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Black Friday is the best time to pick up external storage drives. Whether you're looking for a portable hard drive to store movies, games, and videos, need an external SSD to back up photos from your phone, or are looking for SD cards and flash drives, there are plenty of great options on sale right now. If you're looking to buy a new portable drive, there are a few options to consider. An external SSD is smaller and lighter than a regular hard drive, and you get significantly faster transfers, making it a great choice for gaming — particularly if you're using an older console like the PlayStation 4 . But SSDs tend to be costlier, so if you want a lot of storage for movies and videos, a regular portable drive could be a better choice. Let's take a look at the best Black Friday deals on external storage drives. Best Black Friday external SSD deals Samsung T5 1TB External SSD | $10 off Samsung's T5 external SSD is one of the best in its category, offering 540MB

Caught between killer UK deals for the Galaxy S20 FE and OnePlus 8 Pro, Google's flagship is a tough sell. The Google Pixel 5 is a great phone. In fact, there's one in my pocket right now. But if you're shopping for a new handset this Black Friday in the UK, you should probably steer clear of Google's flagship right now. That's because the Pixel 5, which stands at its undiscounted UK price of £599, has some serious competition from two of the best Android phones out there. Right now, both the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and OnePlus 8 Pro have been discounted to £599, makaing them the same price as Google's offering. The problem for the Pixel? Both Samsung and OnePlus can boast faster processors, smoother 120Hz refresh rates and more versatile camera systems. They're both just higher-end phones than the Pixel. The Pixel 5 unfortunately isn't among the new Google phones discounted for Black Friday, unlike the Pixel 4 (cut to £319) and Pixel 4a 5G (£449)

The Black Friday deals are here, and there's never been a better time to add a robot vacuum to your smart home. This ILIFE V3s Pro Robot vacuum is $50 and down to $110. Not only does that make it one of the cheapest robot vacuum options by far, it also makes it one of the best Black Friday Smart Home deals around. As cheap as it gets ILIFE V3s Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner $110 at Amazon Clean hard floors and carpets, great for pets. The ILIFE V3s boasts tangle-free suction, automatic self-charging, and a daily cleaning schedule. You'll struggle to find a robot vacuum for this price anywhere else, with most costing several hundred dollars more. The ILIFe V3s Pro has tangle-free pet hair care technology, making it great for anyone with long hair or pets. It can clean up dirt, hair, and debris on both hard floors and carpets. It also has a low profile so you can use it clean under furniture and beds. Like most robot vacuums, the ILIFE V3s Pro has a self-charging feature mea

The Google Pixel 5 may be brand new, but you can already score some savings on one for Black Friday . Right now, the unlocked phone is discounted to just $649 at Amazon which is the lowest price we've seen on it since its release as well as the best Pixel 5 Black Friday deal so far. The Google Pixel 5 offers a number of solid improvements upon the Pixel 4. Though its predecessor received some flak for its bad battery life, the Pixel 5 includes a 4080mAh battery that's miles better than the 2800mAh battery found in the Pixel 4. The cameras are receiving an upgrade as well; the telephoto lens from the Pixel 4 has been replaced with a standard and ultra-wide camera, along with a new motion blur mode and an audio zoom feature. The Pixel 5 is also equipped with a Snapdragon 765G chipset, similar to the one found in devices like the LG Velvet and Motorola Edge, along with 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 6-inch OLED Full HD+ display with 90Hz refresh rate. There's even an integ

Black Friday sales deals are officially live, and we're seeing exciting discounts for storage enclosures. A network attached storage (NAS) enclosure lets you store your media library in a single location and stream movies and videos to all devices on your home network. You can also back up all connected devices with ease, run your own audio and video server, mail client, offline photo storage solution, and so much more. If you are looking to buy your first NAS or upgrading to a new model, these are the best Black Friday NAS deals available right now. Best Black Friday NAS deals Synology DiskStation DS220j | $34 off The DiskStation DS220j offers crazy affordability and value, and you get two drive bays that can hold a total of 32TB of storage along with more powerful hardware. This is the ideal NAS if you want an affordable Plex media server. $136 at Amazon $136 at Newegg $136 at B&H Photo Synology DiskStation DS920+ | $110 off The DiskStation DS920+, is one of the

If you are looking to replace your coffee maker this Black Friday , you may want to consider this awesome Keurig Black Friday deal . Right now, you can pick up the K-Slim coffee maker for just $49.99, which is $60 less than it normally sells for. Today's discount is only available on the black version of the single-cup coffee maker, but at 55% off it's hard to complain about which color is available at that price. For an extra $15 you can also add a bundle of K-Cups to ensure you never run out of caffeine again. Keurig K-Slim Single Serve K-Cup Coffee Maker Ideal for busy professionals, this machine can accommodate travel mugs up to 7 inches tall so you can fill up and hit the road. At $60 off for the version in basic black, you'll get a three-cup capacity, 46-ounce reservoir, and the option to fill an 8-ounce mug for your weekend cup or a full 12 ounces when you're heading out the door. $50 at Amazon The K-Slim is designed to be, well slim. It doesn't take up

