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At a glance

• Harnessed Agentic RL: Microsoft Research Asia introduces a training paradigm in which the same agent harness used in deployment participates directly in reinforcement learning, removing the need to reimplement the agent inside the training framework.
• Lightweight by design: Agent Lightning v1.0 delivers a complete agent RL control plane in roughly 3,500 lines of code.
• Native Kubernetes support: agents run as standard Kubernetes jobs on self-managed clusters, cloud Kubernetes, or local infrastructure, with no dependency on paid commercial sandbox services.
• Data-efficient training recipe: an end-to-end coding agent pipeline raised Qwen3.5-9B from 41.8% to 56.4% Pass@1 on SWE-bench Verified, a 14.6 percentage point gain, using only about 6,000 training samples based on open sourced dataset.

AI agents have evolved from single models to complex full-stack systems built from models, tools, and execution environments. Their capabilities increasingly depend on the agent harness that coordinates them from outside the model. Reinforcement learning (RL) is an approach where AI systems learn through trial and error, guided by rewards and penalties for their actions. RL can make those agents better, but most agent RL systems require developers to reimplement the agent inside the training framework. That is costly, and it means the agent being trained is not quite the agent that gets deployed.

To address this, researchers at Microsoft Research Asia have introduced the Harnessed Agentic RL training paradigm and open-sourced a fully rebuilt Agent Lightning v1.0 (opens in new tab). Compared with the original, Agent Lightning, v1.0 puts more emphasis on staying lightweight, on integrating with real harnesses, and on a complete, reproducible agent RL training pipeline.

Agent Lightning v1.0 was rebuilt around Harnessed Agentic RL, with key improvements:

• Lightweight: the entire framework is about 3,500 lines of code. Agent Lightning v1.0 implements a complete Harnessed Agentic RL system in a codebase that is small and clear enough to understand, modify, and extend.
• Training on a real agent harness: agents reach the model through the large language model (LLM) proxy in Agent Lightning v1.0, leaving existing harness code unchanged.
• Native Kubernetes support: agents run directly as Kubernetes jobs, without external commercial sandbox services. Self-managed clusters and local infrastructure alike can support rollouts at scale.
• A complete coding agent training example: an end-to-end pipeline built on Qwen3.5-9B raised Pass@1 on SWE-bench Verified from 41.8% to 56.4%, an absolute gain of 14.6 percentage points, using only about 6,000 training samples.

The limits of traditional agentic RL

Traditional agentic RL assumes the training framework owns the interaction loop with the environment. In a ReAct-style loop, the model generates an action, the environment returns an observation, the observation is appended to the context, and the model generates the next action, so the whole rollout maps onto one continuous token trajectory. Early RL systems such as verl, AReaL, and slime were built this way, which meant training an agent required rebuilding its loop inside the RL framework.

Real harnesses have outgrown that assumption. Coding agents such as mini-SWE-agent, OpenHands, OpenCode, Claude Code, and Codex each bring their own context management, tool protocols, execution logic, and dependencies, as do general-purpose agent systems. Rebuilding one for training is expensive, and the rebuilt agent may no longer behave in the same way as the deployed agent.

Agent Lightning takes a different route. It places an LLM proxy between the agent and the model. The agent continues to run as before: simply point the endpoint that previously called the model API at Agent Lightning, and the training framework can observe and record its model calls. In v1.0, the researchers go further and formally define this paradigm as Harnessed Agentic RL: whichever agent harness is used in deployment is the harness that takes part directly in reinforcement learning during training (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Traditional agentic RL compared with Harnessed Agentic RL. In traditional agentic RL, the training framework manages the environment and the agent loop. In Harnessed Agentic RL, the harness manages both. Four challenges in training with real harnesses

A core difference between Harnessed Agentic RL and traditional agentic RL is that the environment interaction loop is handled by the agent harness rather than the training framework. The training system can only observe a series of LLM request and response pairs, so a single rollout may be split into a variable number of training samples. This brings four key challenges:

• Retokenization and sample merging: Harnesses keep context as text, but RL training needs the token IDs sampled during the rollout. Passing text through the chat template and tokenizer again can shift token boundaries, so adjacent calls cannot always be merged into one sample.
• Advantage calculation: Retokenization, subagents and context summarization can split one rollout into several samples. Computing baselines and advantages directly at the sample level causes rollouts that produce more samples to be counted repeatedly, which alters the original statistical relationships at the rollout level.
• Loss normalization: Averaging loss by sample count gives more weight to rollouts that produce more samples. Since sample count is often just a product of harness behavior, loss normalization must also avoid being distorted by it.
• Training backend scheduling: Sample count and length are known only after the harness finishes, while GPU counts and data/tensor parallel configurations are usually fixed. The backend has to map a variable workload into fixed resources.

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Learn more Opens in a new tab Building a complete agent RL control plane in 3,500 lines of code

In system design, Agent Lightning v1.0 treats simplicity as its first principle. The entire framework is about 3,500 lines of code, with three core components: the API Gateway, the Rollout Controller, and the Customized Trainer (Figure 2).

The API gateway stores rollouts, models, and events, and serves as an OpenAI-compatible LLM proxy. It links every model call from the harness to its rollout and records the prompts, responses, and log probabilities that training needs. The rollout controller starts and manages agent execution, either as local processes or as standard Kubernetes jobs, keeping agent execution separate from the trainer. The customized trainer, built on verl, creates rollouts, waits for them to finish, collects samples, and assembles the final training samples through a sample adapter. As a result, for an existing agent harness, simply pointing the model endpoint at the Agent Lightning proxy is usually enough to connect quickly to RL training.

Figure 2. The Agent Lightning v1.0 system architecture showing the API gateway, rollout controller, and customized trainer. Collocated async RL

Rollout times vary widely across agents. Synchronous RL waits for the slowest agent in a batch and leaves GPUs idle, while fully asynchronous RL raises utilization but needs separate GPU pools for rollout and training. In response, Agent Lightning v1.0 introduces Collocated Async RL, which lets rollout and model updates share the same set of GPUs.

Once the system has collected enough rollouts, the update begins: the API Gateway pauses accepting new requests and waits for requests already in progress to finish, and rollout resumes after the update completes. The entire state transition is transparent to the external agent harness. In experiments, this approach achieved about a 2x end-to-end speedup over synchronous RL while using fewer GPUs than conventional asynchronous RL (Figure 3).

Figure 3. Synchronous RL, asynchronous RL, and Collocated Async RL compared. Collocated Async RL raises utilization while occupying fewer GPUs. Running agents on Kubernetes

Collecting enough rollouts means running many agents at once, which consumes substantial CPU, memory, and compute resources. Other Harnessed Agentic RL frameworks often host those agents on commercial sandbox services such as Modal Sandbox or E2B, where cost climbs quickly with scale. Instead, Agent Lightning v1.0 runs them as standard Kubernetes jobs, reusing existing self-managed clusters, cloud Kubernetes, or local infrastructure (Figure 4). Existing compute resources are used more efficiently, large rollouts cost less, and the whole pipeline stays open source and reproducible.

Figure 4. The Rollout Controller in Agent Lightning v1.0 provides native Kubernetes support, running agents directly as standard Kubernetes jobs. 6,000 training samples, a 14.6-point performance gain

To test the approach, researchers built a full pipeline on SWE-smith, mini-SWE-agent, and Qwen3.5-9B, covering data cleaning, environment construction, reward-hacking safeguards, and RL training. The training set holds about 6,000 samples and needs no large-scale compute. RL training alone raised Qwen3.5-9B from 41.8% to 56.4% on SWE-bench Verified, a gain of 14.6 percentage points.

The coding agent experiments further confirm the earlier analysis of two challenges: advantage calculation and loss normalization. Compared with sample-level handling, rollout-level advantage combined with rollout-level normalization achieves a higher validation reward and keeps policy entropy more stable during training (Figure 5).

Figure 5. Pass rate and policy entropy for Qwen3.5-9B on the SWE-smith validation set. Technical report GitHub project Opens in a new tab

The post Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses appeared first on Microsoft Research.

Smart locks can be wonderful — until you're locked out of your home when the battery dies. Amazon's Ring believes it has a solution with a new Ring Smart Lock that you can recharge with a crank.

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The best October Prime Day iPad deals at a glance: Best budget iPad deal Apple iPad (A16, WiFi, 128GB) $399 (save $50) Get Deal Best iPad mini deal Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi, 128GB) $499 (save $100) Get Deal Best iPad Air deal Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M4, WiFi, 128GB) $649 (save $100) Get Deal Best iPad Pro deal Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M4, WiFi, 512GB) $1,299 (save $200) Get Deal

Fall has just begun, but the holiday shopping season is already heating up. No longer do things kick off on Black Friday: Amazon's annual Prime Big Deal Days sale is the start of year-end deals.

This "October Prime Day" event is live through midnight PT tonight, and we're tracking all the best iPad deals right here. Apple's tablets were hit by price hikes this summer amid the ongoing memory crisis, so Amazon's discounts on them are a welcome sight — even if they're not some of the biggest we've ever seen.

Save $50 on the regular iPad

The standard iPad with the A16 chip is our favorite Apple tablet for budget shoppers. "Even though its tech is basic compared to the advanced iPad Air and Pro," writes Mashable's Samantha Mangino, "it's great for someone who wants a portable screen for streaming, playing games, and reading." It's rated for up to six hours of battery life.

