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Treblab Z7 Pro wireless headphones review

Andrew Allen
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It’s the holiday season again, and one of the more popular choices this time of year is wireless headphones. Every large tech company makes a pair these days, and there are plenty of popular brands. But they aren’t the only players in town.

Treblab is a lesser known name but consistently releases great hardware options. We’ve been testing the latest addition to its lineup with the Z7 Pro wireless headphones and these are another solid entry by Treblab.

Design

The Treblab Z7 Pro wireless headphones have a fairly traditional design. These are over-the-ear canned style headphones. Each earpiece is a large padded cup that helps secure and keeps the headphones comfortable around your ears.

The outside of the Z7 Pro earphones are completely blank but the right cup is flanked with a capacitive touch area for controlling playback. Below this on the right side is an ANC profile button, power button, and Bluetooth sync button. This side also houses the status LED, main microphone, and a 3.5mm auxiliary port.

The left side is much less busy. Here you’ll find the charging LED and lone USB-C charging port. There’s not even a traditional Treblab logo on the earphone cans.

The earcups fold up for easy storage. They also spin around to allow you to set them down on a level surface. This adds two great ways to flexibly keep the Z7 Pro earphones packed away in the included case or your bag.

Touch controls

Part design and part function are the aforementioned touch controls. The right earpiece plays a little bit of DJ for all the options to interact with the Z7 Pro while playing audio. Many of these gestures will have double functions while on a phone call.

Play and pause are possibly the most used of these options and can be activated with a  double-tap of the touch panel. The same double-tap will answer and end a phone call.

Swiping up and down on the touch area raises and lowers the volume while gestures back and forth will replay or skip tracks. Holding the touch panel on the Treblab Z7 Pro will activate voice assistants or reject an incoming phone call.

I found these touch controls to be intuitive and responsive. There’s no excessive triple taps or small capacitive area to present a learning curve. The large panel makes for easy activation and the simple controls never failed me once.

Sound

Audio on the Treblab Z7 Pro headphones is just superb. The larger drives and sealed can make it better than say earbuds just by design. However, the mix of acoustics is very rich and balanced.

Treblab has found a nice combination of active noise cancelation, natural vocals, and great highs, mids, and bass. These headphones are some of the higher-end performers I’ve used recently.

Phone calls were also positively reviewed by myself and fellow callers. I held a few standard voice calls as well as Microsoft Teams calls on my desktop. Both instances presented no major hangups during those conversations.

Battery and charging

Treblab rates the Z7 Pro headphones for up to 45 hours of total playback. After using these for a few weeks, I’ve found this to be accurate. I can make it through a full work week without having to reach for a charger. It’s honestly been difficult to drain these headphones.

When you do need to finally top off the banks, the Treblab Z7 Pro headphones can be fully recharged in around 2.5 hours via USB-C. Quick charge is also on board when you are pushed for time. This will give you five hours of playtime back in under 20 minutes.

Conclusion

Treblab has a great option for over-the-air headphones with the Z7 Pro. These canned audio devices will live up to the companies claims with a rich listening experience, comfortable fit, and long battery life. You also get this for under $160.

While this may put it over the impulse purchase threshold for many, it still makes the Z7 Pro headphones a compelling option for those in the market for a holiday gift. These headphones can easily compete with much more expensive lineups from Apple and Beats.

Purchase the Treblab Z7 Pro from Amazon

Purchase the Z7 Pro directly from Treblab

Learn Game Development with this premium bundle

AG Deals Team
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Have you ever wanted to learn to make your own games? If that sounds exciting then the 2022 Premium Learn Game Development Bundle is for you. This bundle contains 6 courses and 922 lessons to get you started on the path to becoming a game developer.

This game development bundle normally goes for $970, but that price has dropped to only $40.

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Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D Online Course

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OnePlus announced the Buds Z2 and brings the Red Cable Club to North America

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OnePlus has officially launched the OnePlus Buds Z2. At only $99, these wireless earbuds aim to make noise cancellation accessible for everyone.

