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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Scottish Sun
Slash energy bills with new TV button coming to millions in surprise upgrade – and it solves common bedroom problem too
There's a similar feature for your iPhone that you may have missed SWEET STREAMS Slash energy bills with new TV button coming to millions in surprise upgrade – and it solves common bedroom problem too Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) GOOGLE is creating a clever button that could slash energy bills for millions of TV owners. Telly sleuths have spotted early signs of the feature on Google TV – one of the most popular systems that powers televisions around the world. 5 Google TV is one of the most popular ways to watch telly Credit: Google 5 You can get apps, games and telly via Google TV – and lots of televisions use it as their main system Credit: Google Google TV and Android TV are Google creations that serve as the "home" for your telly, serving up your apps and settings. It regularly receives updates from Google adding new features to help improve your television – even after you've bought it. Eagle-eyed gadget fans at Android Authority have dug into the test version for one of these updates, and uncovered a clever upgrade. It lets you set up an advanced sleep timer for your telly so that it won't keep playing all through the night. Falling asleep while watching telly is very common – even if what you're watching isn't boring. Currently Android TV does offer a very basic sleep timer, but it's very hard to get to, buried deep inside your TV's energy settings. One clever shortcut is to ask the built-in Google Assistant to "turn off TV in X minutes". But the new version will let you schedule sleep timers, add time to them, pause it, and even get notifications for when it's about to run down. There's no word on exactly when the feature will arrive, but it would be very handy. For a start, not having your TV running all night will save you money on energy bills. It also means you'll get a more restful night's sleep. First look at Google's new Android XR glasses with life-changing augmented reality And you don't run the risk of something loud coming on the telly that wakes up your partner or other people at home too. So it may even help you dodge a few rows at home. The Sun has asked Google for comment and will update this story with any response. IPHONE SLEEP TIMERS While you wait for that, there are some clever iPhone sleep timers to try too. The first is built directly into the official Apple Podcasts app. 5 You can easily set up a sleep timer for Podcasts Credit: The Sun / Apple Just go into it and start playing something. Then look at the media playback screen in the app: you should see a small crescent moon icon in the bottom-right. It'll have three "z"s next to it. Tap it and you'll be able to set up a sleep timer for that podcast. You can choose times ranging from five minutes right up to an hour. TRY YOUR IPHONE'S BUILT-IN SLEEP SOUNDS Millions of iPhone models have built-in 'background sounds'... They're there to help you get to sleep, or focus on work. You'll find them in Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds. Tap on Sound and then choose one of the following: Balanced Noise Bright Noise Dark Noise Ocean Rain Stream Night Fire Then go to your Control Centre (swipe down from the top-right corner on a Face ID iPhone, or up from the bottom on a Home Button iPhone). Go to the edit function and then you can add Background Sounds there as a shortcut. Alternatively, try going to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and choose Background Sounds. Then when you triple-click the Side Button on your iPhone (the one for locking it), Background Sounds will begin playing. Do it again to shut Background Sounds off. Picture Credit: The Sun / Apple But the more useful option might be to choose When Episode Ends. This will kill your podcast once the episode is over, which has the added benefit of meaning you won't sleep through a load of episodes that you wanted to listen to. There's a very similar feature that works on music for your iPhone too. It's built into the default iPhone Clock app, and you may well have missed it entirely. 5 Apple lets you use its Clock app timers to stop music from playing after a certain amount of time Credit: The Sun / Apple This will let you shut off music after a certain amount of time. So you could play peaceful rain sounds, for instance, and then have it shut off so it doesn't run all night. This will save energy and hope give you a bit of peace too. First, begin playing some music. 5 You can also get Google TV by plugging in a streaming device Credit: Google Then go to the Clock app and head into the Timers tab. Set a timer for a length of time – for instance, you could choose one hour. Then on the button for When Timer Ends, don't choose a sound. Instead, scroll all the way to the very bottom. Tap on the Stop Playing option and then start the timer. Once it ends, the timer won't make a noise. It'll just switch your music off entirely. Handy.
The Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- The Sun
Slash energy bills with new TV button coming to millions in surprise upgrade – and it solves common bedroom problem too
GOOGLE is creating a clever button that could slash energy bills for millions of TV owners. Telly sleuths have spotted early signs of the feature on Google TV – one of the most popular systems that powers televisions around the world. 5 5 Google TV and Android TV are Google creations that serve as the "home" for your telly, serving up your apps and settings. It regularly receives updates from Google adding new features to help improve your television – even after you've bought it. Eagle-eyed gadget fans at Android Authority have dug into the test version for one of these updates, and uncovered a clever upgrade. It lets you set up an advanced sleep timer for your telly so that it won't keep playing all through the night. Falling asleep while watching telly is very common – even if what you're watching isn't boring. Currently Android TV does offer a very basic sleep timer, but it's very hard to get to, buried deep inside your TV's energy settings. One clever shortcut is to ask the built-in Google Assistant to "turn off TV in X minutes". But the new version will let you schedule sleep timers, add time to them, pause it, and even get notifications for when it's about to run down. There's no word on exactly when the feature will arrive, but it would be very handy. For a start, not having your TV running all night will save you money on energy bills. It also means you'll get a more restful night's sleep. First look at Google's new Android XR glasses with life-changing augmented reality And you don't run the risk of something loud coming on the telly that wakes up your partner or other people at home too. So it may even help you dodge a few rows at home. The Sun has asked Google for comment and will update this story with any response. IPHONE SLEEP TIMERS While you wait for that, there are some clever iPhone sleep timers to try too. The first is built directly into the official Apple Podcasts app. 5 Just go into it and start playing something. Then look at the media playback screen in the app: you should see a small crescent moon icon in the bottom-right. It'll have three "z"s next to it. Tap it and you'll be able to set up a sleep timer for that podcast. You can choose times ranging from five minutes right up to an hour. TRY YOUR IPHONE'S BUILT-IN SLEEP SOUNDS Millions of iPhone models have built-in 'background sounds'... They're there to help you get to sleep, or focus on work. You'll find them in Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds. Tap on Sound and then choose one of the following: Balanced Noise Bright Noise Dark Noise Ocean Rain Stream Night Fire Then go to your Control Centre (swipe down from the top-right corner on a Face ID iPhone, or up from the bottom on a Home Button iPhone). Go to the edit function and then you can add Background Sounds there as a shortcut. Alternatively, try going to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and choose Background Sounds. Then when you triple-click the Side Button on your iPhone (the one for locking it), Background Sounds will begin playing. Do it again to shut Background Sounds off. Picture Credit: The Sun / Apple But the more useful option might be to choose When Episode Ends. This will kill your podcast once the episode is over, which has the added benefit of meaning you won't sleep through a load of episodes that you wanted to listen to. There's a very similar feature that works on music for your iPhone too. It's built into the default iPhone Clock app, and you may well have missed it entirely. 5 This will let you shut off music after a certain amount of time. So you could play peaceful rain sounds, for instance, and then have it shut off so it doesn't run all night. This will save energy and hope give you a bit of peace too. First, begin playing some music. 5 Then go to the Clock app and head into the Timers tab. Set a timer for a length of time – for instance, you could choose one hour. Then on the button for When Timer Ends, don't choose a sound. Instead, scroll all the way to the very bottom. Tap on the Stop Playing option and then start the timer. Once it ends, the timer won't make a noise. It'll just switch your music off entirely. Handy. iPhone tricks to try today Here are some of the best... Typing cursor – When typing, hold down the space bar to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, letting you move around words and sentences more easily Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner, and press close all tabs Delete lots of photos quickly – Hold down on a photo and then drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select lots of images at once, then hit delete Convert currency quickly – Swipe down from the top of your Home screen (or swipe left to right on an iPhone X or later model), then tap in the bar and type a currency (like $200) and it will automatically covert to your local currency Check if you're due a battery upgrade – Batteries inside smartphones degrade over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health, and check out the Maximum Capacity reading. Generally a battery is considered worn when you're down to 80% capacity. If you're below, you can buy a battery swap from Apple Move apps around faster – Hold an app until it starts wiggling, then (while still holding) tap other apps, causing them to stack so you can move them around easier
