Don’t expect old Sonos speakers to get AirPlay 2 support

If you don’t own a Sonos Beam, Playbase, One, or second-gen Play:5, don’t expect to get support for AirPlay 2. In an interview with Engadget, Sonos Chief Product Office Nick Millington talked about what plans it had for the older speakers that doesn’t get support for AirPlay. Millington said the company would rather concentrate on ensuring the longevity of these old speakers instead of just bringing new technology into them for the sake of it. One way to do that is bringing an update that will let the Play:1 speaker work in multiple rooms. Millington said, “We decided that AirPlay 2 was a bit too much of a commitment of the remaining resources and RAM and processor inside that product.”

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Source: Polygon

Samsung Galaxy Note 9’s storage capacity gets leaked in teaser video

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What the leaked clip does show is the storage capacity of the new Samsung flagship. It shows a 512GB version of the phone with support for a 512GB microSD card, meaning you can get up to 1TB of total storage on this phone. We just have a few more days to get confirmation of these specs as Samsung’s set to unveil the new phone at its Unpacked event in New York City this August 9.

Source: Insider