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Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?The Amazfit BIP 5 More

Amazon/ZDNETBlack Friday is still a week away, but you can already snag savings on some flagship Amazon products, including several models of the Fire TV Stick More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Raycon bone-conducting headphones are available now on the official site for only $70. They offer three sound profiles to help you get the best sound possible from the form factor. The control buttons aren’t exactly the easiest to use when you’re being active. –> I switched to bone-conducting headphones for […] More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETAfter a year of rumors and speculation, Apple’s M4 processor came to the MacBook Pro laptop line earlier this month. The new lineup improves upon the already powerful M3 Pro and M3 Max with even faster performance, a more efficient battery, and the new Thunderbolt 5 port for blazing-fast data transfer speeds. Also: The 50+ best Black Friday deals 2024: Early sales live nowBetter yet, the new M4 MacBook Pro starts at the same price as last year’s M3, making it that much easier to consider. But ahead of Black Friday, we’re already starting to see some deals, namely this one at B&H offering the MacBook Pro M4 for $1,749 More

Maria Diaz/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?The Nanoleaf Skylight More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you’ve been itching for a mixed-reality version of Windows, your time is here. At its 2024 Ignite event this week, Microsoft announced it’s bringing “full capabilities of Windows 11” to mixed reality headsets, starting with the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S. Also: The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptopsThis feature allows you to access your local Windows PC or Windows 365 Cloud PC from a Quest headset. It only takes a few seconds to connect, Microsoft says, and get a private, high-quality, multiple-monitor workstation with huge screens. This doesn’t mean that you’ll be able to run Windows on your Quest, but you will be able to stream your PC or virtual cloud PC to your headset. Watch Microsoft’s short video about the new feature below. [embedded content]The ability to take a computer screen to a VR headset was previously one of the biggest differences between Meta’s headset and Apple’s Vision Pro. At Meta Connect 2024, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that all you need to do to connect your Quest headsets to Windows 11 PCs is “just look at the keyboard.” He didn’t elaborate on whether we would see Vision Pro-style gesture controls.Also: Amazon just launched a huge Echo Show 21 and a brand new Echo Show 15Casting is already available to a degree in the Meta Horizon Workroom app, with Meta’s Air Link, or through a third-party app, but now you don’t need any new software or apps. More

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro’s base doubles as a Bluetooth speaker. Maria Diaz/ZDNETWhat’s the deal?The Govee Floor Lamp Pro More

Sandisk/ZDNETAmazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales event kicks off tomorrow, but we’re already seeing great deals on storage drives. Right now, you can snag Sandisk’s Extreme Pro Portable 2TB SSD More