Device Costs Just $20
The best streaming devices are in a never-ending race to the bottom. Walmart just introduced its new Google TV 4K streaming box, coming at just under $20.
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AirPods Users Without a Nearby Apple Device Can Visit an Apple Store to Update Firmware
In an updated AirPods firmware support document, Apple today addressed this situation, recommending those without an Apple device visit an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider to update their firmware. From the support document:
If you don’t have an Apple device nearby, you can set up an appointment at an Apple Store or with an Apple Authorized Service Provider to update your firmware.
Visiting a retail location just for firmware is inconvenient, but it stands to reason that most people who own AirPods have an Apple device of some kind. Android users and PC users will not be able to install firmware updates from their devices because Apple does not make any kind of AirPods management app for those platforms. Apple does have a Beats app for Android devices that allows firmware to be updated.
In addition to today’s AirPods update, Apple added this absurd sentence to the AirPods page:
“If you don’t have an Apple device nearby, you can set up an appointment at an Apple Store or with an Apple Authorized Service Provider to update your firmware.”https://t.co/78Im4WSWRD
— Aaron (@aaronp613) April 11, 2023
Apple also updated the document to clarify that firmware updates are installed automatically when the AirPods are charging and are within range of an iPhone, iPad, or Mac that is connected to WiFi.
New AirPods firmware was released today, with firmware 5E133 bringing bug fixes and other improvements to the AirPods 2, AirPods 3, AirPods Pro, AirPods Pro 2, and AirPods Max.
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