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The AirPods Pro 3 are Apple’s top-of-the-line earbuds, and they’re jam-packed with features. The newest functions include live translation for overseas travel and a workout mode that allows you to leave your Apple Watch at home while you’re out on a run or ride. The buds still offer a clinical-grade hearing test and the option of turning your Pro 3s into an over-the-counter hearing aid. They also sound good and offer a better fit and noise canceling than last year’s Pro 2s. The Pro 3s don’t go on sale very often, so this is an opportunity to get Apple’s latest tech at an enticing price.

If you want a pair of noise-canceling earbuds at a budget price, check out the Soundcore Space A40s. The bass packs some wallop, and the overall sound is warm, which makes the A40s pleasant to listen to over a long period of time. The noise cancellation is impressive, too—there’s even a transparency mode that allows you to monitor your surroundings when you’re out running or walking down a busy street. The discount is barely significant, but these headphones are a serious value even at their normal street price.

Beats headphones are sleek, and they sound good too. The over-ear Beats Studio Pro get top marks for noise reduction, making them perfect for anyone who wants to lock in at the gym, get some serious work done, or just tune out the world for a little while. If you’ve got a big head or big ears, make sure you buy them at a retailer where you can return them if they don’t quite fit. Also note that these headphones were $30 cheaper a day ago. So they may come back on sale at $119 during the holiday shopping season.

The Galaxy Watch8 is a solid all-around smartwatch pick for anyone who owns a Galaxy phone. It features a bright 1.3-inch AMOLED display with always-on capability. It offers Samsung’s latest health, fitness, and safety features—like swimming stroke analysis and daily AI-enabled sleep and energy scores, which make it easier to keep tabs on basic health metrics. It also has more standard features, like automatic workout tracking, heart rate and blood oxygen level monitoring, and heart rate variability tracking. The Watch8’s battery lasts 1.5 days, according to our testing, which is in line with most high-end smartwatches, which generally require almost daily charging.

The Galaxy Watch7 has given way to the Galaxy Watch8, but it’s still a solid pick for anyone with a Galaxy phone. It features a bright 1.3-inch display and offers a wide range of health, fitness, and safety features, from automatic workout tracking to sleep monitoring. The battery life is not particularly impressive, though, so the watch may require frequent charging. Note that the price varies by color, the watch face size, and whether you are choosing Bluetooth only, or an LTE-equipped model.

We didn’t test this 85-inch Hisense TV, part of its CanvasTV line of lifestyle TVs that let you display artwork and photos when you’re not watching shows and movies. But we did test the 75-inch version, the Hisense 75S7SG, and that set does well for overall picture quality, though its HDR performance is only decent. The TV has a matte finish and a 144Hz refresh rate. It uses the Google TV smart system.

The Roku 65R6C7, a model in the company’s midtier Plus series, does well overall in our tests, though not for HDR, which is relatively ineffective due to the TV’s peak brightness limitations. (This set supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ HDR formats, as well as Dolby Atmos audio.) It’s a QLED TV with a Mini LED backlight, and it has a remote-finder button on the TV that, when pressed, will cause the remote to emit a sound. Although not a lifestyle TV per se, it has a Backdrops setting that allows you to display artwork and photos when you’re not watching TV.

The Arc Ultra, Sonos’s flagship soundbar, ranks among the top models in our ratings for sound quality. The company calls it a 9.1.4-channel all-in-one model—up from the 5.0.2-channel setup in the original Arc—but like that system, it lacks rear speakers. They can be added, though, along with a subwoofer. The Arc Ultra features a decent number of options, including support for Dolby Atmos spatial audio. And, unlike the Arc, it includes Bluetooth for streaming from a smartphone.

The 2nd-gen Soundlink Flex has a lot going for it. This midsized Bose sounds good for a modestly priced portable speaker and it has IP67 water and dust resistance, so it’s right at home on the beach or by the pool. The bass is a bit on the boomy side, according to our testers, but the three-band equalizer helps tame that. The speaker produces only enough volume to fill a medium-sized room, but it can be positioned horizontally or vertically, and the audio adjusts automatically to the orientation. The controls are easy to use as well. And at around $100 it’s a great gift for a friend, a relative, or even yourself.

With a rarely earned top rating for sound quality, the Edifier S1000W slots in near the top of our wireless speaker ratings. It’s almost identical in appearance and sound to the S1000DB and S1000MKII speakers that have led our ratings for years, but the S1000W adds multiroom capability. But its chief asset is its sound, the ability to make you believe that the bassist is right there in the room with you, and you know immediately whether she’s playing a doghouse upright or a Fender P-Bass cranked through an Ampeg amp. And at $420 for a pair, the latest Edifiers are both a benchmark and a bargain.

