Justin Kahn

ecobee has been one of the premiere smart thermostat brands around here for HomeKit users for quite some time. The brand doesn’t often upgrade its lineup the way some do – if it aint broke don’t fix it? – but today it is introducing a new, more affordable model to the lineup to essentially replace the aging $150 Ecobee3 Lite. The ecobee Smart Thermostat Essential lands with a lower MSRP while still delivering on most of the feature set that has made the brand what is. Scope out the details below. 

The M4 Mac mini has easily been one of, if not, the most popular new Apple release among readers this year, and what is arguably the best upcoming accessory for it is arriving soon. Satechi already quickly teased its next-generation Mac Mini M4 Stand & Hub with SSD Enclosure, but it is serving up all of the details for CES 2025 alongside the upcoming pre-order date. 

TP-Link’s Tapo brand has been a popular smart home option around here, delivering affordable multi-platform options to cover your entire ecosystem, and its new PalmKey Smart Door Lock has arrived for CES 2025. The brand’s new palm recognition lock is the latest option looking to leverage a quick wave of your palm to open, no matter what kind of phone and smartwatch you are rocking. 

Among some other upcoming 2025 smart TVs, Samsung is showcasing its new The Frame Pro at CES 2025. The brand’s frame-style TVs have been popular among folks and competitors, often imitated and usually at much lower price points, but Samsung is seemingly going the other direction with an even more feature rich (sort of) mini-LED model with an even better fresh rate. 

Update: Both of the new Anker chargers below are now available for purchase with $10 launch deals directly from Anker and at Amazon.

It wouldn’t be CES without some new Anker charging gear and the brand’s latest display-equipped power bank and wall charger have now surfaced. Following in the footsteps of its Prime charging gear we featured at launch last year (alongside several deals over the holidays in 2024), Anker has a pair of sweet new chargers on the way – a power bank with built-in and retractable USB-C cables and a new 4-port 140W PD 3.1 wall charger. Both models are waiting for you right here and will be up for sale starting tomorrow. Head below for a closer look. 

Update: The new Roborock Saros Z70 cleaner bot with retractable robotic arm is now available for purchase with a solid launch deal.

Roborock has just unveiled one of the more interesting new gadgets of CES 2025 with its Saros Z70 – an all-in-one robotic vacuum and mop that also features a mechanical robotic arm that pick things up off the floor and put them away for you. Alongside a couple of other more standard new Saros bot cleaners, the headliner Z70 also delivers on some of the brand’s most notable specs to date when it comes to actual suction power and its all-new time-of-flight (TOF) navigation sensors. Scope it out below. 

Straight from CES 2025, Hyper is unveiling its next-generation HyperPack products. The HyperPack Pro is among the only backpack products on the market from notable brands that features onboard Apple Find My tracking, and at this year’s CES the brand is unleashing two new editions to the lineup, both of which are more affordable and arguably more versatile as well. 

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. This week we are featuring some of the early CES 2025 reveals (much more to come here) from LG and Samsung’s new monitor lineups as well as LG hybrid floor lamp innovations. You’ll find some hands-on reviews and a look back at our favorite gear of 2024 as well.

Just after unveiling its new hybrid lamp projector, another LG dual-function home lighting solution is ready to make an appearance ion Las Vegas this year. As part of its CES 2025 offering, LG is set to showcase its “innovative new indoor gardening appliance” – the seemingly, as of right now, nameless lamp features a floor-standing form-factor with the brand’s next-generation indoor plant cultivation and display setup. Scope it out below. 

Update: B&H is now offering the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II Portable Sampler Composer down at $229 with a FREE teenage engineering Splash Bag for EP-133 K.O. II ($20 value). Details below in the original post.

This is not a deal you see everyday folks, or ever really. B&H is now offering the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II Portable Sampler Composer down at $219 shipped – the discount will automatically apply in the cart. Regularly $299, this is $80 off, the only deal we have tracked since release, and the best price around. If you don’t know what this thing is or what Teenage Engineering is, that understandable. But if you know you know, and you’ll know how rare this price drop actually is. Its gear, especially the bigger ticket items, are almost never on sale, and often times go right out of stock at release. This one has never seen a price drop at Amazon, for the record. 

The CES 2025 reveals are starting to kick off and the latest comes in the form of LG’s new PF600U – a combination of LED floor mood lamp, Bluetooth speaker, and projector. This reveal sits alongside the new CineBeam S, the brand’s ‘most compact 4K UST model yet.” Both of the new lifestyle projector products will get shown off for the very first time on the show floor in Las Vegas at CES next week, but we have some details on what to expect here today. 

The first new weekly Target ad of the year has arrived, loaded with notable deals set to kick off this Sunday. Ranging from health and wellness gear to get your year started off on the right foot, you’ll find notable BOGO 50% off offers, some bonus $5 and $15 Target gift card promotions, indoor home storage deals, workout gear, and much more on deck. Head below for more details and a closer look at the 27-page weekly Target deal ad. 