The base iPad with 128GB of storage is now $50 off with or without cellular connectivity. That brings it down to $399, its lowest price since Amazon bumped its MSRP to $449 earlier in June. Its lowest price ever was about $271, according to data on the Amazon price-tracking site camelcamelcamel.

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad (A16, WiFi, 128GB) $399 at Amazon
$449 Save $50   Get Deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad (A16, WiFi + cellular, 128GB) $549 at Amazon
$599 Save $50   Get Deal Take $100 off the mega-portable iPad mini

If you wish e-readers were more powerful, more versatile, and equipped with way more storage, get Apple's smallest iPad instead. The iPad mini's compact size and anti-reflective display make it our favorite tablet for reading. Right now, you can grab it for $100 off (starting at just $499). Just know that we saw it hit $349 last Black Friday.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple iPad mini.

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Mini (A17 Pro, WiFi, 128GB) $499 at Amazon
$599 Save $100   Get Deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi + cellular, 128GB) $649 at Amazon
$749 Save $100   Get Deal Apple's latest M4 iPad Air is now $100 off

Mashable’s Timothy Beck Werth called the M4 iPad Air "a tablet that thinks it's an AI laptop" — it's a great pick for students, artists, and creators. It has the same super-light aluminum body and bright Liquid Retina screen as last year's model, but it's much faster. That M4 chip makes AI tools like fast voice-note transcription and photo editing happen almost instantly. It's our favorite iPad for most people.

Both sizes of the M4 iPad Air are now $100 off, with the smaller 11-inch model starting at $649. (For comparison's sake, its all-time low price is about $519.) You'll pay an extra $150 for cellular connectivity.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple iPad Air (M4).

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M4, WiFi, 128GB) $649 at Amazon
$749 Save $100   Get Deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Air, 13-inch (M4, WiFi, 128GB) $849 at Amazon
$949 Save $100   Get Deal Save up to $200 on the powerful iPad Pro

Select configurations of the latest M5 iPad Pro are up to $150 off during Prime Big Deal Days, but you can save even more on two configurations of last year's M4 model. (One has Apple's premium nano-texture display finish.) It has the exact same design, cameras, and smooth, bright OLED touchscreen as its M5 successor. It's not quite as powerful, but it's still one of the fastest tablets you can buy. It actually outperforms a lot of laptops on the market. Our former tech editor recommended it for any professional artist who "needs a sleek, on-the-go device that can handle taxing workloads ... while they're traveling from A to B."

These M4 iPad Pros have both been up to $100 cheaper before, but we think they'll sell out before Amazon gives them any further price cuts. They're up to $376 less expensive than their M5 counterparts.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple iPad Pro (M4).

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M4, WiFi, 512GB) $1,299 at Amazon
$1,499 Save $200   Get Deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Pro, 11-inch (M4, WiFi, 2TB, nano-texture glass) $1,899 at Amazon
$2,099 Save $200   Get Deal More iPad Pro deals

• Apple iPad Pro, 11-inch (M5, WiFi, 256GB) — $1,099.99 $1,199 (save $99.01)

• Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M5, WiFi, 256GB) — $1,399.99 $1,499 (save $99.01)

• Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M5, WiFi, 512GB) — $1,549.99 $1,699 (save $149.01)

Time is running out for Prime members to shop Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale. Sign up for a Prime 30-day free trial if you want to save some cash, and follow Mashable’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals and live blog for the latest updates.

The best Prime Day deals at a glance: Best headphone deal Bose QuietComfort Headphones (1st Gen) $169 (save $190) Get Deal Best Apple deal Apple AirPods Pro 3 $179 (save $70) Get Deal Best Kindle Deal Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (2024) $149.99 (save $50) Get Deal Best Beauty Deal Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask $299.99 (Save $50) Get Deal Best Amazon Echo Deal Amazon Echo Display 11 $149.99 (save $100) Get Deal Best Outdoor Deal Yeti Limited Edition Tundra 45 Cooler $243.75 (Save $81.25) Get Deal Best smartwatch deal Apple Watch Series 12 (GPS, 42mm) $349.99 (save $50) Get Deal Best TV deal Toshiba 43-inch M450 Series QLED 4K Smart Fire TV $139.99 (Save $190) Get Deal Best Deal Under $50 Owala FreeSip Stainles Steel Water Bottle $26.58 (save $8.41) Get Deal Best Deal Under $25 Apple AirTag (2nd Gen) $24 (save $5) Get Deal

Another huge Amazon sale for Prime members is here, but it ends soon. This year, Prime Big Deal Days (aka "October Prime Day") runs Oct. 6 and 7, and deals are live for one more day, delivering major savings across every category.

The best October Prime Day deals are your chance to get some much-needed relief from the RAMageddon price hikes impacting the tech industry right now. Amazon recently increased prices on nearly two dozen Kindles, Fire TV Sticks, Echo smart speakers, and eero routers because of rising component costs. Seasonal sales like Prime Big Deal Days (and later Black Friday) cancel out some of those markups.

SEE ALSO: Try Amazon Prime for free for 30 days to get access to October Prime Day 2026

The Mashable shopping team is working around the clock to sift through thousands of October Prime Day deals and bring you live updates on the top offers. Kindles are now on sale, and the AirPods Pro 3 are $70 off. We've also found 53% discounts on noise-cancelling headphones and $1,200 savings on OLED TVs from Samsung and LG, not to mention tons of deals under $25 for shoppers on a budget.

We'll be regularly updating our top picks right up to the very end of Prime Big Deal Days. You can also check out our guide to the top October Prime Day tech deals, kitchen deals, and outdoor deals for even more savings.

How we choose Prime Day deals

Mashable shopping reporters and editors regularly review the latest products from brands like Apple, Bose, Kindle, Ninja, Nintendo, Sony, and Samsung. We've also been covering major shopping events like Prime Big Deal Days for almost a decade.

Before recommending a deal, we use price-tracking tools like CamelCamelCamel to check its price history, and we prioritize record-low discounts. We also check prices at other retailers (big-box stores like Target, Walmart, and Best Buy are also hosting fall sales right now), so we can point you to the lowest price at any given moment, even if it's not at Amazon.

Deals marked with a ✅ are Mashable award winners and editor favorites. Deals marked with a strikethrough are no longer available.

Best audio deal Opens in a new window Credit: Bose Bose QuietComfort Headphones (1st Gen) ✅ $169 at Amazon
$359 Save $190   Get Deal Why we like it

For October Prime Day, you can save 53% on the first-generation Bose QuietComfort Noise-Cancelling Headphones. Now, to be clear, these are not the newest version of these popular headphones, but it's really hard to argue with a discount like this. These headphones are incredibly comfy even after hours of use, and they offer true active noise-cancellation.

We also have to call out the first-ever deal on the new version of these headphones, the Bose QuietComfort (2nd Gen). Mashable's audio expert Bethany Allard says they offer the best possible combination of comfort, noise cancellation, sound quality, and value in the entire headphones category, full stop. Currently, they're $319, down from $359 — a $40 saving that makes them an even better value. Read our full review of the Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen).

More headphone deals

• JBL Tune 730BT headphones — $59.95 $89.95 (save $30)

• Sony WH-CH720N — $88 $179.99 (save $91.99)

• Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones — $99.95 $199.95 (save $100)

• Nothing Headphone (a) — $129 $199 (save $70)

• Sony WH-CH730N ANC headphones — $148 $179.99 (save $31.99) ✅

• Beats Studio Pro — $149.95 $299.99 (save $150.04)

• Bose QuietComfort Headphones (1st Gen) — $169 $359 (save $190) ✅

• Sony WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones — $198 $248 (save $50) ✅

• Bose QuietComfort Headphones (2nd Gen) — $319 $359 (save $40) ✅

• Sony WH-1000XM6 ANC headphones — $378 $459.99 (save $81.99) ✅

More wireless earbuds deals

• Anker Soundcore P30i noise-cancelling earbuds — $23.68 $49.99 (save $26.31) ✅

• Anker Soundcore AeroClip Open Earbuds — $94.99 $169.99 (save $75)

• Nothing Ear (3) — $99 $149 (save $50)

• Beats Fit Pro (1st Gen) sports earbuds — $118.69 $199.95 (save $81.26)

• Soundcore Sleep A30 Special — $159.99 $199.99 (save $40)

• Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 — $179.95 $249.95 (save $70)

• Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 — $170.05 $229 (save $58.95) ✅

• SHOKZ OpenFit Pro Open Earbuds with Noise Reduction — $199.45 $249.95 (save $50.50) ✅

• Technics EAH-AZ100 — $234.99 $299.99 (save $65) ✅

• Sony WF-1000XM6 ANC Earbuds — $258 $329.99 (save $71.99) ✅

Bluetooth speaker deals

• Anker Soundcore 2 Bluetooth Speaker — $31.99 $45.99 (save $14)

• JBL Go 4 Bluetooth Speaker — $34.95 $49.95 (save $15)

• Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 Portable Waterproof Speaker — $54.14 $99.99 (save $45.85) ✅

• Anker Soundcore Boom 2 Bluetooth Speaker — $84.99 $129.99 (save $45)

• Bose Soundlink Flex — $99 $159 (save $60)

• Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker — $179 $269 (save $90) ✅

Best Apple deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple AirPods Pro 3 ✅ $179 at Amazon
$249 Save $70   Get Deal Why we like it

So far, we've found 21 Apple products at record-low prices for Prime Day, which is more than we expected to be frank! But our top pick is a Prime Day classic.

