A New Multi-Bit Milwaukee Screwdriver Arrives In April 2026







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In the arena of consumer power tools, Milwaukee is a brand that many regard as well as any other in the game. You may not realize it, but Milwaukee is also a bit of a trailblazer in power tool market, as the brand was the first to utilize Lithium-Ion technology to power its devices, listing those devices alongside its equally vast range of non-powered hand tools. 

Innovations aside, the Techtronic Industries Owned brand built its name and reputation in both hand tools and power tools. Milwaukee’s iconic logo has adorned thousands of tools since the company’s founding more than a century ago. Over the years, many of those tools were developed specifically for use in electrical work, and that work continues today. 

In fact, Milwaukee will release a new electrician’s screwdriver in the very near future that should come in quite handy for anyone who regularly works in the electrical world. The price for the new Insulated 2-in-1 Multi-Bit Screwdriver has been set at a reasonable $22.99.

The tool is not, however, currently available for purchase by the consumer masses, though it soon will be. If you’re interested, there are a few things you might want to know about the screwdriver and its release.

What you should know about Milwaukee’s new screwdriver

Given the tool’s sticker price, cost is one consideration you can cross off the list when looking at Milwaukee Tools. A launch date is not yet known; it’s still listed as “Coming Soon” on its Milwaukee Tools product page. According to Milwaukee, the tool is set to hit shelves and online outlets sometime in April of 2026, so release day is near.

It will not be available through Milwaukee’s own website, which does not operate as an online retail outlet. The screwdriver is already up for pre-order on some websites, including Acme Tools, which lists its shipping date as 4/21/26. You can likely expect it to turn up in web stores and brick-and-mortar outlets for several other major Milwaukee Tools retailers when release day arrives.

The new Milwaukee tool boasts a clever “Flip Shank” design that makes it easy for users to swap out bits with a simple flip of the screwdriver shaft. With each flip, the alternate bit — there’s one #2 Phillips Head and one 1/4″ Slotted — slides into the screwdriver’s handle for storage. The tool itself is insulated for up to 1,000-volts to protect from shocks and is certified to IEC 60900 and ASTM F1505 standards for such tools. On top of that, it’s got a slim-tip design for easy-access to tight locations. The tool is backed by Milwaukee’s Limited Lifetime Warranty.





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ZDNET’s key takeaways

  • Amazon is reportedly developing a new Fire Phone.
  • The previous model had several issues, including an inferior app store experience.
  • Under new supervision (and with more experience), Amazon can do better this time.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I certainly didn’t have “new Amazon smartphone” on my 2026 bingo card. As it turns out, according to Reuters, the retailer may be developing a new smartphone, internally known as “Transformer.” 

Those familiar with the industry will instantly draw parallels to Amazon’s previous smartphone effort, the Fire Phone from 2014. Appropriately, that phone ended up as part of a fire sale about a year later.

Now, in 2026, with no fewer than five phone brands in the US — Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola, and OnePlus — Amazon faces a lot of competition. In fairness, it also has two fewer platforms to compete against. In 2014, Windows Phone and BlackBerry were still very much part of the smartphone conversation; these days, not so much.

The AppStore problem

But there’s one mistake Amazon made in its first effort that will absolutely torpedo its chances at succeeding — the Amazon AppStore and specifically the decision to forego Google Play services. Google is simply too valuable in too many lives to not support the platform. Oh, and the Amazon AppStore is terrible.

Also: What’s right (and wrong) with the Amazon Fire Phone

It has admittedly been a few years since I last inventoried the Amazon AppStore, but when I last checked, the Amazon AppStore was a wasteland of half-supported or unsupported apps, with two notable exceptions. Finance, home control, and communication apps were either absent or had not received updates for years prior.

The only apps in the Amazon AppStore that remained up to date were productivity apps (largely powered by Microsoft) and streaming apps. Those two categories work very well on the cheap, underpowered hardware that Amazon usually launches, and that’s fine. A coffee-table tablet is a nice thing to have lying around.

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But a phone is another animal entirely. If a tablet is a device to entertain, a phone is a device for everything else. One of the key reasons Windows Phone failed was its lack of an app ecosystem. The Senior Vice President of Devices and Services,  Panos Panay, is very familiar with that saga, so I’m hopeful that he will make the same arguments to the powers that be at Amazon. 

Honestly, if there is anyone who I think can pull off an Amazon phone revival, it’s probably Panay, who understands design and product development better than most, and to be perfectly honest, he’s my absolute favorite product presenter.

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Of course, all of this is early days. This phone is being worked on internally, and even Reuters reports that it could get the axe long before it sees the light of day. Personally, I’m intrigued by the idea, but I sincerely hope that Amazon doesn’t make this the shopping phone it tried to build in 2014. 

If Amazon just wants to make a nice, well-built smartphone, with a skin that pushes Amazon content to the fore, I’m fine with that. But leaving Google behind is a mistake that Amazon cannot afford to make again. Fool me once, and all that.

So, if this phone is to have a chance at success, it needs to embrace Google services so it can be a phone that everyone can use. Amazon has the brand power to make a phone like this work, even up against juggernauts like Apple and Samsung, but it needs to approach this correctly, lest it end up in yet another Fire phone fire sale.





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