Well, this is a not brand I was familiar before giving it a shot for review, nor had I ever tested out a case with a digital canvas on the back of it, but here goes. The Tizag Digital Canvas iPhone case did exist during the series 15 release, but the newer iPhone 16 model also arrived and I’m to see if it’s all gimmick or if there’s actually a good case carrying that display.

Find My wallet tracker cards have been some of my favorite new tech accessory pickups over the last year or so, but if you’re looking for Find My action built right in, ESR’s vegan MagSafe Find My wallet is now on sale starting from $26.39. Shipping is free for Prime members or in orders over $35. Regularly as much as $53 direct, it more realistically carries a list price at closer to $33 via Amazon over the last month and more like $40 before that. Today’s deal is among the lowest prices we have tracked. 

Alongside its new Odyssey 3D monitor that is now finally ready to ship after being unveiled at least year’s CES, this year Samsung is debuting its new Smart Monitor M9. We have been big fans of the brand’s Smart Monitor lineup for years now, delivering wonderful productivity displays with a host of bonus onboard features like direct access to streaming TV and its gaming hub (among many other things), but this year it is taking the line next-gen with OLED panels and some AI enhancements. Scope out the details on the new Samsung Smart Monitor M9 below. 

Is Walmart open on New Year’s Day? Are Best Buy locations open on New Year’s Day? Is Costco open today? How about Target? Let’s break it all down. While for some New Year’s Day night be more of a day of rest, those looking to get out and about will want to take note of some of the adjusted store hours and closures beforehand. While it always a good idea to check your local brick and mortar locations for details just in case – some major retail locations, like those in malls, might have slightly different hours than those listed below – we have locked down some details on which of the major retail locations are open and closed for New Year’s Day 2025. Scope them all out down below.

It has become an annual tradition around here to look back across the year and reminisce on our personal favorite releases, the best gear we had a chance to go hands-on with for review, and share some of the gear we purchased for ourselves. Head below for a closer look at the staff’s favorite gear of 2024 – Find My gear, pizza ovens, pool robots, Bose headphones, smart home upgrades, our favorite e-bike release, battlestation gear, and more.

Welcome to the 2024 9to5Toys iPhone 16 case awards. We have gone hands-on with a massive selection of new cases for Apple’s iPhone 16 and, as is tradition around here, now that we have had a chance to truly test them out for a good four months, we are here to weigh in before the year ends on our absolute favorites across various categories.

Score a new iPhone 16 over the holidays? Or perhaps pre-ordered one earlier this year? The fastest MagSafe charger in the game is now up to 29% off at Amazon. Apple unleashed a next-generation MagSafe Charger alongside iPhone 16 this year and it’s the only wireless magnetic model on the planet that can officially deliver the max 25W of power to the latest iPhone models. You’ll now find the 1-meter model marked down to $27.99 and the 2-meter variant still down at $34.99 via Amazon. Shipping is free for Prime members or in orders over $35. 

Week of December, 29, 2024: 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. With the year wrapping up and CES on the horizon, it has been a slower week in new releases, but we have some reviews to scope out, some massive gaming sale event announcements, New Year’s sale features, and more.

The latest Target clearance sale rolls on with deals starting from $2.50, but we now have a look at its 28-page New Year’s Eve ad. Loaded with deals and promotions set to kick off early tomorrow morning, you can get a good look at the price drops that will be at the ready both online and in-store starting tomorrow down below. 

Time is winding down to secure everything you need for your work from home setup and still write it all off against your 2024 return. With so many folks permanently transitioned to a WFH situation of some kind or other, be it everyday or just some of the time, even more of the gear you need to make this happen is tax deductible and you only have five days left. 

While Samsung has now transitioned into its New Year event, Google is really the only major tech brand still running a massive lineup-wide sale right through the end of the year. And after Arc unleashed its new Pulse bumper cases for the Pixel 9 lineup, we wanted to highlight some of the ongoing and returning price drops across Google’s latest lineup of personal tech, including the Pixel Tablet, Pixel Watch 3, and the entire Pixel 9 handset lineup for folks who might not have had a chance to strike ahead of the holidays. You’ll find everything waiting for you down below. 

Today Target is officially announcing and launching a notable post-holiday clearance sale. Delivering up to 50% in savings on a wide-range of holiday treats and chocolate alongside apparel for the whole family, toys for the kids, and more, the annual Target Holiday Clearance Event is now live both online and the “retailer’s nearly 2,000 stores.” Everything awaits on this landing page and you’ll find more details down below. 