The basic AirPods just got an upgrade with the new AirPods 5, but last year's Apple AirPods Pro 3 are back on sale. They've dropped to $179 — $70 off their $249 list price. These famous Apple earbuds have ANC, a more comfortable fit, and support for live translation with a compatible iPhone. They're a good pick for commuters and even measure your heart rate during workouts. Read our full review of the Apple AirPods Pro 3.

More Prime Day Apple deals

AirPods deals

• Apple AirPods 4 — $79 $129.99 (save $50.99)

• Apple AirPods Max 2 — $429 $549 (save $120)

Apple Watch deals

• Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS, 40mm) — $199 $249 (save $50) ✅

• Apple Watch Series 12 (GPS, 42mm) — $349.99 $399.99 (save $50) ✅

• Apple Watch Ultra 3 (GPS + Cellular, 46mm) — $699.97 $899 (save $199.03)

iPad deals

• Apple iPad (A16, 128GB, WiFi) — $399 $449 (save $50)

• Apple iPad Air (M4, 128GB, WiFi) — $649 $749 (save $100) ✅

• Apple iPad Pro, 13-inch (M4, WiFi, 512GB) — $1,299 $1,499 (save $200) ✅

• Apple iPad Pro, 11-Inch (M4, WiFi, 2TB, nano-texture glass) — $1,899 $2,099 (save $200)

MacBook deals

• Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,099 $1,299 (save $200) ✅

• Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,399 $1,599 (save $200)

• Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,839 $1,999 (save $160) ✅

• Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5 Max, 36GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $3,499 $4,099 (save $600) ✅

Deals on Apple accessories

• Apple MagSafe Charger — $39.99 $49 (save $9.01) ✅

• Apple Pencil USB-C — $69 $79 (save $10)

• Apple AirTag 2 (4-pack) — $89 $99 (save $10)

Best Kindle deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition $169.99 at Amazon
$249.99 Save $80   Get Deal Why we like it

"If you've been patiently waiting for Kindle deals to drop, the wait is over. The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is my favorite e-reader, the one I use every day. With 32GB of storage, it has space for thousands of books. It also has an auto-adjusting front light and wireless charging. It's exceptionally fast, too, with smooth page turns and quick-loading books in my experience. It comes without lockscreen ads, too.

Plus, when you buy a new Kindle, check whether you're eligible for three free months of Kindle Unlimited with your purchase. Check the renewal terms before signing up." — Samantha Mangino, Lead Shopping Reporter

More Kindle deals

• Amazon Kindle (16GB) — $103.99 $149.99 (save $46) ✅

• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite — $149.99 $199.99 (save $50) ✅

• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Kids — $169.99 $229.99 (save $60)

• Amazon Kindle Colorsoft (16GB) — $189.99 $289.99 (save $100)

• Amazon Kindle Scribe (32GB) — $379.99 $499.99 (save $120)

• Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft (32GB) — $479.99 $629.99 (save $150)

Best Amazon device deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Echo Dot $39.99 at Amazon
$79.99 Save $40.00   Get Deal Why we like it

Kindles aren't the only Amazon devices on sale: You'll also find deals on Amazon's Echos, Fire TVs, and tablets. Our favorite deal is on the Amazon Echo Dot, which is down to just $39.99. That's not the lowest price we've ever spotted, but it's still worth a look if you need a compact smart speaker.

It's also compatible with Alexa+, Amazon's AI assistant, which helps you do everything from meal planning to booking dinner reservations.

More Amazon device deals

Echo devices

• Amazon Echo Glow — $22.99 $29.99 (save $7)

• Amazon Echo Show 5 — $59.99 $99.99 (save $40)

• Amazon Echo Dot Max — $79.99 $119.99 (save $40)

• Amazon Echo Show 11 — $149.99 $249.99 (save $100)

• Amazon Echo Show 21 — $349.99 $499.99 (save $150)

Fire tablets

• Amazon Fire HD 10 (32GB) — $72.99 $154.99 (save $82)

• Amazon Fire HD 8 (64GB) — $79.99 $129.99 (save $50) ✅

• Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids (64GB) — $94.99 $169.99 (save $75)

Fire TV devices and accessories

• Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select — $17.99 $49.99 (save $32) ✅

• Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus — $37.99 $69.99 (save $32) ✅

• Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max — $44.99 $84.99 (save $40)

Blink cameras

• Blink Mini Pan-Tilt Camera — $23.99 $39.99 (save $16)

• Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Camera — $39.99 $99.99 (save $60)

• Blink Outdoor 4 (5+camera system) + Battery Doorbell — $104.99 $369.98 (save $264.99)

Smart home

• Amazon Smart Plug — $12.98 $24.99 (save $12.01)

• Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor — $46.99 $69.99 (save $23)

• Amazon Smart Thermostat — $56.99 $79.99 (save $23)

Best TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Toshiba Toshiba 43-inch M450 Series QLED 4K Smart Fire TV ✅ $139.99 at Amazon
$329.99 Save $190   Get Deal Why we like it

Prime Big Deal Days is a 48-hour sale, and Amazon is dropping new deals throughout the event. And the latest “Today’s Big Deals” drop from Amazon includes one of the best Prime Day TV deals we've seen yet. If you're looking for a budget set, this Toshbia Fire TV has a 43-inch QLED display, and it's never been priced this low before.

As everything else gets more expensive, somehow flat-screen TVs keep getting cheaper. So, for those of us who can't afford to drop $1,500 on a premium OLED TV, we don't have to settle too much. This 4K TV features an HDR10+ display and supports Dolby Vision, which is pretty good for a TV under $150.

More TV deals

40 to 55-inch TV deals

• Amazon Ember 40-inch 2-Series Fire TV — $179.99 $249.99 (save $70) ✅

• Roku 43-inch Select Series 4K TV — $179.99 $249.99 (save $70)

• Amazon Ember 55-inch 4-Series Fire TV — $279.99 $459.99 (save $180) ✅

• Samsung 55-inch M70H Mini-LED 4K TV — $299.99 $347.99 (save $48)

• Amazon Ember 55-inch Artline QLED 4K TV — $499.99 $899.99 (save $400) ✅

• Hisense 50-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $697.99 $1,299.99 (save $602)

• Samsung The Frame 55-inch LS03F 4K QLED Art TV —  $697.99 $1,097.99 (save $400) ✅

• LG 55-inch LX7B Gallery Mini LED 4K TV — $699.99 $1,299.99 (save $600)

• Sony 48-inch Bravia 6 OLED 4K TV — $998 $1,299.99 (save $301)

65-inch TV deals

• Roku 65-inch Plus Series QLED 4K TV — $429.99 $649.99 (save $220)

• Hisense 65-inch E7 Mini-LED Hi-QLED 4K TV — $579.99 $999.99 (save $420)

• Hisense 65-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $949.99 $1,999.99 (save $1,050)

• TCL 65-inch QM8L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $1,077.99 $2,499.99 (save $1,422) ✅

• LG C6 Series OLED 4K TV — $1,499.99 $2,699.99 (save $1,200) ✅

• Samsung 65-Inch S90H Series OLED 4K Smart TV — $1,497.99 $1,897.99 (save $400) ✅

• Samsung 65-Inch S95F Series OLED 4K Smart TV — $2,319 $2,499.99 (save $180.99) ✅

75 inches and above TV deals

• Samsung 75-inch M70H Mini-LED 4K TV — $547.99 $729.99 (save $182)

• Hisense 85-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $1,797.99 $3,999.99 (save $2,202)

• Hisense 100-inch E7 Mini-LED Hi-QLED 4K TV — $1,697.99 $2,999.99 (save $1,302)

• TCL 98-inch QM7L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $2,197.99 $3,999.99 (save $1,802)

• TCL 85-inch QM8L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $2,297.99 $3,999.99 (save $1,702)

Best home and kitchen deal Opens in a new window Credit: Ninja Ninja Creami 7-in-1 Ice Cream Maker $169.99 at Amazon
$219.99 Save $50   Get Deal

Who says you can't eat ice cream in the fall and winter? After all, doesn't pumpkin spice ice cream sound delicious? Thanks to a $50 discount for Prime members, this longtime Mashable favorite is our top pick in the kitchen category. The best Prime Day deals give you a chance to finally try products you've seen on your TikTok FYP page, and we've had a lot of fun with this Ninja appliance over the years. Read the full Mashable review of the Ninja Creami.

