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Spotify Premium makes your music experience better, but the price tag stings. So if your wallet is feeling the burn or you want to save some extra dollars, there are a few smart ways to keep Spotify’s tunes rolling without paying the full amount. 6 Try Free Trials That Most People Miss Spotify offers new users a free month of Premium to try out the service. What people miss, though, is that it occasionally runs hidden promotions where you can get two or even three months free. These exclusive offers usually pop up around Black Friday, New Year, or as…
Smart TV web browsing sounds convenient until you’re stuck wrestling with on-screen keyboards and sluggish interfaces. That said, with a few simple tweaks, you can actually make the experience surprisingly smooth. 6 Switch to a TV-Friendly Browser The first step to making browsing on a smart TV less frustrating is choosing the right browser. Your TV may already have one pre-installed, but in most cases, it won’t be the best choice. You’ll need a browser designed specifically for TVs that offers the necessary features. There are a few good ones worth checking out, like Opera Browser, TV Bro (yes, that’s…
When I plugged in my Roku Express for the first time, it stuttered, buffered, and lagged—but with a few tweaks to its settings, I had it running perfectly. Thankfully, maximizing the performance of your Roku’s rough edges is easy with these simple settings tweaks. My cheap Roku Express streaming stick isn’t a performance powerhouse. Whenever I’m scrolling through content, videos automatically playing are not only annoying, but they also slow down the UI, not to mention slowing down my network. Brady Meyers / MakeUseOf First, go to the Roku home screen and select Settings. Choose Accessibility. Under the Reduce motion…
Your smart TV probably came with picture settings that look great while watching sports or the news, but feel sluggish when you’re trying to land that perfect headshot or execute a frame-perfect combo. The good news is that your smart TV just needs a few quick tweaks to be the perfect gaming companion. 6 Turn on Game Mode Vinayak Guhanarayan / MakeUseOf If there’s one tweak that’ll instantly improve your gaming experience, it’s this one. When you press a button on your controller, your TV normally runs that image through multiple processing steps such as noise reduction, color enhancement, motion…
I was a longtime fan of the Google Chromecast, having owned one since the first iteration in 2013. However, its 2024 discontinuation forced me to move over to Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K—and it’s been a surprisingly great upgrade! 6 An Intuitive and Feature-Rich Interface Jack Mitchell/MakeUseOf Having not owned an Amazon streaming device since the first-generation Fire TV Stick, I was impressed by the significant improvements that the Fire TV OS has undergone in recent years. In 2025, it is one of the most user-friendly streaming interfaces I’ve used, and while Chromecast also stepped up to the challenge with…
Your new smart TV should feel like a serious upgrade, not just a bigger screen on the wall. So, if the HDR on your smart TV isn’t impressing you yet, it’s time to tweak a few settings and unlock its full potential. Make Sure You’re Actually Watching HDR Content Digvijay Kumar / MakeUseOf You’ve set up your new HDR TV and expect every show to look vivid and lifelike. However, before diving into settings and tweaks, there’s something crucial to check first: Are you watching real HDR content? Streaming services like Disney+ usually tag HDR shows and movies with HDR…
Meet the best PS4 controller options that you can customise, tweak and tune for a better button-bashing experience It’s a fact of gaming that you’ll spend hours gripping the same gamepad. Just as with the best gaming headset, that gamepad should be the best you can buy? Well, worry not. We’ve spent weeks gaming for your benefit. It’s hard work testing the best PS4 controller options out there! But we’ve found the ones you should consider if you’re looking to upgrade your PS4 controller. Whatever PS4 controller you decide to get, it should feel fine in the fingers. And have…
Since using ChatGPT to track and plan my goals, I’ve removed a lot of tedious manual work and seen a clear path to achieving my desired results. The software is great at understanding my instructions, and it makes vision boards that look good and are easy to follow. Why I’ve Been Tracking Goals With ChatGPT I have used numerous other apps to track my goals in the past, including Notion, Asana, Todoist, and Canva. But when using each of these, I didn’t like how much manual work was required on my part. While I had a pretty good idea of…
Black Mirror suggests a future where we’ll never be free from computers, because they’ll be inside our heads. Today’s headset manufacturers salivate at that thought, but (for now) at least let you peel off the digital layer when you’ve had enough of their gadgets being glued to your face. Me? I’d settle for something less dystopian: a smartphone as the ‘one device to rule them all’. The dream’s long felt elusive – until now, because Android 16’s desktop mode might finally usher in the future I’ve long wanted. For years, the whole phone-as-desktop idea was largely the preserve of Samsung’s DeX, a feature that sounds…
Once every blue moon, I love going to the movie theater to see a blockbuster, and also for the experience. But when you don’t want to leave the house or just have some friends over, there are a few ways to capture the cinematic magic without leaving your living room. 7 Invest in a Big Screen or Projector James Hirtz / MakeUseOf When it comes to replicating the theater experience at home, screen size plays a major role. While a standard 55-inch TV works well for casual viewing, it falls short of delivering the immersive, larger-than-life feel you get at…