What stores are open on Christmas Eve? Are Best Buy and Walmart open on Christmas Eve? When time does Target close on Christmas Eve? While we have answered many of these questions in our extensive coverage of this year’s holiday sales, we thought it would be handy to drop some details down on Christmas Eve store hours at major retail locations for folks looking to score some last-minute gifts or even just some supplies for inbound holiday guests. Be it some grocery items at your local Walmart or Costco, a few last-minute things for around the house at Best Buy and Target, or otherwise, down below you’ll find details on Christmas Eve brick and mortar store locations for various major retailers across the US. 

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.

Arc has just debuted its all Arc Pulse Bumper cases for Google’s new Arc Pulse Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL. These bumper cases have been among the most popular smartphone accessories around here across 2024, and they are now finally ready for Google latest slate of Pixel 9 devices. Best of all, using our exclusive 9TO510 code will deliver the best price anywhere on your pre-order. Head below for additional details and a closer look at the new Arc Pulse bumper case for Pixel 9. 

We have featured a number of interesting AirTag accessories over the year, many of which from Elevation Lab, but I’m not sure we have seen anything quite like this one. The Elevation Lab TimeCapsule is just that, an ultra-rugged housing that effectively allows you to use a pair of AA batteries to power AirTag instead of its internal battery to increase its operational lifespan tenfold. Head below for a closer look at the new Elevation Lab TimeCapsule AirTag 10-year battery case. 

Joining the still live last-minute Switch game sale Best Buy launched, Woot has now added a couple notable days back to its ongoing holiday Switch game sale as well. Firstly, we have Metroid Dread down at $41.99 and the return of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong at the same $41.99, but we are also now tracking Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening at $44.99 shipped. While we have seen this $60 title down at $40 a few times this year, this might be your last chance of the year to score a deal on it as it is sitting at over $50 via both Amazon and Best Buy right now. That said, there are loads of notable Switch game deals now live at Best Buy you can still get under the tree in time this year down below.

While we are still tracking some big-time deals on Amazon smart Echo speakers, like Echo Pop at $18 or less and the Echo Spot with display, both of which are shipping in time for Christmas, we wanted to highlight the deal on the latest Amazon Echo Dot kids edition. If you’re looking for a sweet tech gift for the kids, this regularly $60 speaker is sitting down at $27.99 with free shipping for Prime members or in orders over $35. Alongside all of the expected parental control features, this is great way to give them their very own smart speaker this year and save 53% in the process. 

Still on the hunt for a sweet gift they will actually like? Forget to score something awesome for a colleague or your cousin you didn’t know was going to show up for the big day? We have put together some last minute gift ideas to get your creative juices flowing and maybe even save the day. All of the items you’ll find below are shipping in time for the big day at the time of writing, but you’ll want to jump in ASAP to ensure everything arrives in time. From amazing LEGO sets and miniature board games everyone will love right through to desktop accessories for the techie in your life, some fashionable wardrobe add-ons, smart lighting and speakers, charging gear, and more, head below for the best last minute gifts you can pickup right now.

Amazon is giving folks one more chance to land the the ecobee SmartCamera with HomeKit Secure Video support down at $79.99 shipped ahead of the holidays. This is a regularly $100 smart camera for indoor use with a number of interesting features up its sleeve at 20% off the going rate. We have seen this one down as low as $70 in the past, but today’s deal lands on par with this year’s Black Friday and fall Prime Day deals we featured. 

As you perhaps know, we have secured 9to5 readers an exclusive 30% off sitewide at Satechi this month in the lead up to the holidays. Our exclusive 9to5Holiday30 code delivers prices on par or better than just about anything we have tracked all year from the lauded Apple accessory brand’s site, no matter what you might be after on there. But I wanted to touch back down today before holiday shipping cutoff times close on December 19 to highlight a couple specific deals here – one is on my personal favorite upright 3-in-1 MagSafe charging stand and the other is on the brand’s latest foldable charging pad model. 

This year’s official PlayStation Black Friday prices delivered notable deals on console and console bundles as well PS VR2, DualSense controllers, headsets, and a host of PS5 games, but there’s still time to land just about all of the deals in time for the holidays. Joining some ongoing offers at Amazon, Best Buy’s Last Minute holiday sale went into full effect early this morning, delivering solid price drops across the PlayStationverse to cross some gamers off your list, score a console for the kids, or just grab some new games for your own collection. As holiday shipping cut-off times begin to close in on us, let’s take a look at all of the best PlayStation holiday deals you can still take advantage off down below. 

As expected, Best Buy is now serving up a sneak peek previews of this week’s final set of Doorbuster deals before Christmas 2024…and it very much looks like it’s going to be a big one folks. The retailer has now transitioned the holiday savings landing page on its site we have seen live all month long since Cyber Monday ended to a Last Minute savings event with a series of new deals, but it is also giving us a look at the Doorbusters set to go live later this week as well. 