More Prime Day home and kitchen deals

• Staub Ceramic 0.75-quart Petite Pumpkin Dish — $29.99 $59.99 (save $30)

• Pyrex 8-Piece Metal Bakeware Set with Heatsafe Silicone Handles — $67.49 $89.99 (save $22.50) ✅

• Ninja Professional Blender 2.0, 1,200W — $79.99 $109.99 (save $30)

• Brooklinen 100% Turkish Cotton Bath Towels, 2-piece — $87.20 $109 (save $21.80) ✅

• Shark NeverChange Compact Pro Air Purifier — $109.99 $159.99 (save $50) ✅

• Caraway Non-Stick Ceramic Large Baking Sheet Duo — $110 $130 (save $20)

• Brooklinen Sateen 4-piece Sheet Set, Queen — $119.40 $199 (save $79.60) ✅

• Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ Deluxe Pod Espresso Maker — $133.99 $199.95 (save $65.96)

• Ninja PossibleCooker PRO Plus 9-in-1 slow cooker — $139.99 $179.99 (save $40)

• Vitamix 5-Speed Immersion Blender bundle — $149.95 $199.95 (save $50) ✅

• Fellow Stagg EKG Pro Kettle — $159.95 $199.95 (save $40)

• Viking PureGlide Pro 3-Ply Nonstick Frying Pans (9.5-inch and 11-inch) — $159.95 $239.99 (save $80)

• Levoit Sprout Smart Air Purifier — $170.98 $279.99 (save $109.01) ✅

• Ninja Crispi Pro Glass Air Fryer, 6 quarts — $249.90 $299.99 (save $50.09) ✅

• Vitamix Propel Series 510 Professional Blender — $299.95 $499.95 (save $200) ✅

Best outdoor deal Opens in a new window Credit: Yeti Yeti Limited Edition Tundra 45 Cooler ✅ $243.75 at Amazon
$325 Save $81.25   Get Deal Why we like it

"Yeti coolers are the gold standard of outdoor coolers for a reason: They're strong enough to stand up to a grizzly bear (yes, they're actually bear-tested) and can hold ice for days on end. I've personally tested Yeti coolers, temperature gun in hand, to verify they perform as advertised, and I haven't been disappointed yet.

"These coolers only go on sale during big shopping events like Prime Day and Black Friday, and only in select colorways. This year, you can grab this cool, limited-edition color for 25% off its usual price." Timothy Werth, Mashable Tech Editor

See all of our favorite Prime Day outdoor deals.

More outdoor deals

Cooler deals

• Igloo Trailmate Cooler (50 quart) — $99.99 $119.99 (save $20)

• Coleman Marine Cooler (100 quart) — $99.99 $134.99 (save $35)

• Igloo Maxcold Glide (110 quart) — $132.98 $179.99 (save $47.01)

• Ninja FrostVault (Spanish moss, 50 quart) — $199.99 $249.99 (save $50)

Camping deals

• LifeStraw Peak Series Personal Water Filter Straw — $17.79 $24.95 (save $7.16) ✅

• Breeo 40-inch Steel Fire Pit Poker — $55.20 $69 (save $13.80) ✅

• Coleman Sundome 4-Person Camping Tent — $81.68 $117.91 (save $38.31) ✅

• Coleman Triton 2-Burner Propane Stove — $89.99 $129.99 (save $40)

• Kelty Trash Pak — $90.93 $129.95 (save $39.02)

• Sea to Summit Frontier Ultralight One Pot Cook Set — $99.95 $114.95 (save $15)

• Jackery SolarSaga 40W Air — $99 $129 (save $30)

• Renogy 100W Portable Solar Panel — $109.99 $124.99 (save $15)

• Coleman 4-Person Instant Cabin — $149.99 $218.49 (save $68.50) ✅

• Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xlite NXT Ultralight Camping Pad — $199.95 $239.95 (save $40)

• Coleman RoadTrip 225 portable propane grill — $259.99 $364.99 (save $105)

• Breeo Smokeless Fire Pit X Series 19 — $322.05 $399.99 (save $77.94) ✅

Best power station deal Bluetti Elite 100 mini Portable Power Station ✅ $399.99 at Amazon
$699 Save $299.01   Get Deal at Amazon Why we like it

"Bluetti is bringing out some of my favorite portable power stations lately. For starters, the Bluetti FridgePower can keep your refrigerator cooling for up to 20 hours during an outage. But I'm especially excited about the new Bluetti Elite 100 mini.

"This is the lowest price we've seen for this model, and Bluetti went all-in on making this as easy to carry as possible. I love the single handle built into the side of this model. I find it much easier to carry compared to the pop-up handle that goes down the middle of many power stations. Plus, Bluetti's built-in LED light on the warm setting is perfect for evening illumination." — Lauren Allain, Mashable Contributor

More power station deals

• Jackery Explorer 300 — $239 $289 (save $50) ✅

• Anker SOLIX C800X Portable Power Station and 100W Solar Panel — $399.99 $509.99 (save $110)

• Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 — $469.99 $599 (save $129.01) ✅

• Jackery HomePower 1000 v2 — $499 $649 (save $150) ✅

• Bluetti Elite 100 V2 with 200W Solar Panel — $649.99 $999 (save $349.01)

• Ecoflow Delta 3 Classic with 220W Solar Panel — $659 $1,099 (save $440) ✅

• Jackery Solar Generator 1000 v2 and 200W Solar Panel — $664 $879 (save $215)

• Anker Solix S2000 — $679.99 $1,199 (save $519.01)

• Bluetti FridgePower — $849 $1,499 (save $650) ✅

• Jackery Explorer 2000 v2 — $849 $999 (save $150) ✅

• Bluetti Elite 200 V2 — $798.99 $1,199 (save $400.01) ✅

• Ecoflow Delta 2 Max — $1,029 $1,399 (save $370)

• Bluetti Elite 300 — $999.99 $1,499 (save $499.01)

• Jackery HomePower 3000 — $1,269 $1,499 (save $230)

• Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus — $1,538.04 $1,899 (save $390.06)

Best vacuum deal Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Shark Pet Cordless Stick Vacuum $149.99 at SharkNinja
$299.99 Save $150   Get Deal

Note: This product is sold out at Amazon, but you can still find it for 50% off at the SharkNinja website.

Why we like it

"Year after year, this Shark stick vacuum is one of the best Prime Day deals on vacuums, and I'm glad to see it back on sale for Prime Big Deal Days. One of our former reporters swore by this vacuum, calling it a literal 'game-changer' for his dog-hair-filled New York City apartment. It has a brush head that's designed to make pet hair disappear, and you can't go wrong with a 50% discount, can you?" Timothy Werth, Mashable Tech Editor

More Prime Day vacuum deals

• Roborock 2026 New Qrevo S Pro Robot Vacuum and Mop — $384.99 $699.99 (save $315)

• Dyson V10 Konical Cordless Vacuum — $399.99 $499.99 (save $100)

• eufy C28 Robot Vacuum Cleaner and Mop Combo — $449.99 $799.99 (save $350) ✅

• Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 Robot Vacuum and Mop — $449.99 $749.99 (save $300)

• Dyson V15 Detect Origin Cordless Vacuum — $589.99 $839.99 (save $250) ✅

Best memory and SSD deals Opens in a new window Credit: SanDisk SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD ✅ $209.99 at Amazon
$299.99 Save $90   Get Deal Opens in a new window Credit: SanDisk SanDisk 512GB microSD Express Card for Nintendo Switch 2 $129.99 at Amazon
$199.99 Save $70   Get Deal Why we like it

"SanDisk is a favorite of mine when buying memory products, and I use their Extreme portable SSDs to back up my own photo and video collection. (As a tech editor, I take a lot of photos and videos.) Thanks to RAMageddon, you have to take any opportunity you can find to save on portable SSDs, flash drives, microSD cards, and hard drives. Already, some of SanDisk's most popular memory products are on sale, like their microSD Express card for the Switch 2 and the new version of their popular Extreme drive." — Timothy Werth, Mashable Tech Editor

More SSD and hard drive deals

• SanDisk 128GB High Endurance Video microSDXC — $36.99 $60.99 (save $24)

• SanDisk 500GB Portable SSD — $109.99 $128.99 (save $19)

• Seagate 2TB Portable Hard Drive — $119.99 $149.99 (save $30)

• Samsung T7 Portable SSD 1TB — $229.90 $274.99 (save $45.09)

• Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB, PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 — $389.99 $639.99 (save $250) ✅

• Samsung T9 Portable SSD 2TB — $979.99 $1,144.99 (save $165)

Best fitness tracker and smartwatch deal Opens in a new window Credit: Garmin Garmin Vivoactive 5 $181.97 at Amazon
$299.99 Save $118.02   Get Deal Why we like it

Many runners believe Garmin is the gold standard of smartwatches and fitness trackers. And for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, you can grab the Garmin Vivoactive 5 for just $181.97. That saves you over $118 off its retail price.

The Vivoactive 5 features an AMOLED display and up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, so you can wear it around the clock. It provides Body Battery energy monitoring along with a sleep score and personalized tips to improve your sleep. Plus, it has more than 30 built-in sports apps.

More smartwatch deals

• Nothing CMF Watch 3 Pro — $59 $79 (save $20) ✅

• Google Pixel Watch 5 (41mm) — $414.99 $499.99 (save $80)

Best Lego deal Opens in a new window Credit: Lego Lego Icons Project Hail Mary $69.99 at Amazon
$99.99 Save $30   Get Deal Why we like it

Project Hail Mary is one of 2026's most beloved movies because, of course, the outer space relationship building of Ryan Gosling and a rock charmed everyone. Naturally, Lego created a set to commemorate the movie earlier this year. Less expected, however, is the hefty price cut this set is receiving during Prime Big Deal Days, which slashes its price from $99.99 to $69.99, saving you 30%. This 830-piece set stands at about 12 inches tall, and includes the titular spacecraft, plus Ryland Grace and Rocky minifigs.