The compact JBL Flip 7 delivers a lot of speaker for the money. Its classic cylindrical design takes up relatively little space in a beach bag or on a picnic table. The company claims a battery life of up to 16 hours, and the advertised IPX68 water-and-dust-resistance rating means the JBL Flip 7 can survive being fully submerged, which makes it perfect for the beach or any outdoor setting where a shower—or a full-fledged dunking—is a distinct possibility. With slightly boomy bass and subdued trebles, it’s not a device for audiophiles, but it’s got a pleasing sound quality that encourages you to play your tunes one after another. At around $100 for some colors—that’s $50 off—it’s a winner among portables you can toss like a football. 

Want a medium-sized outdoor speaker with volume aplenty and more-than-adequate bass? Check out the Sony ULT Field 5. It has an IP67 rating and features restrained LED lighting effects aimed more at adults seated around a fire pit than kids on a sleepover. Size-wise, it’s perfect for a barbecue or a poolside dance party, though it’s a bit big for tossing into a bag for a jaunt to the beach. At its $350 list price, it’s little spendy, but at more than $100 off, it delivers a nice value.

This pint-sized, foldable phone easily stows in your pocket but flips open to reveal a high-quality 6.9-inch display. The cover screen, visible even when the device is closed, shows notifications, dynamic widgets, and your personalized wallpaper. The battery life is also impressive. All in all, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 is a solid performer for fans of foldable phones. 

If you like the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem and want a tablet that does the basics well, the S10 FE is a great pick at this substantial discount. It has an impressive battery life and sharp, 11-inch display. It also takes quality photos and videos. The S10 FE doesn’t offer quite the processing power of the company’s Tab S11, but it should be plenty powerful enough for everyday reading, scrolling, and emailing. 

Looking for a lightweight tablet to take along on your holiday travels? The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 has a crisp 11-inch display, quality camera, and plenty of processing power. It also lasts for a good long while for video playback. This option has 512 gigabytes of storage, but you can also size down and spend less. 

The TP-Link Tapo C660 is one of the company’s newer 4K security cameras. It’s packed with bells and whistles, including a built-in solar panel to keep it charged, pan-and-tilt functionality to change its field of view (handy for large properties and long driveways), activity zones, person detection, vehicle detection, pet detection, voice and app control via Amazon Alexa and Google Home, and free local video storage (up to a 512 gigabytes) on a microSD card (not included). It’s on sale for the lowest price we’ve ever seen. 

The Arlo Video Doorbell 2K is versatile: You can run it using the rechargeable battery or hardwire it to a home’s doorbell wiring for continuous power. Features include geofencing and voice/app control via Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Cloud video storage and additional features (such as alerts for people, packages, animals, and vehicles) require an Arlo Secure subscription. This doorbell is on sale at the lowest price we’ve ever seen, dropping about $15 below its summer Prime Day sale price.

The Yale Assure Lock 2 is a keyless smart lock that connects to directly to WiFi (no hub needed), and you can control it remotely when you’re not home. With the included Yale WiFi Smart Module (an $80 value), it also supports Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings.

The Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced is one of the company’s newer smart thermostats. It performs well in our tests for manual operation and offers an array of smart features, but it’s not as proficient at learning your routine and making adjustments automatically. It features a new radar-based occupancy sensor and works with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings for voice and app control. It doesn’t come with one of Ecobee’s wireless temperature sensors (called SmartSensors), but you can buy those separately in a two-pack at Best Buy and Ecobee.

Google’s newest smart thermostat, the Nest Learning Thermostat 4th gen, comes with a remote temperature sensor that you can place in another room to balance heating and cooling. It’s one of just a few Matter-compatible smart thermostats on the market, meaning it works with any major smart home system, including Apple Home.

This black-and-white laser printer is a workhorse at producing crisp, quality text at a clip. As with most laser printers, it doesn’t excel at graphics or photos, but it’s a great pick if you print a lot of text documents. It also scans, copies, and faxes. The estimated toner costs are also far lower than what you find with an inkjet cartridge printer.

If you’re content to print just black-and-white documents, the HP Laserjet Pro 3101fdw produces great-looking text—and fast. Plus, with laser printers, you spend very little on toner replacement. This is an all-in-one model with scanning and copying features. CR members also report strong reliability for HP all-in-one laser printers overall. (If you’re looking for a laser without the added features, the single-purpose HP Laserjet Pro 3001dw is also on sale.) 

If you often print in color, consider an inkjet model that will save you money in the long run, especially at a sale price like this. The Epson ET-15000 tank printer has a reservoir you can refill with low-cost bottled ink instead of expensive ink cartridges and those ongoing savings make the purchase price far more palatable. You can count on the ET-15000 to print crisp, colorful photos. Plus, this model scans, copies, faxes, and accommodates wider 13”-by-19” paper. 

The Roku Streaming Stick Plus is the company’s entry-level 4K model. It supports HDR10+, but not Dolby Vision. It comes with a voice remote with TV power, volume, and mute buttons, plus shortcut buttons to access Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime Video.