Nick Broughall

We're hitting the busy time of year, mates. Between the impending IFA show in Berlin, Gamescom this week in Cologne and the upcoming Apple "Surprise & Shine" event in September, it seems like my inbox is flooded with new product announcements. From a $199 indoor pizza oven to a printer that'll put ink on almost anything, a gaming monitor the width of your desk and a washing machine the size of a small car, this week has a bit of everything.

Amazfit only recently expanded into the Australian market officially, but it's not wasting any time trying to make its mark. The company has just launched its latest smartwatch for Australians, the Balance 3. Since launching in 2015, Amazfit has grown into a global player, having sold more than 200 million devices, with 42 million daily active users.

I don't think I could envisage a workspace large enough to house a 49-inch OLED monitor, but that's one of the products Samsung just announced over at Gamescom. Admittedly, it's not 49 inches in the 16:9 TV aspect ratio way. It's a 5120 x 1440 display, with a 360Hz refresh rate, effectively acting as two monitors side by side in a single body. That's the Odyssey OLED G9, and it's just one piece of a four-monitor lineup Samsung has revealed for 2027, following on for this year's Odyssey lineup.