More Lego deals

• Lego City Advent Calendar 2026 — $25 $34.99 (save $9.99)

• Lego Botanicals Flowering Cactus — $26.37 $34.99 (save $8.62)

• Lego Super Mario: Mario Kart — Interactive Mario & Standard Kart — $29.39 $54.99 (save $25.60)

• Lego Botanicals Succulents — $34.99 $49.99 (save $15)

• Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar 2026 — $35 $44.99 (save $9.99)

• Lego Marvel Advent Calendar 2026 — $35 $44.99 (save $9.99)

• Lego Super Mario: Mario Kart — Wario & King Boo — $34.97 $49.99 (save $15.02)

• Lego Star Wars Darth Vader Bust — $39.99 $49.99 (save $10)

• Lego Star Wars SMART Play: Yoda’s Hut and Jedi Training — $49.99 $69.99 (save $20)

• Lego Botanicals Hibiscus Flower — $55.95 $69.99 (save $14.04)

• Lego Star Wars SMART Play: Mos Eisley Cantina — $63.95 $79.99 (save $16.04)

• Lego Super Mario: Mario Kart Baby Peach & Grand Prix Set Home Circuit — $63.99 $79.99 (save $16)

• Lego Star Wars: Andor K-2SO Security Droid — $71.99 $89.99 (save $18)

• Lego Star Wars SMART Play: Millennium Falcon — $79.95 $99.99 (save $20.04)

Best streaming and subscription deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Audible $0.99/month for four months + free $20 credit Get Deal Why we like it

Right now, eligible Prime members can get four months of Audible Standard for $0.99 per month — $3.96 total. On top of that, you get a free $20 credit to spend on the title(s) of your choice.

Your membership lets you download one audiobook per month. including classics, new releases, and BookTok faves like the ACOTAR series. And if 99 cents feels a little high, you can also sign up for a 30-day free trial.

More Amazon subscription deals

• Kindle Unlimited — 3 months free

• Amazon Music Unlimited — 4 months free with Prime

• Grubhub+ is free with Prime. Enjoy unlimited $0 food delivery fees on eligible orders. Terms & additional fees apply.

• Buy or lease a new car, get a $1,500 gift card for free with Prime

Best DJI deal Opens in a new window Credit: DJI DJI Mini 3 Drone $269 at Amazon
$419 Save $150   Get Deal More DJI deals

• DJI Mic 3 (2 TX + 1 RX + Charging Case) — $259 $329 (save $70) ✅

• DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Vlogging Camera — $395 $499 (save $105)

• DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Vlogging Camera creator bundle — $406 $532 (save $126) ✅

Best beauty tech deal Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Shark CryoGlow LED Face Mask ✅ $299.99 at Amazon
$349.99 Save $50   Get Deal Why we like it

Shark's red light face mask not only costs half the price of the competition, but it also offers cooling therapy and blue light therapy for good measure. We spent 10 months testing this face mask to make sure it lived up to the hype, and in the end, we named it a Mashable Choice product. To put it simply, don't even look at other red light masks.

During Prime Big Deal Days, you can get this Shark beauty mask at its lowest-ever price. Read our full review of the Shark CyroGlow LED Face Mask.

More beauty tech deals

• Revlon One-Step Volumizer —$34.97 $65.99 (save $31.02) ✅

• L'Ange Hair Le Volume Dryer Brush — $46.50 $69 (save $22.50)

• Revlon 3-in-1 Multi-Styler — $76.49 $89.99 (save $13.50)

• Laifen SE Lite Ionic Hair Dryer — $89.98 $119.99 (save $30.01) ✅

• Solawave 4-in-1 Red Light Therapy — $94.99 $169 (save $74.01) ✅

• L'Ange Hair Axia HaloRing Hair Dryer — $99 $129 (save $30)

• Shark SpeedStyle Hair Dryer — $129 $229.99 (save $100.99) ✅

• Therabody TheraFace Depuffing Wand — $134.99 $169.99 (save $35)

• Dreame AirStyle Suite Hair Styler — $139.99 $199.99 (save $60)

• Shark FlexStyler — $199 $349 (save $150) ✅

• Solawave Red Light Therapy Face Mask — $255.85 $389.99 (save $134.14) ✅

• Nuface Trinity+ — $256.75 $395 (save $138.25)

• Shark FlexFusion Ceramic Air Styler — $279 $399.99 (save $120.99) ✅

• T3 Aire 360 Multi-Styler — $284.99 $349.99 (save $65)

• TheraFace Therabody Mask Glo — $284.99 $379.99 (save $95) ✅

• Dyson Supersonic Travel Styling Duo — $299.99 $391.99 (save $92) ✅

• Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer — $349.99 $449.99 (save $100)

• Dyson Airwrap i.d. Multi-Styler — $499.99 $709.99 (save $210) ✅

Best gaming deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung 32-inch Odyssey G5 $219.99 at Amazon
$349.99 Save $130   Get Deal Why we like it

"Finding a 32-inch, 1,440p panel from a top-tier brand for around 37% off is nothing to scoff at. You're getting a 180Hz refresh rate and a 1ms response time, plus G-Sync and FreeSync support to keep fast-paced action smooth and free of screen tearing. It also comes with a height-adjustable ergonomic stand right out of the box, so you can pivot, tilt, and swivel to your setup's needs — a practical feature most budget displays cut to trim costs." — Ben Williams, Mashable contributor

More gaming deals

• Red Dead Redemption — $24.99 $29.99 (save $5)

• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 — $24.99 $49.99 (save $25)

• The Last of Us Part II Remastered — $37.49 $49.99 (save $12.50)

• The Last of Us Part 1 — $37.99 $69.99 (save $32)

• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — $44.75 $69.99 (save $25.24)

• SteelSeries Apex 3 RGB Gaming Keyboard — $49.99 $54.99 (save $5)

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — $59.88 $69.99 (save $10.11) ✅

• Razer BlackWidow V4 X Mechanical Gaming Keyboard — $92.99 $129.99 (save $37)

• Samsung 27-inch Odyssey (G50F) QHD Gaming Monitor — $169.99 $279.99 (save $110) ✅

• Nintendo Switch with Neon Blue and Red Joy-Con (Renewed) — $199 $339 (save $140)

• Alienware 24.5-inch (AW2525HM) Full HD Gaming Monitor — $189.99 $249.99 (save $60)

• Samsung 32-inch Odyssey (G55C) Curved Gaming Monitor — $189.99 $329.99 (save $140) ✅

• LG 27-inch UltraGear OLED Gaming Monitor (27GS93QE-B) — $550.88 $899.99 (save $349.11) ✅

Best Anker deal Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Anker MagGo 2 Pro Power Bank $87.99 at Amazon
$109.99 Save $22   Get Deal Why we like it

Anker's new MagSafe-compatible wireless power bank sticks right to the back of your phone. This device can charge your phone wirelessly at 25W and features a built-in display so you always know how much juice you have left.

More mobile accessory deals

• Anker Nano Smart Display Charger — $25.99 $39.99 (save $14)

• Twelve South HiRise 2 Deluxe 2-in-1 Wireless Charging Station — $38.99 $79.99 (save $41)

• Anker MagGo Power Bank, 10,000mAh — $63.99 $79.99 (save $16)

• Anker Laptop Power Bank, 25,000mAh — $95.99 $134.99 (save $40)

Best board game deal Opens in a new window Credit: Days of Wonder Ticket to Ride $29.99
$39.99 Save $10.00   Get Deal Why we like it

Amazon is loaded with board game deals during October Prime Day, and if you have plans for a board-game Thanksgiving gathering, now's a great time to stock up.

"If you haven't yet dabbled in the joy of Ticket to Ride, I recommend this game for any group. I've played with friends, family, and even people I don't really like, but the game has made the gathering enjoyable. It's easy to learn gameplay, has a few fun twists, and it's a great geography lesson, too." — Lauren Allain, Mashable Contributor

More Prime Day board game deals

• Sushi Go! — $11.37 $14.50 (save $4.04)

• Bananagrams — $11.95 $15.99 (save $4.04)

• Blueberry Cat D&D Dice Set — $12.99 $19.99 (save $7)

• Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer's Collection Box Set — $13.32 $34.99 (save $21.67)

• Azul — $23.99 $39.99 (save $16)

• Splendor — $23.99 $39.99 (save $16)

• Dixit — $27.99 $44.99 (save $17)

• Trekking The National Parks — $29.99 $49.95 (save $19.96)

• Catan Board Game — $29.99 $49.99 (save $20)

• Dungeons & Dragons Strategy Board — $29.99 $34.99 (save $5)

• Cascadia Board Game — $37.45 $39.99 (save $2.54)

• Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands — $39.95 $49.99 (save $10.04)

Time is running out for Prime members to shop Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale. Sign up for a Prime 30-day free trial if you want to save some cash, and follow Mashable’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals and live blog for the latest updates.

Microsoft is all set to announce a Surface laptop powered by the powerful new Nvidia RTX Spark chip on Wednesday afternoon, but HP may have jumped the gun by revealing the price of its own RTX Spark laptops ahead of time.

