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This week is everyone's favourite buying holiday: Black Friday. Google's Black Friday deals are already moving connected the Google Store and Amazon. Many of these correspond the archetypal discounts for Google's caller hardware announced past month.

First up, we person phones, with Google offering $150 disconnected the Pixel 7 Pro (Google, Amazon) and Pixel 6a (Google, Amazon), and $100 disconnected the Pixel 7 (Google, Amazon). That Pixel 6a woody is simply a superior head-turner: $150 disconnected the already-good $449 terms makes for a $300 instrumentality that volition conscionable astir people's basal smartphone needs. Remember that the Pixel 6a has a adjacent flagship-class Google Tensor 1 SoC. With Google (and truly each different Android SoC vendor) not doing overmuch performance-wise twelvemonth implicit year, you'll get astir the aforesaid benchmarks from the Pixel 6a arsenic the usually $900 Pixel 7 Pro, but present for a 3rd of the price. It has a large camera, h2o resistance, Wi-Fi 6e support, and a accelerated and cleanable physique of Android with day-one updates. You're not going to wow anyone with a 60 Hz display, but if you conscionable request a basal smartphone, this is simply a bargain for $300.

The Pixel 7 Pro for $150 disconnected is besides a large deal. That makes for $750 for a telephone with all the fancy extras, similar a 120 Hz show and wireless charging.

Another eye-catching deal: half-off Nest speakers. Normally $100, Nest Audio speakers are present $50 each, portion the Nest Mini is adjacent lower, astatine $20 alternatively of the accustomed $50 terms (Amazon does not merchantability Google speakers due to the fact that they vie with the Echo line). I privation to accent that I don't recommend utilizing Google's euphony service, but the speakers play Spotify conscionable fine, link to tons of euphony apps done the Google Cast button, and are large dependable controllers for a astute home. Google is besides offering $10 disconnected immoderate exemplary of Chromecast (Google, Amazon), for much media-slinging fun.

We besides person the archetypal discount for the Pixel Watch (Google, Amazon), a merchandise that, portion it's a bully restart successful the smartwatch marketplace for Google, desperately needs a little price. The $350-$400 MSRP is simply a gag compared to the $250 Apple Watch SE oregon the $280 Galaxy Watch 5, some of which person overmuch better, newer hardware than the Pixel Watch. Google's archetypal discount is, uh, $50? It's a start, but Google volition request to support going if it wants to attack a competitory price.

The Google Store has besides started its holiday instrumentality policy, which means immoderate purchases made until Christmas are returnable until January 15.