Pete Lau, Founder of OnePlus said:

“The OnePlus Buds Z2 are an important milestone for OnePlus’ range of portable audio products. The Buds Z2 delivers exceptional active noise cancellation technology, a quality audio experience, and outstanding battery life at a price point that’s more practical than ever before.”

OnePlus Buds Z2

To keep you listening to your favorite playlist or podcast, these earbuds deliver noise cancellation of up to 40dB. Sporting a CD pattern design, the Buds Z2 comes in Pearl White and Obsidian Black.

The earbuds themselves are IP55-rated to provide resistance against water and sweat. The OnePlus Buds Z2 case is IPX4-rated, allowing it to withstand splashes of water.

Each earbud contains 3 microphones (1 feedback, 1 feedforward, and 1 beamforming) to ensure you are always heard loud and clear.

The rest of the OnePlus Z2 features include:

  • Up to 38 hours of battery life on a single charge
  • Flash Charge capable – Delivering up to 5 hours of playback on a 10-minute charge
  • 11mm dynamic drivers (the same as the OnePlus Buds Pro)
  • Dolby Atmos support
  • Bluetooth 5.2
  • Low latency (as low as 94ms in Pro Gaming mode)
  • Three sound modes: Cinematic Movie, Immersive Music, and Mobile Gaming
  • Transparency Mode allows you to listen to your buds while staying aware of the world around you

The OnePlus Buds Z2 are available today for $99.

Introducing the Red Cable Club

OnePlus is also bringing its Red Cable Club (RCC) to North America. The RCC is a community of enthusiasts that come together to celebrate OnePlus technology.

As an RCC member, you will receive exclusive perks, discounts, and promotions not available to the general public.

The RCC was initially only available to consumers that lived in India. Now North American users have access to the same perks.

Signing up is free and if you want the Buds Z2 today, you will have to sign up for early access.

Let me know if you are interested in these earbuds in the comments below.

Google launches new shopping features to help keep track of your online shopping

AndroidGuys
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As the holiday shopping season comes to a close, Google has been offering goodies to its users. Google has already launched a few new features this holiday season, and now they are focusing on your shopping experience.

These new shopping features are designed to help you keep track of what you want to buy and easily keep track of pricing as you do it.

Monitor those price drops

Waiting for deals on something that you want to buy can be frustrating and annoying. Having to constantly check to see if the price has dropped takes effort and time.

Beginning this week, Chrome for Android users in the United States will gain access to a new price drop feature.

Chrome will now show an item’s updated price right in the open tabs grid. No more manually refreshing websites to see if the price has dropped!

This feature will also come to iOS in the coming weeks.

Google Lens right from your address bar

When you are out shopping and you find something interesting, you can now search your surroundings with Google Lens right from the address bar. There is no more fumbling for the setting on your phone.

Google is also introducing Lens for Desktop. If you see a product in an image and want to learn more about it, you no longer have to Google it until you stumble upon the product.

Now you can just right-click and select “Search images with Google Lens”, select the product, and Lens will find the product for you.

Keep tabs on all your shopping carts

When shopping online, it can be tough to keep track of all your shopping carts. It’s easy to forget what sites you have been on, accidentally abandoning your shopping cart in the process.

Starting with Chrome on Windows and Mac in the United States, you can now open a new tab to see all your shopping carts in one place.

This tab will allow you to quickly see any site where you have added items to a shopping cart. Some retail partners may even offer you a discount when coming back to your cart.

Google has been hard at work trying to help make shopping online even easier. with these new shopping features. I am excited about Google keeping track of all my shopping carts and providing me with the information in one easy-to-use place.

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut review

Luke Gaul
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Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut is an adventure game by Raw Fury. The game is available from the Play Store for $4.99. You play Kathy, a journalism major who sets out to investigate the death of her grandfather. Follow the trail of clues to unravel the mystery and help Kathy come to terms with her own past.

This investigative thriller allows you to:

  • collect clues and make deductions
  • analyze evidence
  • interrogate suspects
  • solve cryptic puzzles.

Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut extends the original story, adds 700 new lines of dialogue, updates the character animations and movements, features an expanded soundtrack, and adds several new areas to explore. Listen to our review below.

Listen to the embedded podcast to learn more and hear how we ended up with our score.

Tronsmart Onyx Prime earbuds review

Andrew Allen
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Tronsmart has long made quality wireless accessories at a price lower than most other brands. The company was kind enough to load us the latest offering from their lineup. Let’s find out how the truly wireless Tronsmart Onyx Prime earbuds stack up in this full review.

Design

The Onyx Prime earbuds have an interesting take on design. They have a similar silicone loop for securing the earpiece inside the ear, but the rest is very unique. The overall look of these tear-dropped earbuds is very angular and somewhat futuristic looking.

Past the angles is a pretty standard affair of the mentioned looped securement and silicone covering over the tip to help with noise cancellation. This combination also adds a great element of comfort for using the Tronsmart Onyx Prime for longer periods.

Internally, you’ll find a Qualcomm aptX experience paired with hybrid dual drivers. IPX4 water resistance is also onboard as well as Bluetooth 5.2 for better connections.

Controls

You can’t have a modern wireless earbuds entry without touch controls. Tronsmart has made sure to include these with the Onyx Prime headphones. With a few gestures, you can manage your playback without reaching for your phone each time.

Tapping twice on either Onyx Prime earbud will start or pause playback. This motion will also answer or end a phone call. These are two of the most used touch controls you can find and it’s nice to see this function on both earbuds.

You can lower or raise the volume thru touch as well. The right earpiece will raise the volume with a single tap and will lower decibels with a  press of the left side.

A long press of two seconds will move you thru tracks on the Onyx Prime. Holding this tap on the left earbud moves you back a track, while the same on the right-hand side skips forward in the playlist. The same cadence on either earbud will reject an incoming phone call.

Rounding out these controls on the Tronsmart Onyx Prime earbuds is voice assistants. This one’s a little tricky and took me some time to master but you can activate Google Assistant, Bixby, or Siri with a double-tap and hold for one second.

Audio

Playback performance is pretty good for music and podcasts. It’s a little more muted than some others but the overall sound comes out balanced. I wish at times there was a little more punch in the bass for music, but find it’s very good at pure vocal tracks like podcasts.

Phone calls have been stellar. I found that both parties had an easy time hearing and talking during the conversation. I had zero complaints while taking phone calls over the holidays while testing the Tronsmart Onyx Prime earbuds.

Battery

Another above-average aspect has been battery life. The unofficial baseline for wireless earbuds is four hours of playback and Tronsmart has blown this out of the water with seven hours of playback per charge. I found this estimate to be very realistic in daily use.

Pair this with the included battery case and you can push out 40-hours of total playback. When you do need to hit the outlet, it takes about two hours to charge the case and Tronsmart Onyx Prime earbuds using USB-C.

Conclusion

Tronsmart rarely disappoints and the Onyx Prime wireless earbuds are no exception. For the budget-minded, these headphones offer a good value for those wanting solid performance for less than Apple or Samsung.

You can pick up the Tronsmart Onyx Prime via Amazon for under $70 full retail. With the long list of specs and above-average battery life, these earbuds should be on anyone’s holiday gift wishlist.

Playstation Plus, StackSkills and VPN Unlimited super bundle

AG Deals Team
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What you get with PlayStation Plus

PlayStation Plus

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What you get with StackSkills Unlimited

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Mega Man X DiVE review

Scott Webster
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Mega Man X DiVE is the latest chapter in the Mega Man X games. This free-to-play game was created by NebulaJoy. Play as either X or Zero and take on the internet world known as “Deep Log”. This game features all of the dashes, jumps, busters, and sabers that you expect from a Mega Man game. Mega Man X DiVE allows your character to learn new skills by defeating bosses. For the first time in the series, you can tackle levels by playing co-op with a friend. There is also a versus mode to show off your character and take on other people. Find out if this game is a worthy addition to your list of games to play.

Listen to the embedded podcast to learn more and hear how we ended up with our score.