According to NotebookCheck, HP posted product listings on its online storefront ahead of the Microsoft event, which is set to start at 1 p.m. ET. These laptops use the RTX Spark chip, making them extra beefy for power users. Per HP's store listings (which have since been removed), the OmniBook X 14 starts at $2,999, and the Omnibook Ultra 16 starts at $3,199.

SEE ALSO: Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer mode in Edge

Those are obviously huge price tags, but they make a tiny bit more sense when you see that the machines include the RTX Spark chip, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD storage.

Still, NotebookCheck noted that the Ultra 16 can go as high as $4,999 with the most powerful variant. That's an astronomical price for a laptop, no matter how powerful it is. We'll see if the Microsoft Surface laptop with the RTX Spark chip, likely to be announced on Wednesday afternoon, is even close to these in price.

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SAVE $649: As of Oct. 7, the Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station (2,048Wh) is down to $849.99 at Amazon for Prime Big Deal Days — a 43% discount off its normal $1,499 list price.

Opens in a new window Credit: Anker Anker Solix C2000 $849.99 at Amazon
$1,499 Save $649.01   Get Deal

Prime Big Deal Days wraps up at midnight tonight, making this your final window to grab Anker's heavy-duty backup battery before prices jump back up. Dropping $649 off its usual $1,499 price tag down to $849.99, the Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 gives you solid energy security for home blackouts, tailgating, or camping trips.

The main draw here is the sheer amount of juice it holds: a 2,048Wh capacity paired with 2,400W of continuous power output (and a huge 4,000W peak surge). That means it can power heavy-duty appliances like a full-sized dual-door fridge, a microwave, or a window A/C unit without tripping. It’s so efficient that it can keep a full-sized fridge cold for up to 32 straight hours on a single charge.

SEE ALSO: The best live Prime Day outdoor deals: Anker power stations, Yeti coolers, and LifeStraws are among our top picks

Recharging is stupidly fast, too. Wall-charging gets it from empty to 100% in just 58 minutes. If you're on the road, you can use an 800W car alternator charger to top it off in 3 hours — eight times faster than a standard cigarette lighter socket — or hook it up to solar panels when you're off the grid.

Even with all that muscle, Anker managed to keep this setup surprisingly compact. At 41.7 pounds, it's about 25% lighter and 29% smaller than most other power stations with this much juice, making it easy enough to throw in the trunk. Plus, the internal LiFePO4 battery cells are rated for over 3,000 charge cycles, so you'll easily get 10 years of use out of it before the battery health even starts to drop.

Grab the Anker Solix C2000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station at Amazon for $849.99 before Prime Big Deal Days ends at midnight tonight.

Even older Kindles are surprisingly capable, but Amazon's stock firmware limits what you can do. I've jailbroken several Kindles in my time and unlocked a ton of useful features. These are the apps and plugins I always install first.

Astronomers may have uncovered a wild reason for how one Martian cloud grows hundreds of miles longer than California, possibly making it the largest of its kind in the solar system. 

Astrophysicist Jorge Hernández Bernal first spotted the cloud in an otherwise clear sky in 2018. Images by the European Space Agency's Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera, aka the Mars webcam, captured the strange phenomenon as the Red Planet's southern hemisphere experienced spring. 

When he looked through archival Mars images, he found the cloud as far back as NASA's Viking 2 mission in the 1970s. But it largely escaped notice because of its ephemeral nature: It forms daily at sunrise around the summit of Arsia Mons, a mountain that soars 11 miles high, and vanishes within three hours. Many space cameras snapping photos of that region can't take pictures until the afternoon, due to orbits timed to the sun. 

For years, Bernal and colleagues have continued investigating what makes this extraterrestrial wonder — and, no, it's not steam spewing from the volcano. Arsia Mons has not been active for ages. Instead, the answer may be physics that was only theoretical until now. Scientists have never seen this happen in any planet's atmosphere before.

The team's shocking findings, published in Nature Geoscience, are a reminder to scientists that they should never rule out obscure or unfamiliar processes when studying other worlds. 

SEE ALSO: A dying star may have birthed a planet right before it croaked

The key to the cloud could be something called "homogeneous nucleation," according to the new paper, a process wherein water vapor seems to freeze straight into ice particles in the air. 

On Earth, clouds tend to form when water vapor cools and clings to airborne particles, like salt, pollen, or dust. Originally, researchers believed Mars' copious dust was the catalyst. But when they used computer models to try to simulate the cloud, dubbed the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, or AMEC, they could never reproduce its long tail. 

Something was missing from their cloud recipe, which urged Bernal, now at Sorbonne Université in Paris, to continue looking for missing steps or ingredients. 

"The actual answer seems obvious now, but at first we were quite skeptical of ourselves," Bernal told Mashable. "The point is that homogeneous nucleation is another pathway to form cloud particles without requiring dust, and that happens precisely when humidity is very high."

Researchers liken this unusual phenomenon to droplets of condensation appearing in the middle of a room, rather than on a window. For this cloud process to work, the air has to be extremely moist — over 100,000 times more humid than anything we experience on Earth.

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The 1,100-mile cloud appears at sunrise daily in the spring and summer for the southern Mars hemisphere. Credit: ESA

So how does a dry, dusty planet get that soggy? Blame the volcano. As wind rushes past Arsia Mons, the mountainside kicks up a powerful gravity wave in the atmosphere. That wave shoves moist air several miles higher in just a few minutes. Up there, the air chills fast, dropping about 54 degrees Fahrenheit in only 10 minutes. Cold air can't hold much water vapor, so the humidity shoots up until the vapor freezes on the spot.

Mars may be famous for its dust, but the researchers found that altitude makes all the difference. The cloud forms about 28 miles above the ground, where far less dust floats around.

With homogeneous nucleation added to the cloud recipe, the team's computer model finally produced the long tail. 

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"It feels good to find a long-sought explanation like this, especially when the explanation turns out to be something really special that has not been observed in nature before," Bernal said.

Confirming the result will require new observations that won't be easy to get. But the researchers hope the paper will spark broader scientific interest in dust-free cloud formation, not just in the upper atmosphere of Mars, but Venus and even Earth. 

Bernal, who has devoted his whole career to studying this exotic cloud, worries that humans could one day destroy it, as they have other wondrous features on our home planet. He's an advocate for studying space and other worlds from afar.

"It is an eye-catching, aesthetically sublime cloud," he said. "If anyone tried to terraform Mars, any change in its current climate could easily make the AMEC disappear." 

Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale has entered its second and final day, and Mashable shopping experts are still bringing you live updates on all of the best October Prime Day deals. If you're looking to restock on everyday essentials or desperately need some relief from this year's tech price hikes, then this is your chance to save some serious cash.

We know that shoppers are keeping an eye on the build-up to Black Friday, but this event has dropped deals in just about every category. We've seen price drops on Apple MacBooks, first-ever deals on new Bose headphones, and huge discounts on top TVs from brands like Samsung, LG, and TCL. No matter what's on your holiday wishlist, our shopping reporters are ready to help you save, and we'll be cross-checking prices at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart to make sure you know where to find the lowest prices as we approach the end of the sale.

Keep scrolling for the full schedule of events, the latest Prime Day deals, price drops, low-stock alerts, and news from the Mashable shopping team.

SAVE $265: Prime members can now buy an unlocked Google Pixel 11 Pro for $835. As part of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale, this phone has dropped below $1,000 for the first time since it launched.

Opens in a new window Credit: Google Google Pixel 11 Pro, Unlocked (256GB) $835 at Amazon
$1,099 Save $264   Get Deal

The Google Pixel 11 Pro launched in August, and it's taken two months to get a good and proper discount on this Android flagship. For the first time ever, this phone is available for under $1,000 as part of the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale. With a cool 24% discount, you can save $265 and pick up this phone for $834 in the obsidian black color. The dune, fog, and olive versions of the phone are also on sale for $849, so you'll have to decide if any of those colors is worth an extra $15 to you.

In our Pixel 11 Pro review, we noted that the new smartphone has an incredible camera array, and the device is capable of taking professional-quality photographs (even without the included suite of AI photo editing tools). That's no surprise. For the past couple of years, Google's Pro-series phones have had the best cameras in the business, rivaled only by Apple's Pro-level phones. If you're in the Android world and you want the best possible cameras, this is the best smartphone for photography (at least in the United States; there are some impressive smartphone cameras with Leica lenses available in Asia).

As our reviewer Alex Perry wrote, "Photography is fun on the Pixel 11 Pro, which is not something I feel about many handsets these days. A combination of hardware and software makes your images consistently look nice, even in challenging lighting conditions." We recently named this one of the best smartphones of the year, and at this price, it's a lot more attractive.

Prime members can buy an unlocked model of this Android phone at Amazon now.

SEE ALSO: The 37 best Prime Day tech deals: We found deals under $25, but also $1,200 savings on OLED TVs

Time is running out for Prime members to shop Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale. Sign up for a Prime 30-day free trial if you want to save some cash, and follow Mashable’s guide to the best October Prime Day deals and live blog for the latest updates.

