Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are down to their lowest price to date

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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are once again selling for their best price of $159.99 ($70 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The noise-canceling earbuds with 24-bit audio support are among the smaller and lighter options from the current top-flight class of wireless earbuds, making them a very comfy choice. They’re also a pretty easy choice if you use Samsung devices, since, in addition to putting out some great quality sound, the Buds 2 Pro feature head tracking and spatial audio with Galaxy phones. Plus, that bora purple color option is just so fun looking.

Samsung’s excellent-sounding Galaxy Buds 2 Pro introduce support for 24-bit audio and have a lighter, smaller, more comfortable in-ear fit than the first Buds Pros. Read our review.

If you live near a Target retail store, you can take advantage of a major one-day deal on Microsoft’s flagship Xbox console. Target is selling the Xbox Series X for $349.99 ($150 off) for Target Circle members (the retailer’s free rewards program). You just have to save the offer here and then checkout for store pickup. It’s not quite as good a deal as the other week, when Walmart sold the Xbox bundled with Diablo IV for the same price, but this is still a great price for the 4K-capable Xbox. The $150 that would normally go toward the console is enough to pay for nearly nine months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — quite the value proposition. And of course, if you don’t have a nearby Target, the console is now widely