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Justin is the Editor-in-Chief at 9to5Toys. For well-over a decade he has covered everything from video games and smart home devices to iPhone and MagSafe accessories, EDC gear, and just about everything in between. A professional audio engineer/producer, he also specializes in home recording, microphones, digital audio, and streaming gear. See something cool out there? Developing the next viral Apple gear accessory? Or just want to talk deals? Contact him directly at justin@9to5mac.com for tips, pitches, and more.

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Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Star Wars, Aeon’s End, WINCH IT OUT, more

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Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll starting with the ongoing price drops on Star Wars: KOTOR and KOTOR II for the May the 4th and joined by titles like Backrooms, Aeon’s End, WINCH IT OUT, Undead Slayer, Hero of the Kingdom: Tales 2, and more. On your way down scope out this week’s deals on Google Pixel 10 and 10 Pro/XL at up to $300 off alongside a chance to score open-box 10 Pro/XL units up to $456 off and all of today’s best Star Wars Day deals right here. The apps await below.

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Apple’s 32GB M5 MacBook Pro hits new Amazon all-time low, or grab the 16GB for nearly $400 less

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Alongside a host of the lowest prices to date on the latest M5 MacBook Air to start the week off, deals on the M5 MacBook Pro and new 2026 M5 Pro are rolling too. We just spotted a new Amazon all-time low on the 32GB/1TB M5 MacBook Pro, but you might want to consider the M5 Pro deal we have below for barely $10 more instead, or the 16GB M5 at nearly $400 less. Scope it out. 

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Monday’s Apple TV deals up to 60% off: Band of Brothers, Sex and the City, ER, Kung Fu, more

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60% off/From $5

While the Star Wars Apple TV deals went live last week ahead of today’s May the 4th celebrations, we do have a fresh collection of deals mainly focused on complete season runs. Highlights include Band of Brothers and The Pacific, Sex and the City Complete Series, Kung Fu Complete Series, ER Complete, The Tudors, Beverly Hills, 90210, Complete Series, and more. All of today’s Star Wars deals are right here, but you’ll also want to scope out the best Apple Mother’s Day deals – Apple Watch Series 11, MacBooks, iPads, and more – as well as this AirPods Pro 3 dealMagic Mouse back to the best Amazon price ever, and a new all-time low on the least expensive new M4 iPad Air. The Apple TV discounts await below. 

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Monday’s best iOS app deals and freebies: Star Wars, Boxville 2, Art Heist, Moog Mariana, more

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Today’s lineup of the best iOS game and app deals is now ready to go. We are re-surfacing the deals on Star Wars: KOTOR and KOTOR II for May the 4th again today, but we also have a batch of new deals on titles like Boxville 2, Art Heist – Escape Room, SkySafari 8 Pro, Mariana Bass Synthesizer, and more. Be sure to dive into our roundup of the best Apple Mother’s Day deals – Apple Watch Series 11 all-time lows, MacBooks at up to $300 off, iPads, and more – as well as the ongoing AirPods Pro 3 deal, Apple’s latest Magic Mouse back to the best Amazon price ever, a new all-time low on the least expensive new M4 iPad Air, and the lowest price to date on AirPods Max 2

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Pixel 10 deals now live again, but these open-box 10 Pro/XL offers are up to $456 off

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$456 off/10 Pro/XL

Yesterday the entire slate of Google Pixel 10 series smartphones went on sale in brand-new, unlocked condition at Amazon and elsewhere. You’re looking at up to $300 off Pixel 1010 Pro10 Pro XL, 10 Pro Fold, alongside a the return all-time low on Pixel 10a at $449, but that also means the “excellent” condition open-box offers at Best Buy are flying again too – this Pixel 10 Pro is $370 off the list price and over $100 under the current sale price, while this Pixel 10 Pro XL 256GB is a giant $456 off

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Most affordable new M5 MacBook Air drops to new low at $949 ($150 off), more up to $219 off

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$219 off/M5 Air

The MacBook Air deals are rolling on ahead of Mother’s Day this year, and alongside some special offers from B&H (detailed below), Amazon has, for the most part, had a lock on the most affordable new M5 MacBook Air model – the Silver, Midnight, and Sky Blue models have now dropped a touch lower to $949 shipped

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Unlocked Google Pixel 10 and 10 Pro/XL up to $300 off at Amazon today, Pixel 10a back to all-time low

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$300 off/From $449

The Google Pixel 10 Amazon deals are back folks. After just about every model in the latest Pixel series 10 lineup jumped back up in price in late April, this morning Amazon is serving up hundreds of savings on brand new, unlocked units on all models: Pixel 1010 Pro10 Pro XL, 10 Pro Fold, and even a return Amazon all-time low on the Pixel 10a at $449. Scope it out below.