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The best Prime Day MicroSD, portable SSD, and internal SSD deals: Best Rugged SSD deal Sandisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD $209.99 (save $90) Get Deal Best SSD deal Samsung SSD 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 $389.99 (save $250) Get Deal Best MicroSD card deal Sandisk 512GB microSD Express Card for Nintendo Switch 2 $129.99 (save $70) Get Deal Best Travel-Friendly SSD deal Samsung T7 2TB Portable SSD $379.99 (save $170) Get Deal

Thanks to the global memory crisis known as "RAMageddon," prices on memory products like internal drives, external SSDs, and high-capacity flash storage have continued to climb. It’s been a relentless up, up, and up trajectory as AI demand squeezes consumer supply.

That makes finding genuine discounts during Prime Big Deal Days — Amazon's 48-hour fall savings event that ends today, Oct. 7 — all the more crucial.

SEE ALSO: October Prime Day 2026: Live updates on Apple, Kindle, Lego, and Samsung deals

High-speed NVMe drives, rugged external SSDs, microSD cards, and HDDs are Prime Day staples that matter more than ever amid RAMageddon. We did some digging and found the best October Prime Day deals in the solid-state and hard drive categories right now. If you've been waiting to expand your PC build, give your PS5 some breathing room, or secure your off-site backups, now is the time to take advantage of these offers from top-tier brands like Samsung, Sandisk, and more.

Best rugged SSD deal Opens in a new window Credit: SanDisk Sandisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD $209.99 at Amazon
$299.99 Save $90   Get Deal Why we like it

Pocket-sized, ridiculously fast, and virtually indestructible, the Sandisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD is engineered for harsh travel conditions that would destroy standard desktop drives. It nearly doubles the speed of previous generations, so you can back up thousands of photos in less than a minute, while offering full weather resistance to rain and spills, and hardware encryption to keep your private documents locked down tighter than a vault. Now $209.99 for October Prime Day (normally $299.99), it's never been cheaper before.

Best SSD deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung SSD 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 $389.99 at Amazon
$639.99 Save $250   Get Deal Why we like it

The Samsung 990 Pro delivers top-tier sequential speeds up to 7,450 MB/s, effectively maxing out what a PCIe 4.0 slot can process. That translates directly to faster boot times, near-instant game loading on PC or PS5, and smooth handling of large 4K video renders. It also runs more power-efficiently than its predecessor, so it stays stable under heavy continuous workloads. With a solid five-year warranty and a huge price drop, it’s one of the best value-for-money storage upgrades you can buy right now.

Best microSD card deal Opens in a new window Credit: SanDisk Sandisk 512GB microSD Express Card for Nintendo Switch 2 $129.99 at Amazon
$199.99 Save $70   Get Deal Why we like it

Nintendo's bestselling Switch 2 console comes with 256GB of built-in storage, which can fill up fast if you play a lot of AAA games. Sandisk's officially licensed 512GB microSD Express Card for the console has read speeds of up to 880 MB/s and comes with a lifetime warranty. If you're a Prime member, you can add it to your cart for just $129.99 during Prime Big Deal Days (typically $199.99). That's its lowest price ever.

Best travel-friendly SSD deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung T7 2TB Portable SSD $379.99 at Amazon
$549.99 Save $170   Get Deal Why we like it

The Samsung T7 is built for life on the move. Weighing under two ounces and barely larger than a credit card, it slips into a pocket or backpack pouch without taking up space in your carry-on. Its solid aluminum unibody design handles the bumps of travel with ease, featuring shock resistance that withstands drops from up to 6 feet. With transfer speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s, you can offload massive 4K travel footage, photo backups, or offline media libraries in seconds. You can even plug it directly into an iPhone 15 Pro (or newer) to record high-res video straight to the drive while on location.

More SSD and hard drive dealsSSDs

• PNY CS900 250GB Internal SSD — $45.99 $59.99 (save $14)

• PNY CS900 500GB Internal SSD — $76.49 $109.99 (save $33.50)

• Acer Predator GM7 1TB SSD PCle Gen 4x4 — $159.99 $189.99 (save $30)

• Sandisk Optimus GX 7100 1TB NVMe SSD PCIe 4.0 — $169.15 $199 (save $29.85)

• Samsung SSD 9100 Pro 1TB PCle 5.0 — $196.64 $339.99 (save $143.35)

• Lexar NM790 SSD 2TB PCle Gen 4x4 — $271.99 $319.99 (save $48)

• Samsung SSD 9100 Pro 2TB PCIe 5.0 — $334.99 $679.97 (save $344.98)

• Sandisk Optimus 5100 4TB NVMe SSD PCIe 4.0 — $509.99 $599.99 (save $90)

• Sandisk Optimus GX Pro 8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 — $799.99 $1,079.99 (save $280)

MicroSDs

• Sandisk 128GB High Endurance Video microSDXC — $36.99 $60.99 (save $24)

• PNY 64GB Elite-X microSDXC Flash Memory Card 3-Pack — $33.99 $42.99 (save $6)

• Amazon Basics 512GB microSDXC Memory Card — $93.17 $109.62 (save $16.45)

Portable SSDs

• SSK Portable SSD 500GB — $76.49 $92.99 (save $16.50)

• Sandisk 500GB Portable SSD — $109.99 $128.99 (save $19) 

• SSK USB-C 1TB Portable SSD — $151.99 $189.99 (save $38)

• Samsung T7 Portable SSD 1TB — $229.90 $274.99 (save $45.09)

• Sandisk Creator Phone SSD 2TB — $280.49 $339.99 (save $59.50)

• Samsung T9 Portable SSD 2TB — $334.99 $489.99 (save $155)

• Sandisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD — $359.99 $450.75 (save $90.76)

• Sandisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD — $714.95 $860.10 (save $145.15)

• Samsung T9 Portable SSD 4TB — $979.99 $1,144.99 (save $165)

Portable HDDs

• Seagate 2TB Portable Hard Drive — $119.99 $149.99 (save $30)

• WD 5TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive — $214.94 $284.99 (save $70.05)

• WD 6TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive — $278.50 $319.99 (save $41.49)

External hard drives

• Western Digital 20TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive — $549.99 $1,069.99 (save $520)

Internal hard drives

• Western Digital 1TB WD Blue Mobile Hard Drive — $119.99 $144.99 (save $25)

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SAVE $50: As of Oct. 7, the 11-inch Apple iPad (A16 chip, 128GB, WiFi) is down to $399 at Amazon — a 11% savings off its standard $449 list price.

Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad 11-inch: A16 chip $399 at Amazon
$449 Save $50   Get Deal

Prime Big Deal Days wraps up at midnight tonight, making this your final chance to grab Apple's default budget tablet before prices jump back up. Named Mashable's top pick for the best budget iPad of 2026 by Samantha Mangino, the 11th-generation iPad drops $50 down to $399 for the 128GB version. It’s the most practical buy for anyone who wants a fast, vibrant screen for couch scrolling, video calls, and daily tasks without spending Pro or Air money.

Inside, Apple upgraded the processor to the A16 chip — making apps load instantly and multi-window browsing feel effortless. While it skips the hyper-advanced M-series chips, its benchmark results beat most premium Chromebooks, so it easily doubles as a light work or study device.

The 11-inch Liquid Retina display delivers sharp, vibrant visuals with True Tone technology, which automatically adjusts the screen's color warmth to match the ambient lighting in your room so your eyes don't get fried. You get a sharp 12MP front camera positioned along the long landscape edge — so you look centered during video calls — plus a 12MP rear camera for quick document scans. Touch ID is integrated directly into the top power button for instant fingerprint unlocking and secure Apple Pay authorization.

SEE ALSO: October Prime Day: We found 22 Apple products at record-low prices that you need to grab before midnight

Rounding out the hardware is a universal USB-C charging port, all-day battery life that comfortably carries you through a full day of mixed use, and speedy WiFi 6 for buffer-free streaming. It also supports both the USB-C Apple Pencil and 1st-Gen Apple Pencil if you like to sketch or take handwritten notes, as well as the Magic Keyboard Folio if you want to turn it into a portable mini laptop setup.

If you just need a reliable, high-quality Apple tablet that nails all the fundamentals, this $399 iPad 11-inch A16 Prime Day deal is as good as it gets before the clock runs out.

The best October Prime Day TV deals: Best budget TV deal Amazon Ember 55-inch 4-Series 4K TV $279.99 (save $180) Get Deal Best OLED TV deal Samsung 65-inch S90H OLED 4K TV $1,497.99 (save $1,202) Get Deal Best QLED TV Deal TCL 65-inch QM8L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV $1,077.99 (save $1,422) Get Deal Best art TV deal Amazon Ember 55-inch Artline QLED 4K TV $499.99 (save $400) Get Deal Best Roku TV deal Roku 65-inch Plus Series QLED 4K TV $429.99 (save $220) Get Deal Best small TV deal Amazon Ember 43-inch 4-Series 4K TV $199.99 (save $130) Get Deal Best TV Deal Under $500 TCL 65-inch T7 Series QLED 4K Google TV $448.99 (save $81) Get Deal Our Dream TV Samsung 65-Inch S95F Series OLED 4K Smart TV $2,319 (save $180.99) Get Deal

Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale features lots of amazing tech deals (duh). But it's an especially good time to be shopping for a new TV, as 2026 models have been on the market long enough to see hefty discounts. Sure, you could wait a few weeks until Black Friday to see if they get even cheaper, but if you're already sick of watching football games on an old TV, then this is your best opportunity to save.