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Slash energy bills with new TV button coming to millions in surprise upgrade – and it solves common bedroom problem too
GOOGLE is creating a clever button that could slash energy bills for millions of TV owners. Telly sleuths have spotted early signs of the feature on Google TV – one of the most popular systems that powers televisions around the world. 5 Google TV is one of the most popular ways to watch telly Credit: Google 5 You can get apps, games and telly via Google TV – and lots of televisions use it as their main system Credit: Google Google TV and Android TV are It regularly receives updates from Google adding new features to help improve your television – even after you've bought it. Eagle-eyed gadget fans at It lets you set up an advanced sleep timer for your telly so that it won't keep playing all through the night. Read more on Google Falling asleep while watching telly is very common – even if what you're watching isn't boring. Currently Android TV does offer a very basic sleep timer, but it's very hard to get to, buried deep inside your TV's energy settings. One clever shortcut is to ask the built-in Google Assistant to "turn off TV in X minutes". But the new version will let you schedule sleep timers, add time to them, pause it, and even get notifications for when it's about to run down. There's no word on exactly when the feature will arrive, but it would be very handy. Most read in Phones & Gadgets For a start, not having your TV running all night will save you money on energy bills. It also means you'll get a more restful night's sleep. First look at Google's new Android XR glasses with life-changing augmented reality And you don't run the risk of something loud coming on the telly that wakes up your partner or other people at home too. So it may even help you dodge a few rows at home. The Sun has asked Google for comment and will update this story with any response. IPHONE SLEEP TIMERS While you wait for that, there are some clever The first is built directly into the official Apple Podcasts app. 5 You can easily set up a sleep timer for Podcasts Credit: The Sun / Apple Just go into it and start playing something. Then look at the media playback screen in the app: you should see a small crescent moon icon in the bottom-right. It'll have three "z"s next to it. Tap it and you'll be able to set up a sleep timer for that podcast. You can choose times ranging from five minutes right up to an hour. TRY YOUR IPHONE'S BUILT-IN SLEEP SOUNDS Millions of iPhone models have built-in 'background sounds'... They're there to help you get to sleep, or focus on work. You'll find them in Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds. Tap on Sound and then choose one of the following: Balanced Noise Bright Noise Dark Noise Ocean Rain Stream Night Fire Then go to your Control Centre (swipe down from the top-right corner on a Face ID iPhone, or up from the bottom on a Home Button iPhone). Go to the edit function and then you can add Background Sounds there as a shortcut. Alternatively, try going to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut and choose Background Sounds. Then when you triple-click the Side Button on your iPhone (the one for locking it), Background Sounds will begin playing. Do it again to shut Background Sounds off. Picture Credit: The Sun / Apple But the more useful option might be to choose When Episode Ends. This will kill your podcast once the episode is over, which has the added benefit of meaning you won't sleep through a load of episodes that you wanted to listen to. There's a very similar feature that works on music for your iPhone too. It's built into the default iPhone Clock app, and you may well have missed it entirely. 5 Apple lets you use its Clock app timers to stop music from playing after a certain amount of time Credit: The Sun / Apple This will let you shut off music after a certain amount of time. So you could play peaceful rain sounds, for instance, and then have it shut off so it doesn't run all night. This will save energy and hope give you a bit of peace too. First, begin playing some music. 