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If you're going to have a smart baby monitor, it ought to be from a reputable brand. Arlo is as big a name as they come in the connected camera space, and its adorable baby monitor has fallen all the way to 5 on Amazon, $55 off its MSRP.Arlo Baby captures 1080p video you can view live from your phone, and has sensors for temperature, humidity, and air quality, so you can make sure your baby is comfortable. It's also got night vision, and can alert you to any unexpected movement it detects. Plus it looks like a rabbit, so that's pretty cute.
Happy Monday, loyal readers. Before becoming enthralled in Google I/O 2019 tomorrow, why not check out a few non-Google deals? Today, you'll find 40 percent off the newest Echo Dot, plus savings on the 4K Roku Premiere, the stylish Withings Steel HR Sport, and then some.
Wireless chargers are defined by their simplicity; just set your phone down and bam, it's charging. With five charging coils to provide more usable surface area than most others, Choetech's Dual Wireless charging pad is particularly easy to use, even by Qi standards — and it's one of my favorite charging accessories in a long time.
USB-C is so hot right now. A lot of users refuse to buy products that don't include the new standard, which makes this Anker bundle particularly enticing: it includes both a USB-C-equipped, 20,100 mAh power bank and a 30-watt USB-C wall charger. Even better, you can get it for 40 percent off using our exclusive coupon code.The power bank's USB-C port can puts out an impressive 24 watts, and its 20,100 mAh capacity means it can fill your phone's battery several times over. The included wall charger can push up to 30 watts, which is enough to charge darn near anything you have that needs charging, including many laptops. The bundle is exceedingly well-reviewed, with more than 70 percent of Amazon buyers rating it five stars.
Google's applications frequently rack up a ton of downloads, and another has joined the 100 million club. The Google Home app, Google's one-stop destination for all things smart home, recently hit the nine-figure milestone.
The Google Home Max is a top-tier smart speaker, with amazing (and incredibly loud) sound. If you've wanted to pick one up but you've been understandably deterred by the $399 MSRP, now could be your chance: the speaker is $100 off basically anywhere you can find it.
Premium Chromebooks are a niche product category; most Chromebooks in any price range can do pretty much all the same things. The difference comes in how well a particular device handles those tasks — and while HP's Chromebook x360 14 G1 is unlikely to convert anyone already against high-end Chrome OS devices on principle, it's an extremely competent laptop that's worth a look for anybody interested in a quality Chrome machine.
Another week, another batch of deals. Today we bring you a discount on Amazon's top-selling fitness tracker, plus a dirt cheap wireless charging pad and several well-priced smart home gadgets.
Convenience is a priority when it comes to charging accessories, and for power banks, it doesn't get much more convenient than a pocketable form factor and USB-C input and output. The Anker PowerCore 10000 PD has all that and more, and you can get it for just $34.99 on Amazon with a coupon code.As its name implies, the 10000 PD has a size of 10,000 mAh, meaning it can charge your phone a couple of times over with some juice to spare. Its USB-C port pushes 18 watts, while its USB-A port can do 10 watts. The battery pack comes with a USB-C-to-USB-C cable, plus a little mesh carrying pouch. Customers love the thing, with three out of four reviewers rating it five stars.
Movie ticket subscription service and MoviePass competitor Sinemia has ended operations in the United States, the company has announced. Sinemia cites difficulty in covering "increased operations and legal costs."
There have been deals aplenty on Google's current flagship, the Pixel 3, since shortly after its launch. One particularly popular one is the $200 discount we've seen a few times — and wouldn't you know it, that very offer is back for the next couple of weeks.
Before there was Google Photos, there was Shoebox. The app offered strikingly similar features, including automatic online backup of your photos and cross-platform access and sharing. Now, the service is shutting down. Users are no longer able to upload photos or videos, and media not exported by May 22 will be lost.
You've almost certainly kept things you've ordered on Amazon that you didn't necessarily want to save yourself the hassle of returning them, but an expanded partnership between the online retailer and department store Kohl's could soon save you from that fate. Beginning in July, you'll be able to return Amazon purchases to any Kohl's location.
Microsoft's stock price rose this week, briefly seeing the company join the pantheon of trillion-dollar tech giants. MSFT opened at $121.05 Monday morning and peaked at $125.76 Tuesday, nudging the company's valuation over the $1 trillion mark. The price has since fallen.
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- The larger Portal+ is now $100 off from Best Buy and direct from Facebook, too, at $250. It's still full price on Amazon as of now, though.
Believe it or not, Facebook's smart display and Echo Show analogue, Portal, is actually pretty well-liked by customers, holding a four-plus star rating at both Amazon and Best Buy. At $199, though, it's not the type of thing most people would splurge on on a whim — but it's currently half off from several retailers.The Portal's primary function is making video calls. It can communicate with other Portal devices, obviously, but it can also place calls to and take calls from just about any device through Facebook Messenger. It has Alexa built in, too, so its range of functionality is pretty wide.
Electric vehicles still make up a relatively small portion of cars on the road, and places to refuel them aren't nearly as ubiquitous as gas stations. Google is taking steps to make living an EV lifestyle a little less of a pain, adding new information about charging stations to Google Maps starting this week.
It's been a full week since our last deal round-up! In the intervening days, we've spotted a number of bargains you might want to know about: a solid price on Jaybird's Tarah earbuds, very cheap first-generation Echo Shows, and a couple of cool USB-C accessories in impulse buy territory.
It's Google Fi's birthday (🎉), and to celebrate, the carrier is blowing out Pixel 3 phones. The Pixel 3 and 3 XL are half off for new and existing customers, which means you can snag one for as low as $399 — but the deal is only valid today, April 22.
There's a lot to like about the Nokia 9 PureView: it's got a unique camera setup, its construction feels high-end, and it's generally a solid performer. The in-display fingerprint scanner, though, just doesn't work as well as it should. Or at least it hasn't up until now — Nokia is pushing an update that's meant to address the scanner's poor performance.
Music is one of the most popular uses of smart speakers, and owners are getting more free options. Yesterday, a limited, free version of YouTube Music came to Google Home speakers, and now, Amazon is following suit with a free Amazon Music playlists and stations for Alexa devices.