Amazon’s 2025 October Prime Day event, aka Prime Big Deal Days, is here. The two-day deal blitz lasts through Thursday, October 9th, at 3AM ET / 12AM PT. Think of it as a Prime-exclusive primer for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You may not find everything that you want on sale (and tariffs could lead to fewer steeply discounted products than usual), but the annual shopping event is nevertheless a great opportunity to stock up on a range of tech ahead of November, a time of the year when most people are busier than usual. Amazon is offering Prime Day discounts on a variety of its own devices, including Echo speakers, Fire TV hardware, and Kindles, though there are also steep savings on noise-canceling headphones, smart home accessories, robot vacuums, laptops, gaming gear, and more.
We can debate how to pronounce Amazfit all we want (I’m in the amaze-fit camp — I don’t care what the manufacturer says), but I think we can agree this is a great deal on a smartwatch with awesome battery life that you can use on just about any phone.
The Wiim Mini, Wiim Pro and Wiim Pro Plus support Chromecast Audio, Airplay 2, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, and a bunch more. They support multi-room audio and let you hook into your existing music sources and speakers. The Pro Plus has slightly improved hardware and a remote.
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There are a lot of deals to be had on Prime Day, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Here are our tips for finding the best deals and skipping the rest.
Use code PRIMETAKETWO at checkout.
Jsaux’s Transparent Backplate for the Steam Deck is $19.99 ($10 off) at Amazon for Prime Day.
But the best part of this excellent deal isn’t even that the user-replaceable shell comes with a heatsink for better cooling, or that it also includes swappable rear buttons to choose your preferred feel. No, the best part is that these shells come in six fantastic colors, and one of them is atomic freakin’ purple!
Adata’s Gammix S70 Blade M.2 NVMe SSD is just $54.99 ($75 off) for 1TB, $89.99 ($120 off) for 2TB, or $229.99 ($90 off) for 4TB as part of a Prime Day Lightning Deal.
Whoa, doctor! That’s a lot of cheap, fast storage. And each of them is PS5-ready, so you can fit more games on your PS5 without having to delete stuff.
The Verge merch store is having a site-wide 20% off sale to celebrate Prime Day. We’ve got some extremely rad gear for Vergecast fans including a hoodie, tee, sticker sheet, and yes a mousepad. So while you kick back and listen to today’s awesome episode previewing Apple’s upcoming software releases, check out some discounted Verge merch. The discount will automatically be applied at checkout too!
It’s day two of Prime Day, and maybe I’ve already had too much coffee, but do yourself a favor and buy Love Letter for just $8.49 on a Prime Day deal.
I know it’s not huge savings, but this card game is such a joy for up to six players. It’s fast and simple, and it’s a great gateway into designer tabletop games for normies.
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