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I ditched cloud smart home devices for local control, and my house finally works

Jasmine Mannan May 23, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …

May 23, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

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Android Auto won't give me an equalizer, so I use this free app instead

… Sound should change based on the connected hardware, and not the app you're using. With the EQ and car EQ apps gone, I'm left with a single node to control — the Android OS-level equalizer. It affects the output to my car and all other listening devices, while remaining app-agnostic. …

Apr 2, 2026 · Chandraveer Mathur