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Official Star Wars Black Series Helmets up to 36% off for May the 4th only

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Star Wars Day 2026 is here, Amazon has now launched a massive sale on its official Star Wars storefront, and that means we are getting a bunch of deals on The Black Series collectibles. The deals this year are largely centered around the “premium electronic helmet” replicas with as much as 36% off on everything from the Moff Gideon and Commander Cody re-creations through to Imperial Death Trooper and Stormtrooper models. 

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Swarovski Crystal Chewbacca statue $240+ off for Star Wars day 2026

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Swarovski Crystal Star Wars Chewbacca Statue

Buy for $250.50 (Reg. $490)

Free shipping for Prime members, $6 fee otherwise.

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While this is clearly not for everyone, it is one of the most epic, lux, and, arguably, elegant Chewie display pieces out there. Amazon happens to have this Swarovski Star Wars C-3PO piece on sale right now for Star Wars Day as well, but if you’re more of a Wookie warrior, this sparkling interpretation of Chewbacca crafted with 498 crystal facets is close to half the price right now at Woot.

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Star Wars Day 2026 deals: Giant Amazon sale now live, LEGO, collectibles, more

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Happy Star Wars Day 2026 and May the 4th be with you all. The biggest day in the galaxy has officially arrived and with it we are now tracking a giant Amazon Star Wars sale with hundreds of collectibles, toys, apparel, games, and deep deals on loads of LEGO Star Wars sets, alongside a sizable Walmart Star Wars Day sale with over 1,000 items features and discounts starting from $8.50. Joining the release of the epic new 1:1 scale Ultimate Grogu animatronic figure, we are also getting price drops on Nintendo Switch games from $4, Xbox titles at up to 80% off, iOS and Android Star Wars classics at 60% off, and a whole lot more. All of the deals and new releases from across the galaxy will land in this Star Wars Day hub and you can scope it all out below. 

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9to5Toys News Weekly recap – Target x Pokémon collection, LEGO SEGA, May the 4th releases/deals, more

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Welcome to 9to5Toys News Weekly – your go-to spot to catch up on the latest new product releases, features, and hands-on reviews. This weekly roundup collects all of the coolest new gadgets, the most interesting updates in the world of tech, and more from the past week, and organizes it into a single handy reading list for you to sift through every Sunday morning.

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Grab a current-gen set of Beats Solo Buds for just over $40 today

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Beats Solo Buds Wireless Bluetooth Earbuds (Refurb)

Buy for $42 (Reg. $70+)

Free shipping for Prime members, $6 fee otherwise.

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They are refurbished, but you are getting a 1-year warranty here and a set of current-gen Beats buds for a touch over $40 today. The charging case does not have a battery, but with 18 hours of juice in the buds themselves, most folks will be entirely covered here and at nearly 50% off the list price.

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LG’s UltraFine 6K Thunderbolt 5 monitor is $1,300 less than an Apple Studio Display XDR, and it comes with a stand

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$400 off/6K Thunderbolt 5

We recently featured the new 39-inch UltraGear evo GX9 as pre-orders are set to come to close very soon on the “world’s first 39-inch 5K2K OLED Gaming Monitor.” But today we are turning our attention to LG’s Apple Studio Display alternative at close to half the price with the 32-inch UltraFine evo 6K Nano IPS Black Monitor with Thunderbolt 5

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Best price ever now live on 46mm Apple Watch Series 11 Cell in all four colors at $130 off

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Whether you’re looking to score mom a new Apple Watch for Mother’s Day this year or upgrade your wrist to Series 11 status, this week has some of the best deals we have tracked all-time, Black Friday included. There are models starting down at $299 lows, but arguably the best discount here is on the 46mm GPS + Cell model and all four colors are now down to the best price ever at $130 off the list price. 

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Pre-orders on “world’s first 39-inch 5K2K OLED Gaming Monitor” from LG ending soon, $139 off extended warranty

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World's first/$139 off

Today we are taking a closer look at one of the latest releases from LG that happened to win “Best Gaming Monitor at CES 2026” earlier this year – the 39-inch UltraGear evo GX9. The pre-order window and bonus extended coverage with LG Premium Care 2-yr plan for $1 offer is quickly closing alongside the brand’s ongoing 40% off sale on previously-released models. 

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World’s first-of-its-kind 1:1 scale animatronic Ultimate Grogu might be the most epic and life-like ever, pre-order today

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Update: Pre-orders are now live on both the First Edition (shipping 2026) and the Standard model (shipping 2027).