Watch the embedded video to learn more and see how we scored the various components.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-L9CxHHyRQ

Onn Android TV streaming stick and dongle review

Andrew Allen
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People don’t often purchase a new TV. Many studies show that it’s a once-a-decade buy for most households. With this, streaming devices meant to augment older TVs are almost priceless in the digital age of on-demand content from the likes of Netflix, Hulu, and Disney. Wal-Mart has recently entered this market with two devices running Android TV and I’ve been using these for about a month with pretty positive results.

Design

Wal-Mart has released these two units under its Onn tech brand. The more budget-friendly Onn Streaming Stick is exactly that. If you’ve seen a Roku or Amazon Fire TV stick, then this will be very familiar. Essentially, it’s a USB thumb drive-sized streamer with an HDMI and micro-USB power input port.

The Onn Android TV Stick is full HD only. While for most this isn’t a big issue, but if 1080p is hard on your eyes, it’s worth a mention. It’s also a nice reason to consider the upgrade to the dongle version.

The Onn Streaming dongle is a slight upgrade from the stick. You get a small square box that’s roughly 3″x3″ in size. Again, you have a micro-USB power port on one side and an HDMI out on the opposite. Once you plug both into the Onn and you have a ready-made Android TV experience.

As mentioned, the Onn Android TV dongle takes the video experience up a notch. You can stream in full 4K quality with this little magic box.

Both the Onn Android TV streaming Stick and dongle come with the same remote and that’s a good thing. The remote is based on the Google G10 reference design. This leads to a well-laid out and comfortable remote.

You have the basic D-pad for navigation with hardware shortcuts for Favorites, Google Assistant, and Settings just above. Below you have the Back, Home, and Live TV buttons. Rounding out the Android TV experience are dedicated buttons for streaming services. You will find YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, and HBO Max all live here for easy access without having to go to the home screen each time.

You can also pair the traditional TV hardware actions to work with the remotes for both. This links volume controls, inputs, channels, and power buttons via IR for most televisions. This creates a seamless “universal” remote experience with just the Onn remote.

Performance

Daily use of both the Onn Android TV stick and dongle has been pretty great. These streamers are currently running Android 11. While this isn’t the same new Google TV UI that you find on the latest Chromecast, it does share enough DNA that most probably won’t notice.

The Onn Stick is slightly more limited in this regard with half the RAM that the larger dongle carries on the inside. While 1GB of RAM should still perform OK in most instances, I did notice it trips up occasionally with transitions to the home screen or launching apps more often than the 2GB in the dongle.

Storage may be an issue in both of these units long-term. For some unknown reason most OEMs, including Google, think that 8GB of internal storage is sufficient for a modern Android TV streamer. This will be plenty of space to get you started and install the first handful of apps you need, but as time and cache build up around general use, history with the Google Chromecast with Google TV show this will become an issue of running low on storage.

This limited storage may create an atmosphere in a fairly short amount of time with the need to jump through hoops to free up space. If left alone users will be presented with failed updates or a lack of space to install new apps. And with the Onn streamers both using micro-USB for power, there are not as many, or easy, solutions that the more modern USB-C standard brings for adding external storage.

Despite this reservation, I had no issues using either the Onn Streaming Stick or Dongle. Android TV still looks and performs great and I had success using all my streaming services. Google Assistant also works well with the dedicated button on the remotes.

Conclusion

This is Wal-Mart making a concerted move to have an in-house answer to both Roku and Fire TVs in my opinion. Honestly, it’s a good one too. Both devices offer similar form factors and price tags to let users add Android TV to an existing TV in their homes.

Speaking of pricing, both the Onn Streaming Stick and Dongle are under $30. Normal pricing has the better 4K dongle priced at $30 and the stick at $25. However, you can regularly catch these for much less and are currently priced at $20 and $15 respectively.

This is the leverage and scale that only a company the size of Wal-Mart can offer and this first foray into the Android TV market shows that it has the chops to produce compelling competition to the streaming set-top market.

Keep all of your files safe and secure with a lifetime subscription to Koofr Cloud Storage

AG Deals Team
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