5 You can also get Google TV by plugging in a streaming device Credit: Google Then go to the Clock app and head into the Timers tab. Set a timer for a length of time – for instance, you could choose one hour. Then on the button for When Timer Ends, don't choose a sound. Instead, scroll all the way to the very bottom. Tap on the Stop Playing option and then start the timer. Once it ends, the timer won't make a noise. It'll just switch your music off entirely. Handy. iPhone tricks to try today Here are some of the best... Typing cursor – When typing, hold down the space bar to turn your keyboard into a trackpad, letting you move around words and sentences more easily Close all Safari tabs – To do this in one go, simply hold the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner, and press close all tabs Delete lots of photos quickly – Hold down on a photo and then drag your finger diagonally in Photos to select lots of images at once, then hit delete Convert currency quickly – Swipe down from the top of your Home screen (or swipe left to right on an iPhone X or later model), then tap in the bar and type a currency (like $200) and it will automatically covert to your local currency Check if you're due a battery upgrade – Batteries inside smartphones degrade over time. Just go to Settings > Battery > Battery Health, and check out the Maximum Capacity reading. Generally a battery is considered worn when you're down to 80% capacity. If you're below, you can buy a battery swap from Apple Move apps around faster – Hold an app until it starts wiggling, then (while still holding) tap other apps, causing them to stack so you can move them around easier
Channel Post MEA
4 days ago
- Channel Post MEA
Acer Launches New Predator and Nitro Gaming Monitors
Acer has launched two new 27-inch Predator QD-OLED gaming monitors, each hitting the mark in terms of clarity and color performance for high-framerate games. The 'UltraSpeed' Predator X27U F5 tops out at an impressive 500 Hz refresh rate, while the Predator X27 X smooths details with a crisp 4K resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate. Both models are calibrated with True 10Bit color and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro technology for vivid and tear-free graphics. Acer also expanded its line of multi-functional Nitro Google TV smart monitors with the Acer Nitro GA321QK P and the curved Acer Nitro GA341CUR W0. With Google TV, users can enjoy 400,000+ movies, shows, and more available across 10,000+ apps, all on one screen. Their high-resolution panels and fast refresh rates of up to 240 Hz set them apart from other smart monitors, making them great options for casual gaming as well. Additionally, the ultra-thin Acer Nitro PG271K portable monitor combines 4K resolution, a space-saving design, and an adjustable stand for versatile viewing. Predator QD-OLED Gaming Monitors The new cutting-edge Predator monitors appeal to pro and power-hungry gamers seeking top-tier visual performance. The Predator X27U F5 features a 27-inch WQHD QD-OLED (2560×1440) display, with VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 certification, along with Delta E<2 color accuracy and DCI-P3 99% color gamut. These specifications guarantee exceptional details, color reproduction, and deep blacks, highlighting details as game developers intended. With an astonishing 500 Hz refresh rate, the 'UltraSpeed' monitor ensures ultra-smooth gameplay and responsiveness, making it among the fastest QHD OLED monitors available. The Predator X27 X balances resolution and performance with an eye-popping 4K UHD QD-OLED display and 240 Hz refresh rate to deliver smooth visuals of fast-moving frames. It is VESA DisplayHDR TrueBlack 400-certified, enhancing the dynamic range, offering deeper blacks and brighter highlights. Like the Predator X27U F5, it features Delta E<2 color accuracy and 99% DCI-P3 color gamut support for true-to-life color reproduction. Both monitors incorporate AMD FreeSync Premium Pro technology and a fast 0.03 ms (GTG) response time to eliminate choppy gameplay and broken frames at virtually any framerate, when enjoying HDR games, movies and other content. Acer Nitro Series Monitors The latest Acer Nitro Google TV smart monitors are designed for a wide range of users, from gamers to professionals and everyday users. The Acer Nitro GA321QK P features a 31.5-inch 4K UHD display (3840×2160) with a 165 Hz refresh rate and up to a 0.05 ms (GTG) response time, ensuring smooth performance for gaming and high-speed action scenes. For those who crave immersive entertainment, the Acer Nitro GA341CUR W0 offers a 34-inch ultra-wide QHD display (3440×1440) with a fast 240 Hz refresh rate and 99% sRGB color gamut support for vibrant, cinema-grade color reproduction. Both Acer Nitro models are Google TV devices, bringing together movies, shows, apps, and more for personalized entertainment experiences. They also support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connections, and Google Cast, allowing for seamless wireless screen-mirroring from multiple devices including smartphones, tablets, or PCs. The versatile Acer Nitro PG271K portable monitor provides flexibility for those that need an extra display on-the-go. The ultra-thin and space-saving monitor features a 27-inch 4K display (3840×2160) with a 72 Hz refresh rate and Dynamic Frequency and Resolution technology for Full HD (1920×1080) at 144 Hz. Its wide 178° viewing angles with IPS technology ensure consistent and accurate colors from any viewpoint. The adjustable kickstand and VESA wall mount compatibility make it easy to set up and use in any environment.
New York Post
4 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
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