Google officially retires Home Max speaker

Source: Google

Google's original large smart speaker is going away. The company confirmed with Engadget that it would no longer manufacture the Home Max, and the last few units on the Google Store have already been sold. But existing users can still expect to see support for the foreseeable future. Google doesn't plan to end support for the Home Max or the original Google Home speaker. The company said, "We're committed to delivering great sound and whole home audio features across all of our Assistant-enabled products."

It makes sense for Google to halt manufacturing for its old speaker as the new Nest Audio speakers are similarly priced and deliver similar, if not, better audio quality.

Apple Fitness+ is now available

Apple Fitness+ is now available. The Apple Watch-based fitness tracking and guided exercise service offers studio-style workouts to iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV so users can work out whenever they like

Fitness+ intelligently and seamlessly incorporates key workout metrics users love from Apple Watch directly to iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV alongside inspiring workout content for an unparalleled, highly personalized, immersive experience, set to motivating music from the world’s top artists.

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Google Messages on web get emoji reactions

If you want to send emoji reactions to someone you're chatting with on Google's Messages app, it's now possible to do that, even when you're on the web. Google updated its web client to allow you to send emoji feedback. You simply need to hover over any message you want to reply to, and two new icons will appear. One with an emoji, and another is an overflow options button. 

You can choose from seven reactions: thumbs-up, heart eyes, laughing with tears, surprised, sad, angry, and thumbs-down. It works on your messages and anyone else you're talking to, including group chats. But you can only send one reaction per message. The feature is rolling out to everyone, so it should make its way to you soon.

Source: Android Police

Jony Ive and Apple's CFO Luca Maestri may be contenders in Ferrari CEO position

Ferrari's CEO Louis Camilleri retired at 65 last week and now the exotic carmaker is in search of a new CEO to take over the reins of the legendary brand as it navigates its transition to hybrid technology. A recent Reuters report cites Apple's chief financial officer Luca Maestri as one of the possible candidates. Long-time Apple industrial designer Jony Ive, who left Apple years ago to form his own studio LoveFrom was also mentioned as a potential candidate.

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