Google will add a Strength Training feature to the Pixel Watch 5 that generates custom strength workouts on the watch, shows sets/reps/weight without needing a phone, and initiates rest timers between exercises like Fitbod.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro HiLight notification LED only supports two default use-cases (face-down Gemini interaction and calls from favorite contacts) and can display just one of five colors, so developers built HiLight Studio to make the LED far more flexible.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
The Verge
Crunchyroll has begun appearing on the Appning app store for in-car infotainment systems from 40+ vehicle brands, bringing direct streaming within connected cars across Asia, Australia, Europe, India, Latin America, and North America.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
Engadget
Amazon lists the Philips Wi‑Fi door lock deadbolt at $110 (down from $170), $60 off and $5 above the record-low price.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
CNET
Volvo’s new all-electric EX60 replaces the XC60, which has been Volvo’s best-selling model since 2008, and the EX60 starts at $59,795 for the P6 or $62,145 for the longer-range P10.
Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET
Best Buy’s 65-inch LG B6 OLED TV is $1,399.99 (down from $1,999.99) for the rest of Thursday, August 20, which is $300 lower than Amazon’s price.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Genesis debuted the production GV90 as its new electric luxury flagship SUV, converting the Neolum concept’s pillarless, coach-door design into two launch variants: the standard four-seat GV90 and the four-seat GV90 Neolum with no B pillar and “Neolum Arch Gate” doors.
Aug 20, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Venmo and PayPal will let families pay college tuition at select universities, including Bellarmine University, Butler University, Kansas State University, Michigan State University, and Texas Tech University, with more schools expected to join during the year.
Aug 20, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Death By Audio’s Amp Crash combines a tiny 3-watt amp with a 2-inch speaker and an internal microphone, so you can capture the real speaker-in-a-room distortion (not a digital amp-sim) into a DAW or another amp.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Nintendo’s next Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, is an Elden Ring developer FromSoftware-made eight-player vampire multiplayer game built around earning “virtue” points across four phases as players are removed via “culling” until one team remains.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
FromSoftware’s next game, The Duskbloods, is a competitive multiplayer vampire game launching exclusively on Switch 2 later this year and published by Nintendo.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Osmosis is a free open-source DJI Osmo app that reverse-engineers DJI’s camera protocol to let users review, preview, trim, and wirelessly download footage without relying on the closed-source Osmo app.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro and Pocket 4 Pro combo listings that are “banned from import into the United States” are being sold in the US on Temu, AliExpress, eBay, Mercari, Amazon, and Newegg with delivery to customers in days, because the cameras are already inside the country (the article describes an Oregon fulfillment shipment arriving in four days).
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
Bluey creator Joe Brumm and writer Richard Jeffery showed the original Bluey pilot at Disney’s D23 and shared new details about adapting the upcoming Bluey movie into 3D CG, including rendering Bandit’s salt-and-pepper hair and working out the geometry of the Heeler house for film.
Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET
Pixel 11 Pro Fold is three times more durable than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, using a glass-ceramic cover and a glass-fiber composite back cover designed to be harder to crack.
Aug 20, 2026 ·CNET
iOS 26 lets iPhone users set Messages chat backgrounds, but whatever background one person chooses appears for all other chat members on iOS 26 as well.
Aug 20, 2026 ·ZDNet
The Google AI Professional Certificate can be earned via Coursera’s free seven-day trial, but you must enter a credit card number and the article notes multiple upsell prompts for paying to get course certificates early.
Aug 20, 2026 ·ZDNet
A motion sensor on a covered litter box triggers an Etsy/Amazon neon sign that lights up whenever the cats step inside, turning their litter time into a glowing “On Air” moment.
Aug 20, 2026 ·The Verge
ESR’s digital pencil is under $40 and can run up to 12 hours on a single charge, making it a cheaper alternative to Apple’s styluses that typically sell around $129.
Aug 20, 2026 ·ZDNet
The 2026 TCL QM8L achieved 99.9% color accuracy in Calman testing and has a peak brightness of 6,000 nits (up from 5,000 nits on the 2024 TCL QM8K).
Aug 20, 2026 ·ZDNet