On the first day of Prime Big Deal Days, the TV deals were excellent. On day two, some are even better. Our favorite QLED TV of 2026 dropped an extra $120 overnight, while a few Hisense Canvas TVs (basically Hisense's version of The Frame) slashed an additional $50 off their price tags. We've also spotted best-ever pricing on some other favorites, including a brilliant Samsung OLED if you're willing to splurge and Amazon Ember TVs for budget shoppers.

SEE ALSO: October Prime Day 2026: Live updates on Apple, Kindle, Lego, and Samsung deals

Our tech experts have collected all of the best October Prime Day TV deals from brands like TCL, Hisense, Amazon Fire TV, LG, and Samsung below. While the deals are still going strong, the sale wraps up at midnight tonight (Oct. 7), so be sure to lock in these prices while you can.

Feeling lost? Check out the Mashable guide to TV specs for a quick refresh on the difference between QLED, OLED, Mini LED, and RGB displays. And to make life easier, we've marked our editors' top deals with a ✅.

Best Prime Day TV deal overall Opens in a new window Credit: TCL TCL 65-inch QM8L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV $1,077.99 at Amazon
$2,499.99 Save $1,422.00   Get Deal Why we like it

Mashable's TV expert named TCL's QM8L TV the best QLED TV for most people, highlighting its "superb peak brightness, detailed picture quality, and fantastic glare handling" in her review. The SQD part of its name stands for "super quantum dot" mini LEDs, which are a major reason why it's one of the brightest TVs you can buy in 2026. Period.

On day one of the sale, October Prime Day savings knocked the cost down from $2,500 to $1,197.99. On day two, it somehow got even cheaper. Grab it for a new record low of $1,077.99 or 57% off while you can.

Best Prime Day budget TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Ember 55-inch 4-Series 4K TV $279.99 at Amazon
$459.99 Save $180   Get Deal Why we like it

As much as we might drool over Sony's new flagship Bravia 7 II True RGB TV, when it comes time to actually add a TV to our shopping cart, we often have to lower our expectations. The good news: TVs are among the few tech products that have gotten cheaper over the past five years, and even budget TVs offer fairly impressive displays and sound.

The Amazon Ember 4-Series is a good starter TV if you're on a budget, and that's why it's one of the best October Prime Day TV deals we've found so far. Despite clocking in at under $300, this 55-inch TV has a 4K HDR10+ display, WiFi 6 support, a speedy quad-core processor, and doubles as an Alexa smart speaker. If you're already in the Amazon ecosystem and OLEDs aren't in your budget, don't overthink this one.

Best art TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Ember 55-inch Artline QLED 4K TV $499.99 at Amazon
$899.99 Save $400   Get Deal Why we like it

If you want an aesthetic TV that doubles as artwork on your wall, but don't quite have the budget for Samsung's The Frame, Amazon's new Ember Artline TVs are a solid alternative. The 55-inch model is on sale for less than $500 for Prime Big Deal Days, which is 44% off and its best price on record. While Amazon's art TV isn't quite as impressive in the specs department as Samsung's, it does offer a free art gallery and a wide selection of frame options at no extra cost. It's not our top pick at full price, but at $400 off? It's hard to pass up.

Best OLED TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung 65-inch S90H OLED 4K TV $1,497.99 at Amazon
$2,699.99 Save $1,202.00   Get Deal Why we like it

Combining immersive deep blacks and the contrast known to come from Glare Flare OLED technology, the Samsung S90H is another great Prime Day bargain if making the jump to an OLED TV has been on your radar — now only $1,497.99.

Its selling point is the NQ4 AI Gen3 Processor, which uses 128 neural networks to enhance picture and sound, while 4K AI Upscaling Pro sharpens lower-resolution content. Gamers also get unique benefits thanks to the Motion Xcelerator 165Hz, Nvidia G-Sync, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support for smoother, lower-latency play.

Best Roku TV deal Opens in a new window Credit: Roku Roku 65-inch Plus Series QLED 4K TV $429.99 at Amazon
$649.99 Save $220   Get Deal Why we like it

Not a fan of the Fire TV ecosystem? This deal on the 65-inch Roku Plus Series TV shaves $220 off for October Prime Day. It's selling fast, which makes sense; it's down to its best price ever and puts a 65-inch Mini-LED QLED in your living room for less than $450. Mini-LED backlighting and local dimming enable finer tuning of the bright, detailed 4K QLED display. It also features Dolby Atmos sound, Roku Smart Picture, and a delightfully simple interface.

Our dream TV: Samsung S95F OLED TV Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung 65-Inch S95F Series OLED 4K Smart TV $2,319 at Samsung
$2,499.99 Save $180.99 Almost sold out! Get Deal Why we like it

Our tech editor says this is the TV he'd buy if money were no object. What makes this Samsung OLED so special? While the LG C6 and Samsung S90H OLED TVs offer a better overall value, there are some distinct features that make the S95F so special — and so hard to find in stock (it's totally sold out at Samsung and almost sold out at Amazon).

The S95F borrows everything we love about The Frame art TVs and brings them into a flagship TV with a stunning OLED display. This TV has the ultra-thin design of The Frame, but crucially, it also has the same matte, anti-glare display, which is unrivaled in the TV world. Because it also has art mode, you can use it as an art TV without sacrificing any specs, making this the ideal TV for cinephiles, gamers, and design lovers.

So, while it doesn't have a huge discount (Best Buy has the best offer at the moment), we still think it's one of the best Prime Day deals on TVs.

More October Prime Day TV dealsUnder 50-inch TV deals

• Roku 43-Inch Select Series 4K TV — $179.99 $249.99 (save $70)

• Amazon Ember 40-inch 2-Series HD TV — $179.99 $249.99 (save $70)

• Amazon Ember 43-inch 4-Series 4K TV — $199.99 $329.99 (save $130) ✅

• Sony 48-inch Bravia 6 OLED 4K TV — $998 $1,299.99 (save $301.99)

50 to 55-inch TV deals

• Insignia 50-inch F50 4K TV — $159.99 $299.99 (save $140)

• Hisense 55-inch E6 Hi-QLED 4K TV — $299.99 $429.99 (save $130)

• Hisense 50-inch E7 Mini-LED Hi-QLED 4K TV — $399.99 $699.99 (save $300) ✅

• Amazon Ember 55-inch Omni Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $449.99 $819.99 (save $370)

• Amazon Ember 55-inch Omni QLED 4K TV — $489.99 $589.99 (save $100) ✅

• Hisense 50-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $649.99 $1,299.99 (save $650) ✅

• Samsung 55-inch The Frame LS03F QLED 4K TV — $697.99 $1,097.99 (save $400) ✅

• LG 55-inch LX7B Gallery Mini LED 4K TV — $699.99 $1,299.99 (save $600)

65-inch TV deals

• Insignia 65-inch QF Series QLED 4K TV — $299.99 $349.99 (save $50)

• TCL 65-inch T7 Series QLED 4K Google TV — $448.99 $529.99 (save $81) ✅

• Hisense 65-inch E7 Mini-LED Hi-QLED 4K TV — $579.99 $999.99 (save $420)

• Amazon Ember 65-inch Omni QLED 4K TV — $709.99 $849.99 (save $140)

• Amazon Ember 65-inch Artline QLED 4K TV — $799.98 $1,099.99 (save $300.01)

• Amazon Ember 65-inch Omni Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $799.99 $1,089.99 (save $290)

• Samsung 65-inch The Frame LS03F QLED 4K TV — $897.99 $1,497.99 (save $600) ✅

• LG 65-inch LX7B Gallery Mini LED 4K TV — $899.99 $1,799.99 (save $900)

• Hisense 65-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $899.99 $1,999.99 (save $1,100)

• Toshiba 65-inch G700 ArtVision QLED 4K TV — $999.99 $1,999.99 (save $1,000)

• Samsung 65-inch S85H OLED 4K TV — $1,297.99 $1,999.99 (save $702)

• LG C6 Series OLED 4K TV — $1,499.99 $2,699.99 (save $1,200) ✅

• Sony 65-inch Bravia 8 II QD QLED 4K TV — $2,498 $3,299.99 (save $801.99)

75-inch TV deals

• Samsung 75-inch M70H Mini-LED 4K TV — $547.99 $729.99 (save $182)

• Amazon Ember 75-inch Omni QLED 4K TV — $989.99 $1,199.99 (save $210)

• Amazon Ember 75-inch Omni Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $999.99 $1,499.99 (save $500)

80 to 85-inch TV deals

• TCL 85 Inch Class QM6K Series Mini LED QLED 4K TV — $897.99 $1,097.99 (save $200) ✅

• Amazon Ember 85-inch Omni Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $1,759.99 $2,099.99 (save $340)

• Hisense 85-inch S7 Canvas Hi-QLED 4K TV — $1,797.99 $3,999.99 (save $2,202)

Over 85-inch TV deals

• Hisense 100-inch Class E6 Series QLED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV — $1,384.97 $1,749.99 (save $365.02)

• Hisense 100-inch E7 Mini-LED Hi-QLED 4K TV — $1,697.99 $2,999.99 (save $1,302) ✅

• TCL 98-inch QM7L SQD-Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $2,197.99 $3,999.99 (save $1,802)