Initially spotted by 9to5Google and later confirmed by Fitbit, the “Snore and Noise Detect” feature is coming soon to the Fitbit Sense and the Fitbit Versa 3. The microphone on these devices will measure and collect noise data after your Fitbit detects you’re asleep. The feature will detect two things: how loud or quiet a noise is and snore-specific noises. So even if you’re not the one snoring and it’s your partner that’s making the noise, Fitbit will measure if their snoring is disrupting your overall sleep quality....

With Samsung’s recent announcement of not one, but two new foldable phones, it’s the big player in a market that’s still taking shape. That is to say that Samsung is one of a handful of companies offering foldable phones for sale in the country, but experts expect that to change soon enough. Apple will surely join the fray, and not before time. “More than anything else, foldables reintroduce an element of fun that was missing in the handset industry in the last five years,” Harish Jonnalagadda, a senior editor at Android Central, tells Lifewire via WhatsApp message....

The plan for Apple Music Sessions is to provide members with exclusive EPs from their favorite artists as well as up-and-comers, along with a little something extra. Each of the newly-recorded live tracks also takes advantage of the simulated surround sound effect created by spatial audio and is accompanied by a video of the performances. Don’t expect full albums from the new series, though. The two example EPs Apple Music Sessions is kicking off with—from Carrie Underwood and Tenille Townes—are comprised of three tracks each....

The tech giant announced a new update on Wednesday that lets users save a photo they get in a Gmail message directly to their Google Photos account, thanks to a new “Save to Photos” button. Google said the feature frees users from having to download attachments from an email and then having to manually back them up in Google Photos. The feature is only available for JPEG images at this time....

‘Tis the season for sharing pictures of your favorite people, pets, and memories, so why not try something a little different? Google has announced a pair of widget updates that will give you some new methods of displaying and sharing your photos with your Android phone. First up is a new People & Pets widget, which supplements Google Photos Memories. People & Pets will let you select friends and family members—of either the bipedal or furry variety—and display photos of them on your home screen....

It may not seem obvious given all of that, but the Pixel 4a 5G is ultimately the better pick of the pair for most people, giving you a very similar feature set and a larger screen with only a couple of notable feature omissions—but a $200 price savings in the process. It’s a very compelling mid-range phone with a sharp screen, excellent camera skills, and Google’s own appealing take on Android....

To that end, Google has teamed up with affordable broadband provider Q Link Wireless to offer the brand new Pixel 6a at a deep discount to low-income households throughout the country. The smartphone will be available for just $250 for qualifying customers, which is hundreds of dollars less than the suggested retail price. As a bonus, the two organizations are also throwing in a tablet for just $10, but the exact model is unknown....

How to Select DTS-ES on Your Home Theater Receiver Ensure your home theater receiver is set to auto-detect incoming surround sound formats (and DTS-ES Discrete and Matrix options are available). This means the receiver will automatically perform the proper decoding and display the selected format on your receiver display. To manually set the surround sound format, select the DTS-ES Discrete or Matrix sound on your DVD’s soundtrack. What Is DTS-ES? The most common surround sound formats are Dolby Digital and DTS 5....

Want to get connected and make the best use of your Mac and HDTV? Just follow our list of guides below. Connect Your Mac to Your HDTV This is the newest version of our guide to connecting your Mac to your TV. It includes information for connecting Macs with Mini DisplayPorts, as well as how to troubleshoot a picture that refuses to appear on your TV. Getting Surround Sound From Your Mac to Your AV Receiver Using VLC Your home theater probably isn’t just the TV....

Considered easier to hold and more manageable, the phone has drawn praise from the those who use it, but with so many other options on the market, the mini hasn’t taken off like other new models in the past. A report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released earlier this week shows that iPhone 12 mini sales were lagging behind, compared with some of Apple’s other models. “Apple has seen other phones struggle similarly, such as the iPhone X, which they cut after one year....

In the simplest terms possible, this registry hive contains the necessary information for Windows to know what to do when you ask it to do something, like to view the contents of a drive, or open a certain type of file, etc. How to Get to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKCR is a registry hive, so it sits at the top level in Registry Editor, in the root of the entire Windows Registry:...

CarePredict, a type of smartwatch, can track what someone is doing by analyzing their gestures. A caregiver can be alerted if someone isn’t eating, for example. Robotic care bots also can help families communicate with elderly relatives. “But we really should not become dependent on care bots or believe that they are doing a job equivalent to a human,” Brian Patrick Green, a director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said in an email interview....

With its newly announced Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, Nintendo will add games from its one-time arch-rival Sega to its Switch console. You’ll also be able to play a bunch of Nintendo 64 games and buy Switch versions of the N64 and Genesis controllers. This new “expansion pack” almost certainly will require another payment on top of the existing Nintendo online subscription, but who cares? For 1990s-era gaming nerds, It’s going to be worth it to play Sonic on a handheld after all these years....

The new AI project, which Facebook calls SEER, was able to see and recognize over one billion public images on Instagram. While SEER is currently only a research project, there are plenty of applicable uses for this kind of AI on social media, from accessibility to content moderation. “Facebook could use this model to build user-facing products powered by AI for use cases,” wrote Matt Moore, the vice president of product management at Zype, in an email to Lifewire....

How Many Devices Can Be Logged Into Hulu at Once? Hulu lets you activate your account on an unlimited number of devices, but you can only actively stream from two of them simultaneously. It means if you try to stream Hulu on more than two screens simultaneously, you’ll encounter an error message. Hulu offers an Unlimited Screen Add-on for Live TV subscribers if you need to stream on more screens. The add-on costs an additional $9....

Microsoft recently unveiled Microsoft Mesh, the company’s mixed-reality platform built to make collaborating easier. Designed to work with a multitude of virtual-reality (VR) and augmented-reality (AR) headsets, the new tech will allow users to collaborate in both virtual and physical locations in a more immersive way. Experts believe that the blending of real-world and virtual actions could be a solution to many of the problems surrounding collaborating with others, even once the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic has vanished....

Being able to launch a voice recorder app and take down notes really quickly has always been one of the best features of having a smartphone in your pocket. Whether you’re a journalist, a med student, or just someone who doesn’t have time to write things down on a notepad, being able to take notes with your voice is both helpful and efficient. And now Google is making that process even smarter for Pixel owners....

How to Activate God Mode in Windows The steps for turning on GodMode is the exact same for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. If you want to use GodMode in Windows Vista, see the section at the bottom of this page for more information before you continue with these steps. Windows XP doesn’t support it. To do this, right-click or tap-and-hold on any empty space in any folder in Windows, and choose New > Folder....

Add a Contact Who Already Has Viber It’s easy to add a contact who is already a Viber user. Add a New Contact Who Doesn’t Have Viber If the person you want to add to your Viber contacts doesn’t yet use Viber, send them an invitation to the service. Another Easy Way to Add a Contact Use the More tab to add a contact quickly and easily. Call Someone Without Viber Using Viber Out If your new contact is not a Viber user and doesn’t accept the invitation to sign up, you can still call them using the Viber Viber Out VoIP service....

How to Allow Camera Access in Snapchat For iOS If you’re an iPhone Snapchat user, you’ll want to follow these instructions to allow the app camera access. How to Allow Camera Access in Snapchat For Android Users To use your Snapchat camera on an Android device, the process is a little different. How to Allow Camera Access Within Snapchat You can also go into your Snapchat settings to change your camera access if you want....