This roundup includes a massive selection of gift guides spanning a wide-range of product categories to give you some wonderful last-minute ideas to ensure everyone gets something they actually want this year. Alongside our extensive lineup of exclusive holiday deals just for 9to5 readers, this gift guide collection features some fantastic smart lighting gifts, everyday essentials, Apple gear accessories, stocking stuffers, gifts for mom and dad, gear for musicians and bedroom producers, affordable tech gadget gifts for anyone, and much more.

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. This week, in the lead up to the holidays, you’ll find a series of our latest gift guides as well as some exclusive offers just for 9to5 readers alongside some hands-on looks at a 4K laser projector, a sweet standing desk upgrade, Twelve South’s Find My travel charger package, the latest from TP-Link’s smart home stable, the all-new Nomad Leather Folio for M4 iPad Pro, and much more. 

As part of the slate of Anker holiday deals we are now tracking via its official Amazon storefront, you will now find the lowest price we have seen on its new MagGo UFO 3-in-1 Travel Charger at $56.69 shipped. Be sure to clip the on-page coupon to redeem the deal price. This model debuted at IFA earlier this year as an answer to far more pricey versions of the compact, fold-out travel chargers out there from brands like Twelve South, but this one has three pads at the ready. Regularly $90, you’re now looking at nearly 40% in savings, a deal $6 under our previous mention, and the lowest we have tracked. 

While the massive Countdown Holiday sale at Target is still live through tomorrow, we now have a look at what’s to come courtesy of its latest 48-page holiday deal ad. The retailer is going toe-to-toe with the likes of Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon this year, and we now have a look at the latest batch of deals set to go live this Sunday. Check out the 48-page down below. 

Your Friday afternoon collection of the best Android game and app deals is now ready and waiting down below courtesy of the Google Play store. The Discover Samsung sale is in its final throws now with less than 48 hours to lock-in shipping for Christmas, but we also have up to $300 in savings on its 2024 Smart Monitors, a new all-time low on OnePlus’ 55W 10,000mAh 3-in-1 USB-C Pouch charger, and the best price ever on Samsung’s most affordable Galaxy Tab S10+ at $195 off. As for the apps, highlights include titles like Friday – by Friedemann Friese, Ticket to Ride, Streets of Rage 4, Candy Disaster TD, and more. Head below for a closer look at today’s best. 

We have already reviewed the new 4th Gen Scarlett lineup’s smaller and more entry-level models, so we just wanted to touch down here today with some thoughts on the pro-grade and more mid-range home studio variants that debuted earlier this year. Scope out our hands-on impressions down below.

As you may have noticed in our 2024 exclusive holiday deal hub, our discount for 9to5 readers is now live once again on the fantastic Arc Pulse iPhone bumper cases. The brand’s bumper-style solutions for iPhone 16 have easily been among some of the most popular we have featured this year, and that includes the more traditional case solutions. So we wanted to touch down this morning to make sure everyone is aware of our exclusive discount code on everything the brand sells (this includes iPhone 16, previous-generation Apple handsets, and select Samsung Galaxy models) as the cutoff time to ensure holiday shipping is today. Use code 9TO510 at checkout to score the deal. 

If you happen to have missed your shot at the Eve Flare Black Friday deal, worry not, it has returned. Eve is one of the premiere smart home makers out there, and its HomeKit portable smart lamp is one of the reasons why. The Eve Flare Portable Smart LED Lamp has now dropped down to $69.85 shipped at Amazon to deliver over 30% in savings on its regularly $100 price tag. This is actually a few cents under the Black Friday price this year, landing at slightly below the best we have tracked on Amazon across 2024. 

The annual 2024 Game Awards went live last night, and it very much did not disappoint. World premieres for The Witcher 4, Borderlands 4, the new standalone Elden Ring game, and the new Naughty Dog title Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet were just some of the highlights there. As for today’s deals, we are now tracking the best price ever on the fantastic Black Myth: Wukong over at Woot – you can now land a copy on PS5 for $51.99 Prime shipped using code LUCKY20 at checkout. Regularly $70, this is the lowest price we have tracked to date on the wonderful action title (and congrats on the win last night Game Science!). If you haven’t grabbed this one, now’s your chance. 

It’s that time of year again folks, and the 2024 Game Awards are set to go live very shortly. This year’s show is set to kick-off at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, once again hosted by internet-famous gaming personality Geoff Keighley. Keighley’s “The Game Awards” have become the annual game awards for the industry, getting bigger and more impressive as each year goes by and it’s all set to kick off shortly. Follow along with all of the awards, musical performances, and, the thing we are really all tuning in for, the world premieres, game announcements, and release dates for the most exciting upcoming titles. This is the 10th anniversary of Keighley’s Game Awards and here’s to hoping we are in for a real show!