Andrew Romero

If you own a Google TV Streamer or plan to get one, you have an exclusive audio option in the Google Home Speaker. Connecting two of them gets you spatial audio, and it’s certainly a step up from some more expensive options.

The Google Home Speaker is now the easiest and most affordable way to get Gemini into your smart home, but how does it perform against the device it’s meant to replace – the Nest Mini?

XREAL continues to pioneer the smart glasses form factor, and with power from Asus display hardware, the ROG R1 is born. The XREAL ROG R1 glasses make a solid companion for mobile gaming and, to an extent, an at-home option.

TSA PreCheck has been trying to speed travel times up with the addition of Touchless ID, which essentially allows passengers to walk through the enhanced security queue without stopping. Google Wallet is adding an option to opt in for Touchless ID through saved boarding passes.

Android 17 touch recognition issues persist, as Pixel users report another bug affecting touchscreen input while a video is playing.

There are a ton of projector options available, but some of the easiest models to use also happen to be the best performers. Laser TV projectors with Google TV from brands like Hisense and Xgimi are up to $1,000 off during Prime Day; here are some of our favorites.

It will be interesting to see what Samsung plans to offer to differentiate the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. The latest concrete difference comes in half of the color offerings Samsung plans to produce for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series.

Google says it’s saving files and media uploaded during searches in user search history to train AI and improve the experience after announcing the change last month. Search history will include pictures, screenshots taken with Circle to Search, and audio files used in voice searches, but you can disable that.

Android 17 is officially available for a number of Google Pixel devices now that it’s out of beta. With that, some are reporting a strange bug that essentially breaks the Google Pixel’s ability to recognize scrolling touch input.

Hisense didn’t seem to want to choose between pure performance and portability in its new 6,000 ANSI lumens projector. And thus, the Hisense XR10 was born, and it’s simply a beast of a projector.

A recent Google Home update seems to have caused some confusion, as the familiar “play the news” command no longer works as expected under Google’s recent Gemini changes.

After Valve posted a hopeful, yet vague, update on its exciting new console, new leaks point to an official Steam Machine launch in late June.

Previous reports indicated that Samsung has reassigned the standard naming scheme to a shorter, wider foldable. The latest leaks from internal FCC documentation depicting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra only cement those rumors.

Plans to expand Google’s data center in Jackson County, Alabama, are underway with a $1.5 billion investment from the company. Google says energy costs will be covered by the company and operations powered by nuclear energy, eventually.

Samsung is rolling through its security update list and pushing a firmware update to the Galaxy Watch 7, Watch 8, and Watch Ultra.

Google has released another set of benchmark results to determine the best AI models for Android coding, along with how much each model costs per token. Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash is easily the most resource-intensive in Android development, and it doesn’t even make the top five.

The Boox Go 6 Gen II turns one of the best Android e-readers into a pocketable notepad with support for a stylus.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here, after a long four years since the tournament in Qatar. Held in the US, the World Cup will be available to stream from a variety of sources, but only a couple of options will let you watch in 4K.