The 10th-gen Apple iPad hits a low of $300, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

The 10th-gen iPad is down to $300 at Amazon, which is a new low for the base 64GB model and $29 off the tablet’s previous low. This deal applies to the blue and silver versions of the device, and you’ll need to clip an on-page coupon to see the full discount at checkout. If you need more storage, 256GB versions are also on sale for an all-time low of $450.

This is the budget pick in our iPad buying guide — by default, sure, but still. It has a similar design as the pricier iPad Air, it lasts 10-ish hours per charge and its A14 Bionic chip is plenty fast for media consumption and light work. If you can afford one of the new Airs — or even a last-gen Air — those are still better values: The latest one has twice as much storage by default (128GB), and each comes with faster chips and cleaner laminated displays. They also support better Apple Pencils and Magic Keyboards. Still, if you’re on a tighter budget, you won’t find a better tablet for $300.

Save $49 with $29.01 coupon

Sony kicked off its annual “Days of Play” sale this week, and it’s knocked $50 off the PlayStation 5 for the occasion. That brings the standard “slim” model down to $449 and the all-digital version (which lacks a disc drive) down to $399. While these aren’t huge discounts, price drops of any kind have been fairly uncommon since the console arrived in 2020. The offers are available at several retailers, though if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber and order a PS5 from Sony’s PlayStation Direct store, you can get a 12-month Netflix Premium subscription thrown in for no extra cost.

The PlayStation VR2 headset is also on sale for $449, which is $100 off and an all-time low. The Netflix offer applies there as well. That said, we’re hesitant to recommend the PSVR2 more broadly given its relative dearth of hit games. (A potential PC adapter could change that equation down the road, though.) As for the console, it’s worth noting that Sony is widely expected to launch an updated “PS5 Pro” later in 2024, but the existing machines should remain worthwhile if you want to upgrade today. Sony says the Days of Play sale will run through June 12.

Naturally, the Days of Play sale also includes a number of discounts on PS4 and PS5 games. To be candid, most of them aren’t anything we haven’t seen several times before, but at least a few are worth highlighting. For one, the mammoth and highly-rated action-RPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is down to a new low of $52.49, or $55 if you’d prefer a physical copy. The hit open-world superhero game Spider-Man 2 is $20 off at $50, while the smaller-scale Spider-Man: Miles Morales is back down to $20. If you don’t mind buying last-gen copies, the zombie drama The Last of Us II and the, let’s say, eccentric delivery game Death Stranding are also well worth checking out at $10 apiece.

There are technically deals on PlayStation Plus subscriptions as well, though they’re not great. New users can take up to 30 percent off a membership, but if you’re already a member, you can only get a discount by upgrading to a higher tier of service. Specifically, you can take 25 percent off the cost of upgrading to the middle “Extra” tier, or 30 percent off a jump to the top-end “Premium” plan. If you only have a short time left on your current subscription, though, the net savings won’t be that large.

New and returning subscribers can get a year of Peacock Premium for $20. The discount should appear automatically at the link below, but if you don’t see it, use the code STREAMTHEDEAL at checkout. Normally, a year of service goes for $60. Note that, despite the “Premium” tag, this is Peacock’s ad-supported tier. For ad-free service, you want Peacock Premium Plus, which costs $120 per year but isn’t currently discounted. Peacock says this offer will run through June 30, but remember that your subscription will be set to auto-renew at the standard price by default.

Generally speaking, Peacock isn’t as rich with material as rivals like Netflix or Hulu, but if you’re looking to stream the upcoming Summer Olympics, WWE live events, next season’s Premier League matches or just old NBC shows like The Office, it might be worth adding to your rotation.

In other streaming deals, we’ll also note that Paramount+ is still offering a year of its “with Showtime” tier for $60, which is half off. That one is also for new or lapsed subscribers only.

Sonos has rolled out another round of discounts for its various smart speakers and soundbars. The deals include new lows for the hefty Move 2 portable speaker, which is $113 off at $336, and Era 300 home speaker, which is $90 off and down to $359. Several other devices are at or near their best prices to date as well, including the compact Roam SL for $127, the Era 100 speaker for $199, the high-end Arc soundbar for $719, the smaller Beam (Gen 2) for $399 and the Sub (Gen 3) subwoofer for $639. All of those represent 20 percent discounts. The sale is available at third-party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy and B&H, and Sonos says it’ll run through June 16. It doesn’t include any deals on the company’s new Ace headphones, however.

We’ve given just about all of these devices favorable reviews before, and we highlight many of them in our guides to the best soundbars and best smart speakers. The sale is coming at something of a rough time for Sonos, however, as a recent overhaul of its mobile app gutted various features and majorly pissed off many of the company’s more ardent fans along the way. Sonos has pledged to address many of the concerns with future updates, but it’s not a great look. That said, the speakers themselves still pair easily with one another and generally sound great for their respective categories. They also support Apple’s AirPlay 2 protocol, so you can stream music directly from an iPhone, and most include some level of voice control. You just might want to avoid updating to the latest version of the app if you can.

Configurations of Apple’s newest 13-inch MacBook Air with an M3 chip, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD are down to $1,349 at Amazon and B&H. That’s the best price we’ve tracked, coming in $150 below Apple’s MSRP and about $50 below the typical street price we’ve seen over the past month. The larger 15-inch version is also on sale for a low of $1,499, which is $200 less than buying from Apple directly. B&H’s listings say these offers will end on 8:15pm ET on May 31, so they may not last through the weekend.

The 13-inch Air is the top pick in our guide to the best laptops, though the 15-inch model is effectively the same device, just with a bigger screen and better speakers. We gave both versions a score of 90 in our review earlier this year. Both could stand to have a couple more ports, but they run fast and look great, with crisp displays, comfortable keyboards and lengthy battery life. We specifically recommend starting with 16GB of RAM if you plan on using the laptops for anything more than the basics, but if you’re not going to push the device too hard, the entry-level configs with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage are also on sale.

It’s worth noting that the older M2 MacBook Air is still a great value if you want to save cash, but if you’d like the absolute latest — or just need the ability to connect two external monitors — this is a good chance to save.

The Google Pixel Buds Pro are on sale for $130 at Wellbots when you use the code ENGPIX70 at checkout. Again, that’s not the lowest price we’ve ever seen, but it’s the largest discount we’ve tracked since the holidays last year. Google normally sells the true wireless earbuds for $200, though we’ve seen them fall to $140 multiple times over the course of 2024.

This is the top Android pick in our wireless earbuds buying guide, as the pair integrates tightly with Google’s mobile OS and Pixel phones in particular. There’s wireless charging, multi-device pairing and a solid active noise cancellation mode on top of that, while the default sound profile should suit those who like hyped-up bass and bright treble. That said, the design may not be the best fit for those with smaller ears, and call quality isn’t great. We gave the Pixel Buds Pro a score of 87 back in 2022.