Headphones are one of those purchases you feel immediately. Commute gets quieter, focus gets easier, and travel becomes less tiring. The Sonos Ace are positioned as a premium over-ear option with active noise cancellation, and right now they’re $319.00, down from a $399.00 compared value, saving you $80. If you’ve been curious about Sonos’ take on high-end headphones but didn’t want to pay full price, this discount lands in the “finally reasonable” range.
These are wireless over-ear headphones with active noise cancellation, built for everyday listening and long sessions. The core appeal of this category is simple: comfort, consistent sound, and the ability to tune out noise when you need to concentrate or relax.
Sonos also tends to design products for people who care about an easy, polished experience. So if you like tech that feels straightforward, not fiddly, that’s part of the value proposition here.
The Ace headphones make sense for a specific type of buyer: someone who wants premium noise-cancelling headphones but also wants something a little different from the usual default picks. The $80 discount helps because it reduces the “new product tax” you often pay when you buy into a brand’s first-generation hardware.
This is also a practical deal if you wear headphones for hours at a time. In the real world, comfort and noise reduction matter as much as sound quality. The best headphones are the ones you actually want to keep on, whether you’re working, traveling, or just trying to carve out a quiet pocket of the day.
At $319, the Sonos Ace are a solid buy if you want premium over-ears with ANC and you’ve been waiting for the price to drop from the original $399 level. If you’re shopping the category right now, this discount makes the Ace a more compelling alternative to the usual flagship suspects, especially if you value comfort and an easy day-to-day experience.
The OnePlus Buds Clip are a new pair of open-ear earbuds built around a simple convenience. They join Sony’s LinkBuds Clip in the growing ear-cuff category, but either OnePlus bud can go on either ear.
Sensors recognize how the earbuds are being worn and route the audio channels accordingly. There’s no label to check before putting them on, and the feature also works when only one bud is used.
We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity tracking that can recognize more than 100 types of exercise, up from just 10 before.
Google first showed off the improved tracking earlier this month alongside the Fitbit Edge. It is now coming to Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and Google claims the added context behind the system makes workout detection nearly twice as accurate while cutting missed activities by more than half. Fitbit Edge will support it too.