How to pair multiple bluetooth headphones to a single windows pc and reduce audio lag

I use a Sonos Roam almost every day — at home, in the garden, and sometimes when I’m away from Wi‑Fi. Balancing the desire for best‑possible sound with a limited mobile data allowance is a challenge: the Roam is a brilliant tiny speaker, but its connection options (Wi‑Fi or Bluetooth) and the limits of mobile networks mean you have to be strategic to get the most from Spotify and any lossless audio you care about. Below I’ll walk...

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I’ve been testing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices and their companion apps for years, and getting notifications right is one of those small-but-crucial tasks that can make life dramatically easier. The Dexcom G7 is a great sensor, but alerts are only useful if your phone and watch actually deliver them reliably. In this guide I’ll walk you, step-by-step, through setting up Dexcom G7 notifications on both Android and Apple...

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I spent several weeks living part-time in the Meta Quest 3 ecosystem to test a single question that keeps coming up in inboxes and community threads: can the Quest 3 actually replace a laptop for productivity tasks — with a keyboard and desktop-style apps? I wanted to move beyond hype and controlled demos. That meant pairing real mechanical and Bluetooth keyboards, juggling documents, spreadsheets and browser tabs, editing in cloud apps, doing...

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I travel a lot for work and leisure, and one of the constant challenges is keeping my Apple Watch alive for multi-day trips without giving up the features I actually rely on — notifications, step and sleep tracking, occasional GPS for walks, and the ability to make calls when my phone is tucked away. Over several trips and controlled tests in the lab and on the road, I’ve put together a practical checklist and a few tricks that let me...

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I’ve been shooting with the Pixel 8 as my everyday camera for several weeks now, and given how much attention Google’s phones get for computational photography, the question I keep hearing is: Is the Pixel 8 still the best value for mobile photography on a midrange budget? I wanted to answer that from a practical tester’s viewpoint — real photos, routine day-to-day use, and how it stacks up to other phones you might be considering in the...

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When I take my workouts seriously, the last thing I want is earbuds that give me great noise cancellation at rest but fall apart the moment I start sweating. AirPods Pro are a fantastic all-rounder — great ANC, very good transparency mode, and a comfortable fit for many — but for gym use and sweat resistance there are earbuds that outpace them in reliability, stability, and water ingress protection. Below I walk through the best alternatives...

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I’ve spent a lot of nights wearing both an Oura Ring and a Fitbit Sense so I could see firsthand where each device shines — and where they struggle. Sleep tracking isn’t magic; it’s a combination of sensor fidelity, algorithms, and how you wear and use the device. Below I share the practical steps I use to get the best possible sleep accuracy from an Oura Ring and a Fitbit Sense, how to interpret their outputs, and what to expect when...

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