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Just because something has been around for a while doesn’t mean it’s bad or not worth buying. I’ve bought a few products over the years, and here are a few older tech items I think are well worth a look.

No one really enjoys Prime Day anymore. The days of finding a needle-in-a-haystack deal are long over, and now it’s more about whether you have the patience to wait until Amazon applies minor discounts to the stuff you really want.

To that end, I usually use the month of June to store things in the “Save it for later” section of my Amazon cart for items that have caught my eye throughout the year but haven’t been cheap enough yet to justify ordering.

Over the years, I’ve accumulated some products that I use every day, that have withstood travel, kids, and time’s daily abuses. Some of them are tech-related, or tech-adjacent, and others are just nice things that I really enjoy.

GM says that its Google built-in vehicles are picking up support for over 200 more Android Automotive apps, including the ability to use apps on the screens in the backseat.

Amazon’s early Prime Day deals are in full swing, and Narwal is making some of its biggest discounts available across its full lineup. The highlight is the Narwal Flow 2, the company’s 2026 flagship, now at its lowest price ever. 

Google Play has just launched a “Mega Game Sale” that takes a handful of popular Android games and slashes their prices down to a mere $0.10 – just a dime.

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.

A new leak has revealed the alleged wallpapers Samsung is bringing to the Galaxy Z Fold 8, with everything lining up with leaked colors for the actual phone. I just hope the phone’s colors look even halfway as good as the wallpapers.

Five years on from a dedicated speaker launch, we have the Google Home Speaker. This is the platform for Gemini for the next half a decade – here’s what it’s like to live with.

Following a Galaxy Watch 9 leak yesterday, new renders of the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 have hit the web revealing a familiar design from a familiar source.

Robot vacuums have come a long way over the past several years, with some of the most advanced models nowadays going well and beyond anything we thought they’d be able to do. But, in a lot of cases, they’re also still an eyesore in your home. After spending a couple of months with the Narwal Flow 2, though, that’s one of the biggest things that stood out – I actually rather like how this looks, and it doesn’t give up top-tier performance to do so.

Effective next week, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is being added to the Dow Jones stock index.

The Google Home Speaker is set to start shipping very soon but, ahead of that, one user was able to buy one from a retail store early. They’ve since shared their first impressions, which unfortunately confirm that the speaker has a fixed power cable that’s also pretty short.

With Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 today, Google is rolling out a second wave of bug fixes for Pixel devices.

Google today is rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5, and it’s mainly just a bug fixer except for the inclusion of the Gemini Intelligence logo.

Amazon’s Prime Day is hyped up as this huge event where you can save money but, often, you’re either buying things you don’t need or disappointed by the deals. But, if nothing else, the one thing you should buy on Prime Day is a dash cam for your car.

Google is rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 less than two weeks after the release with a number of bug fixes for Pixel devices.

While wired audio is certainly trying to make a comeback, wireless earbuds and headphones are more prevalent today than ever before, and that’s why it’s pretty good news that Google Pixel phones now support LHDCv5 in Android 17, a codec that supports better audio quality.

The updates keep on coming, with Google Home now rolling out yet another big update that improves on not only the app itself, but also Gemini voice commands and camera features too.

An upgrade to Google Meet for web has delivered support for iPhone users to join meetings directly through their web browser, no app downloads required.

Samsung has announced a new UFS 5.0 storage solution that’s twice as fast as existing options, and coming to future “flagship smartphones.”

Following the rollout two weeks ago, Google has shared what’s new in the latest Google TV Streamer update.