Going all-in on Sonos means having a premium, wireless music listening experience throughout your household. But what if you’re looking for other (perhaps less-expensive) options? Here are some of the best alternatives to Sonos.

As it stands, the Sonos wireless speaker system is our pick for the best wireless speaker system of 2018. Here’s why Rene Ritchie says it offers the best wireless listening experience:

Gone are the days when you had to string copper around your room or through your walls just to get the speaker you want set up in the place you wanted. Now the world has gone wireless — audio cable-less, more precisely (since most of the time you still need power cords!), and that means far more flexibility and expandability, even if there are still a few things you need to pay attention to. … They’re so good that, if your end-goal is a multi-room wireless speaker system, with up to 32 speakers on the same network, your go-to is Sonos.

That said, you may fin…

A big Hollywood director has decided to film his latest horror thriller on an iPhone, and it kind of looks awesome.

When you think of Hollywood and the silver screen, you probably think of the millions of dollars it takes to make a movie and how gosh darn expensive the equipment is going into filming.

Forget lighting and editing and actors and on-set talent: cameras alone with different lenses and attachments can cost over a million dollars, and renting them out for personal use can cost at least a couple grand a week.

Quite possibly the coolest A and B cameras in the world [are] nicknamed ”Death Star” and ”Millennium Falcon.” These two cameras were developed by Panavision specifically for director J.J. Abrams and cinematographer Dan Mindel, who used them to capture the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise, The Force Awakens… Camera: $120,000, while the lenses: $500,000 for full set (35, 40, 50, 60, 75, and 100mm) (Johnathon Paul, Premium Beat)

Now, director S…

Record your driving with ease.

If you’re worried about getting in an accident and being blamed for it, you’re going to want to pick up a dash cam. Anker’s Roav DashCam A1 is currently on sale for $46 at Amazon when you use the coupon code BESTCAMB during checkout. This is a savings of $14 from its regular price.

Don’t be caught wishing you had one. This dashcam has a super wide-angle lens that captures the entire road, and it has a ton of technology packed into its night vision as well. It’s easy to manage your video using the built-in Wi-Fi along with the Roav DashCam app. It will even record when you’re away. The built-in gravity sensor detects sudden movements, like someone bumping into your car, and will automatically turn on to record activity.

You’ll get the camera, a car charger, a suction mount, a cable, a trim removal tool, and a manual. You may want to pick up an extra microSD card if you don’t have one lying around.

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You can switch iCloud accounts on your iPhone and iPad with just a few taps.

Your Apple ID is what connects you to all of the content in the Apple ecosystem — your Apple Music, your apps, your audio books, your podcast subscriptions, and everything you store and back up in iCloud. There are, on some occasions, reasons why you might want to sign out of one Apple ID and into another. Whatever your reason, I’m hear to help.

This guide is for switching the Apple ID signed into your iPhone or iPad. If you want to actually change your Apple ID, you should check out our guide to managing your Apple ID.

How to change and manage your Apple ID

If you’d like to switch the Apple ID being used on your iPhone or iPad, read on!

What happens to the content when you switch Apple IDs
Step 1: Sign out of your current Apple ID
Step 2: Sign in with a different Apple ID

What happens to the content when you switch Apple IDs

Depending on whether you keep content on your iPhone or iPad or erase…

Did you think you were going to snap your Switch’s stand off? Because I did. And then I felt stupid about it.

One of the first toys I remember getting as a Christmas present was a wind-up figure skating Barbie. You’d take her delicate little waist, twist her a couple of times, and she’d do spins and twirls on the ”ice,” which was really just a moving stand on a platform.

The first time I went to wind her up, I twisted her so hard that her legs popped off her torso and I was left with the prettiest legless figure skater in all the land (don’t feel that bad for Barbie, though — she went on to be displayed on my shelf as a mutant Barbie that could pass through walls like Kitty Pryde from X-Men).

While the Barbie incident was tragic (and kinda scarring?), it was unfortunately the beginning of a long, long era of toys, tech, and gadgets that I would accidentally be too rough with in one area or another, despite instructions often telling me that I can be a bit more aggressive wit…

Wish your Bitmoji mini-me was a bit more accurate? Thanks to Snapchat, you can now take it to the next level with hundreds of new avatar customization options.

