Talking Tech 29th December 2020

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 3 a.m.

2020 in Review

 

The rise of virtual Conferencing and Zoom in particular.

 

AirPods Max.

 

Mac OS Big Sur.

 

The new M1 Mac Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

 

iPhone 12etc.

 

iPhone SE.

 

iPad and iPad Air.

 

Apple 1, and Fitness Plus.

Apple Watch Family Sharing.

 

Beats Flex.

 

Apple Watch S6, SE, and still available S3.

 

HomePod Mini.

 

iOS 14, and LIDAR.

All the other iOS updates.

 

Swift Playgrounds comes to the Mac.

 

Sound Scape with street View.

 

Victor Trek with Map view (similar to Sound Scape street view).

 

Bose stopping the Bose Frames.

 

Nest Audio.

Nest mini.

Nest Hub.

Continuing update to Google phones (Pixel).

 

Chromecast with Google TV.

 

Amazon Fire TV Lite with  Alexa Remote (does not work in Australia).

New Amazon Echo updates.

 

PS5 with global screen reader available.

Last of US II for the Play Station 4.

 

New products from Samsung: phone, Galaxy Watch, tablets, buds etc.

 

Windows 10 continues to improve/Narrator.

 

Orbit Writer

 

JAWS 2021 Voice Assistant.

 

Mantis Q40 Braille display.

 

ABC and SBS with 14 hours of Audio Description.