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With the release of Android 15 Beta 2, Pixel phones can once again control the volume of Google Home speaker groups while casting. Google intentionally disabled this functionality on Pixel phones back ...

For the past few years, easy volume controls for speaker groups and other Cast devices from Pixel phones has been disabled, but they appear to be returning in the latest Android 15 beta update. Some ...

It’s unclear how much life is left in the 4-year-old Nest Audio or 8-year-old Google Home speakers, but Google is at least bringing back a feature it stripped away from users after losing a legal case ...

SoundSource, my preferred volume control app on the Mac, just got a major upgrade. The developer, Rogue Amoeba, recently released SoundSource 6 for Mac, which adds support for AirPlay devices, per-app ...

My wife's comp has a pair of Logitech z625 speakers. They sound fine, but they're afflicted with obnoxious potentiometer scratching that I can only briefly subdue with Deoxit. Is there a better fix?

After removing due to the Sonos lawsuit in late 2021 and early 2022, the Google Home app has regained the ability to “control the volume for multiple speakers or devices at once.” For the past few ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

If you've got multiple Google smart speakers set up, you'll now have to adjust volume one by one. Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been reporting and ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. This weekend, in a rare moment where the family was out of the house for an extended amount of time, I took ...

For years, Microsoft’s approach to audio management felt like an afterthought. In Windows 11, the company tried to streamline how we manage sound. Yet, the native volume mixer stays buried—hidden ...