Today story-based multimedia chat platform Snapchat announced the launch of an enhanced version of its integrated Bitmoji app. Called Bitmoji Deluxe, the cartoon avatar creator now features hundreds of new ways to customize your Bitmoji’s look, including more skin tones, hair colors, and hair treatments than ever before.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, Bitmoji are essentially your own personalized emoji — a little cartoon likeness of yourself that you can send to your friends via iMessage or Snapchat. You can use them as stickers or reaction images, and can even project them into the real world using Snapchat’s AR capabilities so they can do cool things like dance and skateboard. It’s an interesting way to inject personality into social media exchanges, and has really taken off since Snapchat’s $64 million…

An AR portal right in front of you.

ARKit developers are creating fantastic new apps for AR everyday, and now you can take a step into another world. I’m talking of course about AR portal apps available on the App Store. These apps read the environment around you, and then let you open a door to step into another world.

I’ve been tripping the rift for a while now, and these apps are the best to keep around on your phone!

The ARcade
AR Moon
dARk
Alice in Wonderland AR Quest

The ARcade

We’ve all seen that scene from the second season of Stranger Things where it’s clear there’s a whole gruesome mirror world in the Upside Down. The ARcade takes you through a door into that world, only there are no Demodogs around the corner ready to pounce in this version.

This is a cute, brief, unofficial trip into something that heavily resembles the Stranger Things universe. It’s well worth your time, as long as you have a lot of space and are ok with the app not being optimized for the iPhon…

Looking to complete your Sonos home theater? You’ll need some speaker stands. Check out these awesome speakers stands for the Sonos Play:1!

Sonos has been a popular wireless speaker ecosystem for years and they Sonos Play:1 is the company’s cheapest and smallest speaker. While they sound great on their own or as a pair, they really shine when you use them as rear speakers for a home theater system.

To accomplish a true home theater set up, you need to place your Sonos Play:1’s behind your couch or seating area to get the best result, the easiest way to do this is with a speaker stand. Whether you’re looking to finally get that surround sound experience with your Sonos system, or you just love the look and feel of a stand, here are my top picks for stands that work with your Sonos Play:1.

Vogel floor stand
Flexson floor stands
Sanus floor stands
Flexon desk stands
Vogel tabe stand

Vogel floor stand

If you’re looking for a quality floor stand for your Sonos Play:1, Vogel’s floo…

This is my favorite keyboard.

As part of its daily deals, Amazon has the Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac on sale for $37.50. This is a match for the lowest price this keyboard has sold for and it’s about $20 less than it normally sells for. The keyboard itself is powered by both natural and artificial light, so you nearly never have to worry about it being out of power. There are no AA batteries inside that you need to change out, just use it in a decently-lit room and you are good to go!

Solar-powered keyboard: No battery hassles—any light source keeps your keyboard charged for at least three months in total darkness
Only 1/3-inch thick: Ultra-thin design adds sleek style to your workspace
Familiar Mac layout: All the keys you’re used to, plus a Launchpad hot key, are exactly where you expect them
Feel-good typing: Logitech-only concave key cap design for faster, quieter, more comfortable typing. System Requirements – Mac OS X 10.5 or later, USB port, Light sou…

Siri might be the primary way you’ll use HomePod, but there are still ways of controlling the speaker with touch.

While your primary interactions with HomePod will probably take place through Siri, the top of the device features a ”touch surface” that lets you perform a number of gesture-based commands. While you won’t be able to browse your music library or control HomeKit accessories, these touch commands offer quick and easy basic controls for your HomePod.

Here’s how to use touch controls with HomePod.

How to control HomePod music playback with the touch surface
How to control HomePod volume with the touch surface
How to activate Siri on the HomePod with the touch surface

How to control HomePod music playback with the touch surface

Tap once on the touch surface to play or pause music.
Double-tap on the touch surface to skip to the next track.
Triple-tap on the touch surface to skip back to the previous track.

How to control HomePod volume with the touch surface

Tap once …