The 22 Best Early Black Friday Deals: Our Ultimate Picks (2026) | WIRED

While the Friday after Thanksgiving has traditionally been the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday deals have gradually spread well beyond the day. First came Cyber Monday, then Cyber Week. Now, early Black Friday deals kick off before November has even started. The tricky part for early birds is knowing what’s a genuine deal and what’s likely to go even lower when Black Friday arrives.
The Reviews team at WIRED tracks prices on our favorite gadgets year-round, and we only highlight deals on devices we've tested and would recommend to our own friends and family. Some of these picks may be cheaper for Black Friday, but these are the discounts that have caught our eye so far.
Updated November 11: We've added new deals on headphones, mobile accessories, kitchen appliances, vacuums, and more. We also removed some discontinued deals and checked for accuracy throughout.
Additional contributors: Louryn Strampe
The best trackers for anyone with an iPhone; you can use them to keep tabs on your keys, luggage, bike, or whatever else you worry might go missing. Each AirTag location is marked clearly in the Find My app. The battery should last you a year, and we have a guide on how to replace your AirTag battery. Just please don’t use them to track people. This is the lowest price we have seen on the single tag, but it drops this low pretty frequently.
If you want to pair wireless earbuds with your iPhone and enjoy a seamless, feature-rich experience, you should snag the AirPods Pro 3. They are comfy, boast top-notch active noise cancellation, and can even translate some languages in real time. That said, they are at this price often enough that I hesitate to call it a great deal, and they will likely drop by another $20 for Black Friday.
For Apple fans with an iPhone or MacBook, the Apple AirPods Max 2 are the best over-ear headphones. They offer great sound quality, effective noise cancellation, and good transparency modes. They are usually a little too pricey for our tastes compared to Sony and Bose options, but at $100 off, they look more tempting. Before you pull the trigger, they will likely drop by at least another $30 for Black Friday.
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With excellent noise canceling, 30-hour battery life, and loads of customization options, the Sony WH-1000XM6 are a great pair of headphones. They're also stylish and comfy with a mix of easy-to-use touch controls and physical buttons. They have dropped this low a couple of times, but we've never seen them lower.
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This is one of our favorite 3-in-1 chargers for keeping your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch charged up from a single outlet. The unique feature is its height adjustability, which lets it pull double duty as a tripod for shooting video or FaceTime calls with family or friends. It has been on sale (close to half price) for a while now but has never been lower than $60 at Best Buy. Snap it up while you still can.
Moft does a lovely line of origami-style folding stands and wallets for iPhones and other magnetic Qi2 phones. The accessory maker has an early Black Friday sale on now with up to 30 percent off this and other accessories.
Looking for a power bank that can keep your laptop, phone, and other gadgets powered up on the go? Look no further. The EcoFlow Rapid Pro is my top power bank for laptops because of the 27,650-mAh capacity (allowed on flights), three USB-C ports (rated at 140 watts, 65 watts, and 65 watts), and retractable 2-foot USB-C cable (rated at 140 watts).
Gadgets are too boring. I want more anthropomorphized devices in my life. Ugreen simply added a wee robot face to this wireless charger that changes its expression based on the charging status. I immediately like it more than all my old faceless chargers. The charging pad supports Qi2/MagSafe and tilts up to 70 degrees to reveal a second pad to charge AirPods or other wireless earbuds. It even has a USB-C port for a third gadget. At 40 percent off, this is the lowest price I’ve seen.
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I always associate Black Friday with footage of excited shoppers struggling to carry huge TVs out of big box stores. The reality is that most Black Friday TV deals are on terrible models you should never buy. But the Samsung S95H OLED TV is a great performer that promises accurate color with deep and rich blacks, and an AI Optimized picture mode. The recessed silver bezel sits behind the main OLED panel, and is designed to resemble a metal picture frame. This is the lowest price we've seen on this TV.
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My pick for the best budget Wi-Fi router dips down to this price fairly often, but it’s a great deal for a Wi-Fi 7 router with four antennas, a 2.5-Gbps WAN, a 2.5-Gbps LAN, and three gigabit LAN ports. It’s only dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), so there’s no 6-GHz option, and performance is limited, but for a small home with modest demands, this is a tough price to beat.
A good laptop docking station lets you convert your laptop into a desktop for a comfier experience when you’re working from home, and this compact beauty from Belkin is one of our top picks. GaN technology (gallium nitride semiconductors, a faster, more compact alternative to silicon) lets Belkin pack more ports than you can shake a USB-C cable at, including 96-watt power delivery, three 4K display ports, a gigabit E