We've seen a lot of stuff drop in price on Amazon already. A lot of fancy Amazon tech. Did you think Amazon was done? Of course not! Now is the time to get yourself a brand new Amazon Fire tablet because there's several versions on sale! You can get the Amazon Fire 7 tablet for just $39.99 or take $35 off the Fire HD 8 or Fire HD 8 Plus , bringing their prices down to $54.99 and $74.99 respectively. If you need more storage or a different color, be sure to check out all the options because Amazon tends to bring all the prices down together. We saw a similar tablet-wide sale at Amazon over Prime Day, and even though that was only a little over a month ago today's sale is actually even better. The Fire HD 8 tablets are actually $5 cheaper than a sale that already featured a brand new low on this gear when it launched at the time. Amazon Fire tablets | Up to $35 off Pick between the Fire 7, Fire HD 8, or Fire HD 8 Plus and get huge discounts no matter which option you go

All the best Black Friday deals are beginning to go live now that Thanksgiving is finally here, though one that really rises above the rest this year comes courtesy of Hulu . Similar to an offer only available during last year's Cyber Monday sale, Hulu is giving customers a chance to sign up and score a year of service at an amazing low price. Normally, Hulu's base tier is priced at $5.99 per month, though thanks to this year's Black Friday sale, new and eligible returning customers can sign up for just $1.99 monthly and lock in that price for 12 months! This limited time offer means you'll be paying just $24 for an entire year of access to Hulu and saving nearly $50 during that period. Hulu gives you the ability to cancel your subscription at any time with no penalty, so if you find you're no longer using your membership, you can end the subscription prematurely. This deal ends November 30, so be sure to sign up soon! Stream + save Hulu Hulu is dropping the

Winter is coming. Cold weather is here. Time to curl up with a warm blanket, some hot chocolate, and a good one thousand or so books to read. Amazon is discounting several versions of the Kindle e-readers just in time for Black Friday. Get 30% off the Kindle Oasis , bringing it down to $174.99 from its regular price of $250. You can also get the 8GB Kindle Paperwhite for $84.99, which is 35% off its $130 price. These prices match what we saw on Prime Day, so if you missed your chance the first time around you can still save right now. If you're looking to get your kids into reading during the winter break, get them an Amazon Kindle Kids Edition Essentials Bundle for $97.97. That's a $45 discount. This bundle includes not just a Kindle but a year of Amazon Kids+, a kid-friendly cover, and a two-year worry-free guarantee that will replace the Kindle should anything happen to it. It also comes with a screen protector and a power adapter to keep it charged. Amazon Kindle e-read

Black Friday deals are coming in thick and fast, and if you're looking for a smart speaker, you are in luck. Google's Nest Mini is down to an all-time low price of $19 — a 61% discount from its usual price of $50 — making it one of the best early Black Friday deals yet. This particular deal is valid on all four color variants: Sky, Charcoal, Coral, and Chalk. The Nest Mini is the ideal point of entry if you haven't made the switch to a smart speaker yet, and the insane discount makes it an easy recommendation this Black Friday. Too good to miss Google Nest Mini | $31 off $19 at Best Buy $19 at Walmart $19 at Target The Nest Mini combines a great fabric-based design with powerful Google Assistant integration and decent sound quality. You can use it to control smart home lights, set reminders and alerts, listen to news briefings, and so much more. It is the ideal starting point for a smart speaker, and the 61% discount makes it one of the best deals around. The N

Walmart has kicked off the final round of deals as we lead up to Black Friday . The retailer has been running deals all week in timed promotions, with hundreds of products discounted. Today's early Black Friday sale includes exciting discounts on Apple products, Nintendo Switch consoles and accessories, Samsung TVs and budget tablets like the Galaxy Tab A, Google's excellent Nest Hub smart speaker, and so much more. Walmart will offer the same deals in-store on November 27, but you're better off picking up these products online right now. Considering that most of the products listed below are down to their lowest price we've seen yet, you should act fast while they're still in stock. Walmart will continue to restock most of these products throughout Black Friday, so if a particular deal is out of stock at the moment, check back shortly. Without further ado, these are the best Black Friday deals at Walmart. Walmart Black Friday deals Smart where it counts Googl

Black Friday sales one some of the best Chromebook models have already started, and more of them are scheduled to take place over the coming days. Availability has been extremely limited for Chromebooks lately, and any chance you can buy one is a chance you should take advantage of. Retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart and others have a few great Black Friday Chromebook deals going live, and we've been tracking all of them. Here are all of the best Chromebook Black Friday deals you can take advantage of, so don't miss out. Chromebook Black Friday Deals Acer Chromebook 715 | $271 off at Walmart This super-sized laptop is currently #10 in our Best Chromebooks because it's bulky but powerful. you get a 15.6-inch touchscreen and a full keyboard with a number pad. $279 at Walmart HP Chromebook 14 (14-CA061DX) | $170 off at Best Buy HP makes bigger and beefier Chromebooks, but for a kid's first computer, the HP Chromebook 14 is a great match. You get plenty of