Samsung’s noise-canceling Galaxy Buds 2 wireless earbuds are $50 off

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There were two new foldable phones, two new watches, and one new premium set of earbuds at the Unpacked event, but we haven't seen them yet. You can get a better deal on the base model if you pre-order before August 26th.

You can get the excellent value for just $99.99 at Best Buy and Amazon right now. USA models come with a full warranty and match their lowest price. Best Buy has an exclusive dark phantom black.

The Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are more expensive than the regular Buds, but they have more features. Good quality audio, active noise cancellation, a wireless charging case, and a very compact design are included in the standard BudGalaxys 2. The main complaints are lower water resistance, lack of auto-pause, and a lackluster ambient mode. We recommend you to read our review.

The low-profile design of the earbuds makes them very comfortable to wear for long periods of time. The earbuds have wireless charging and are pleasant to listen to.

• $100 at Best Buy
• $100 at Amazon

The cloud storage service is being bundled with a smart home accessory. From now until September 15th, if you subscribe to the Google One Premium 2 terabytes plan, you can get a free Nest Hub. The Nest Hub is a seven-inch smart display that plays photos from the internet and even tracks your sleep if it is placed near your bed. It is often discounted to between $50 and $55. You can read our review of the hub.

There are perks included in the bundle like 10 percent back on store purchases and a virtual private network for mobile devices. You need to be a new subscriber or an existing subscriber to be eligible. After you click "Get Offer" on the promo page, you will get an email with a link to claim your free nest hub.

10 percent of the purchase price on purchases on the Google Store will be rewarded, as well as additional features on the Premium 2TB plan, such as a virtual private network. It can be shared with up to five other people. If you start a new plan or upgrade to one before September 15th, you'll get a free smart display.

Many of the speakers out there are fun and colorful, but few of them are cool. If you have an affinity for the look of classic Marshall amplifier, the Marshall Emberton is a great choice. If you think this is just a marketing ploy to slap an icon on a shoddy product, the Emberton is actually a very good speaker that outputs some great sound quality.

The Marshall Emberton is a waterproof speaker that has an exceptional battery life of around 20 hours that can be topped up viausb-c. There is no microphone here, but there are some excellent physical buttons, an easy-to-use joystick, and a clear-as-day battery level. The speaker is available at Amazon, Best Buy, and Marshall for $119.99 in black or brass, which is less than the price of the speaker at the store. We recommend you to read our review.

Marshall has created a speaker that looks like a Marshall guitar amplifier. It has a 20-hour battery life, but it lacks a microphone.

• $120 at Amazon
• $120 at Best Buy

Our next deal is a unique one that stands out from the crowd. Home Depot has the Roborock S7 Plusrobovac with its included auto-cleaning station for sale. It may take a week or more to get it delivered to you or your local store, but this is one of the best deals yet on this excellent vacuum/ mop hybrid bot.

The Roborock S7 does double duty with vacuuming and mopping, and it has some excellent features to help do both tasks without a lot of fuss. The cleaning station is an add-on that is included with the deal, but it can get cluttered. This is a good value for the bot named the best hybrid vacuum/ mop in our buying guide. If you aren't too excited about iRobot being bought by Amazon, this is a good alternative. The grim privacy reality of who you're trusting with mapping your house isn't easy to understand because it's owned by a Chinese company. We recommend you to read our review.

One of the best vacuums on the market is this one. The sonic-mopping tech cleans your floors, but it also vacuums your carpets without making them wet. It has an auto-emptying cleaning and charging station.

More Friday, more deals:

• Newegg is including a $10 gift card with the purchase of the just-released Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on Steam. You get both the game code and gift card digitally. The rerelease from 2018 plays great on PC, and even on the Steam Deck.
• Google’s entry-level Nest Thermostat is $88.94 (about $41 off) at Amazon. It may not have the smarts of the older Nest Learning Thermostat, but it’s a fine option if you’re in Google’s ecosystem. Read our review.
• The Twelve South Curve laptop stand in white is down to $44.13 ($15.86 off) at Amazon after you click the on-page coupon for an additional $10 off. This all-metal stand holds laptops up to 17 inches in size at a fixed elevation of 6.5 inches.
• The 11-inch iPad Pro from 2021 with an M1 CPU and 128GB of storage is $749 ($50 off) at Amazon. While the Pro models have dipped lower before, sizable discounts are not exactly common. Still, this is an excellent iPad that will last many years. Read our review.
• Apple’s Magic Keyboard for that same 11-inch iPad Pro (as well as the latest iPad Airs) is $249 ($50 off) at Amazon. It’s a costly accessory, but it’s as close as you get to turning the iPad into a somewhat-functional laptop. Read our review.
• The Nanoleaf Shapes Mini Triangles five-pack smarter kit is just $49.99 ($70 off) at Best Buy. It doesn’t get any cheaper than this if you want to dabble with some decorative and colorful smart LED light panels on your walls, though keep in mind these minis are certainly small.
• The Sony LinkBuds S wireless earbuds are around $148 (about $52 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. We first covered this deal on these excellent, super-comfy earbuds last week, and surprisingly it’s still running.
• If you’re a happy owner of the Meta Quest 2 VR headset (fingers crossed you got before the recent price increase), Anker’s convenient charging dock is down to $68.99 when you click the on-page coupon for $30 off. Check out our video on the Quest 2 and accessories.
• GPU prices keep falling (thankfully), and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 video card is $679.99 ($140 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. This 8GB card is more than capable of playing games at QHD 2560 x 1440 resolution with enough headroom for high frame rates.

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