Ara Wagoner is a Writer at Android Central. She themes phones and pokes YouTube Music with a stick. When she's not writing about cases, Chromebooks, or customization, she's wandering around Walt Disney World. If you see her without headphones, RUN. You can follow her on Twitter at @arawagco.
This year Chromebook deals are going to look a little different than Prime Days past, but there's still deals to be had if you know where and how to look. Your next laptop is waiting for you in this roundup.
Charging with a cable is faster, but a wireless charger is much more convenient. These are the best you can buy, whether you want a pad, a stand, or a multi-device charger.
There's never enough storage when you're downloading movies and TV shows to watch offline, but the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra allows you to expand from the base 128GB and fit more files than ever on your phone.
A microSD card makes it easy to move your files, photos, and music from device to device without having to rely on steady Wi-Fi or costly data. It also helps if you like to load your phone with apps. These are the best microSD cards you can buy.
Sony's newest true wireless earbuds feature even more impressive sound and active noise canceling than before — and while some features are hit-or-miss, the quality and performance here are undeniable.
The Acer Chromebook 514 brings a classic clamshell Chromebook up to snuff with two important upgrades: 11th Gen Intel Core processors and Thunderbolt 4 ports. It adds up to a Chromebook that won’t dazzle like the Acer Spin 713 but will get the job done for the rest of the decade.
On Prime Day, you can get superb Chromebooks for mid-range prices, mid-range Chromebooks for budget prices, and budget Chromebooks for impulse-buy prices. No matter what your budget or needs, there's going to be a Chromebook on sale on Prime Day for you.
With all our phones can do these days, communicating with them can sometimes be forgotten in lieu of games, videos, and practicing your selfie game. Get back in touch with your friends and family with these messaging apps. And some of these include some of those games so you can play along with whoever you're messaging.
Pride Month is here, and while rainbow wallpapers are everywhere, what if you want to bring some more specialized pride to your phone? Whether you're bi, pan, lesbian, ace (like me), agender, intersex, or any other orientation, here's how to get your exact pride on your home screen with Tapet, KWGT, and Icon Pack Studio.
Keeping your phone clean on the inside is as easy as clearing cache files and deleting old, backed-up photos. Cleaning the outside of your phone down to the microbiotic level can be easy, too, if you have the right equipment.
Why wait until September — or even later — to get Android 12's fun new widgets when they're available today thanks to KWGT Pro and some enterprising themers? Here are the best Android 12 widget packs to use right now and how to each handles the dynamic colors of Material You.
The Galaxy S8 is getting up in years, but it's still a great phone. It's also really slippery, so if you want to keep it pristine, grab a case!
We've done the research to find the best Samsung Galaxy S20 cases you can buy right now!
Gallium nitride is one of the most exciting advances in charger technology in recent years, allowing us to shrink laptop chargers from bricks into slick little skipping stones. These are the best value and the more useful GaN chargers on the market so far.
USB-C is here, but since almost everything you want to plug into a Chromebook uses something else, grab a USB-C hub and get back the ports you need!
The Google Pixel 4 is an amazing phone sandwiched between a glass front and glass back. As pretty as that glass back is, you should cover it with a case to keep it pretty as long as possible.
Wireless charging on the Pixel 4 doesn't have the same caveats as the Pixel 3, and that means you can get a fast wireless charger without breaking the bank!
Windows laptops are still the vast majority of the PC market and I'm getting re-acquainted with them, but this time away from Chrome OS proving the old adage true again: you don't know what you've got til it's gone. Here's what I miss from Chrome OS while I'm on Windows 10.
There are plenty of robust, paid password managers out there. But the free Google Password Manager already built into Android and Google Chrome is pretty darn good and doesn't require any extra apps or extensions.
Ever since the new partnership with Samsung and Google for the Wear platform upgrade was announced at Google I/O, we've been waiting to hear which if any of the dozens of current Wear OS watches will see the new version. Well, we can cross off about a third of the list right now: no current Fossil watches are planned to get the upgrade.