Not all Star Wars toys and collectibles are made equal. Some of them are great little shelf companions, and there’s even some full on smartphone-controlled droids out there, but then there’s this world’s first animatronic Ultimate Grogu from Hasbro and Disney. Pre-orders are set to go live at 12 p.m. ET today on the First Edition and Standard models today at Amazon from $599

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Titanium Apple Watch Series 11 hits Amazon all-time low at up to $160 off today, plus deals from $299

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$160 off/From $299

If you ask me an Apple Watch Series 11 from $299 is a near-perfect Mother’s Day gift. It, of course, depends on the Mom, but with the deals flying right now it is a great time to wrap Apple’s latest wearable around Mom’s wrist. And while the base models from $299 are still $100 off, we just spotted some new all-time lows landing on the GPS + Cell Titanium variants at up to $160 off too. 

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Nintendo 2026 leak/rumor roundup: New Zelda games, Metroid, SE Switch 2, more [Updated]

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Update 4/29: This posted has been updated with all of the latest leaks.

In case you somehow missed it, there has been a massive leak over at Nintendo. Somebody is stealing all of the Mushroom Kingdom’s biggest secrets and leaking them all over the internet. As exciting as some of this leaked information is, I almost hope it’s all fake and Nintendo completely surprises everyone over the next few months. 

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Official Apple Watch band sale: Giant deals hit Alpine/Trail Loops from $35, Sport and Nike models from $15 (65% off)

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Woot just launched a new official Apple Watch band sale featuring some particularly wild deals on Apple’s Alpine Loop and Trail Loop as well as some Sport and Nike models as well. There are limited sizes and colors available on some of them, but we are talking about some giant 65% price drops here – you can score an original $99 official Apple Trail or Alpine Loop for just $35 or a Sport model as low as $15

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Score Mom a new Apple Watch Series 11 at up to $130 off (All color options on sale)

One of the best deals we have tracked to date on Apple Watch Series 11 is live right now at Amazon – the 46mm Apple Watch Series 11 GPS + Cell model at $130 off. We are now tracking both the Jet Black model and the Rose Gold color, either of which might make for a super sweet Mother’s Day gift this year. 

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Samsung launches Mother’s Day Spring Black Friday sale: $325 off Galaxy bundles, $1,700+ off Bespoke appliances, more

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Samsung has now launched its spring Black Friday sale just ahead of Mother’s Day. Alongside up to $200 off its latest Galaxy S26 lineup ($325 off bundles) and a host of other Galaxy gear, there are also some giant discounts on its Bespoke home appliances at up to $1,700 off with an extra $400 off the total on custom bundle packages. 

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Anker’s originally $110 Prime Power Station with smart display now down at $60 shipped

Update: This deal is now live once again.

Anker did unleash a new Prime charging station meets power strip with an 8-in-1 setup and up to 240W of output juice, but that one will run you $130. This originally $110 Anker 6-in-1 Prime USB-C Charging Station is currently sitting down at $60 and might be more than enough for much less. 

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May the 4th: Amazon unveils new Grogu and Mandalorian accessories for Echo speakers [Launch deal]

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May the 4th is quickly approaching and in a “galaxy not so far away” Amazon is ready to unveil its all new new limited-edition Star Wars stands for your Echo Dot. The stands on their own are now available for pre-order starting at $39.99 while the same stands bundled with Echo Dot are also live with a nice little launch deal. 

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Upcoming LEGO May the 4th Star Wars deals leak online: 4x points offers, GWPs, more

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May the 4th is quickly approaching and that means we’re in for some LEGO Star Wars deals. It has already unveiled the new UCS Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter set with minifigures alongside 2 GWP sets, but it also appears as though the official upcoming LEGO May the 4th deals have leaked online ahead of the official announcement. 

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Nomad intros new Forest Green colorway for its titanium Stratos Apple Watch band

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Last fall Nomad introduced the world to its hybrid titanium Apple Watch band known as Stratos, and it’s seriously gorgeous. One of the more compelling, interesting-looking, and well-made titanium bands I have tested out and wear personally, it updated the lineup with an Icy Blue glow model back in January, and has now dropped a new Forest Green variant

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Nintendo just released new Switch 2 gameplay and details for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

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Nintendo announced the release date for the new Yoshi and the Mysterious Book on Switch 2 last month. Just after that it revealed that digital copies of the game would be $10 less expensive – much like we just saw with the new Splatoon Raiders – and now it has dropped a new overview trailer with more details on Yoshi’s first solo outing on Switch 2. 

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Digital Switch 2 game prices are actually going down, Splatoon Raiders pre-order live at $50

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This morning Nintendo officially revealed the summer release date for the single-player Splatoon Raiders Switch 2 game. Pre-orders are now live on the Nintendo Store, but, perhaps even better is the price – it looks like digital Switch 2 games will indeed be less expensive than physical boxed copies as we suspected. 

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