Wcetesting Co / How-to
I get this question a lot in comments and DMs: “How can I get multi-room, lossless Spotify on my Sonos system if my upload bandwidth is tiny and I don’t want to pay for additional services?”...
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I’ve been building and testing smart home setups for years, and one thing keeps coming up: you can have a convenient, voice-controlled home without handing every event, camera feed, or sensor ping...
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I’ve been building privacy-first smart home setups for years, and one pattern keeps coming back: you can have tightly integrated Zigbee and Z-Wave devices without handing control or metadata to a...
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I recently needed to run a small set of Windows-only apps on a Chromebook for a client project. The catch: I wanted the whole workflow to work offline, be as secure as possible, and not kill battery...
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I recently wanted to watch a movie with a friend while keeping the noise down, and my Windows laptop only likes to send audio to one Bluetooth headset at a time. After some testing and a fair bit of...
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I’ve spent years running hands-on tests on routers, smart bulbs, cameras and every gadget in between — and one thing always becomes clear: you don’t have to trade off performance to get a...
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I stream a lot from my Chromecast with Google TV — it’s compact, responsive, and the UI makes jumping between apps painless. But I also want my streaming to be private and free from obnoxious...
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Buying a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S24 can be a smart way to get flagship performance without the flagship price—I've done it more than once when testing phones for Wcetesting Co. But...
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Keeping a mixed Zigbee and Z‑Wave smart home healthy means keeping firmware up to date — but doing that manually across dozens of devices is a chore I actively avoid. Over the years I’ve tested...
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I test a lot of laptops and tablets at Wcetesting Co, and one recurring theme I keep coming back to is batteries. Modern devices use lithium-ion (or lithium-polymer) cells that are incredibly...
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