WiiM Intros Sonos-Killing Smart Speaker and Apple and Google Get More Accessible—Gear News of the Week

Global Accessibility Awareness Day was Thursday , so it's fitting that both Apple and Google have announced a raft of new accessibility features for their devices this week .

Apple has beefed up Live Listen by adding Live Captions support and extending it to the Apple Watch .

Google has added Braille Access , which turns your Apple device (iPhone, iPad , Mac , or Vision Pro ) into a braille note taker.

Sony hasn't sold an Xperia smartphone in the US for two years .

Audio-Technica's AT-LPA2 transparent deck has been labeled as the brand’s “finest turntable yet.

Nothing announced this week that it is working with British hi-fi wizards KEF on “several acoustically co-developed” audio products that it said are already in progress.

The Huawei Watch Fit 4 and 4 Pro are the more affordable entries in Huawei ’s smartwatch lineup.

Huawei also announced open-fit earbuds, the FreeBuds 6 and the MatePad Pro 12.2-inch 2025 .

Rewind is releasing a boombox to sit alongside its excellent Walkman -style portable cassette player.

Google I/O kicks off on May 20 in Mountain View , California .