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I Found 29 Early Prime Day Deals That Are Worth Shopping Now (2026)
Amazon Prime Day is just around the corner. This year, the deals officially kick off on June 23 and run through midnight Friday, June 26, but there are already some good early Prime Day deals available the weekend before the big event. Whether you need a new laptop, an Alexa speaker, or some noise-canceling earbuds, you can shop today.
Updated June 20: We've got seven new deals, including a new art TV from Amazon, the best air fryer you can buy, and a stylish power bank.
Microsoft just announced an update to the Surface line, and yes, it'll be slightly faster, but it's also significantly more expensive, especially with this deal happening now. The 7th Edition, as this model is known, is our favorite Windows laptop. The highlight here is the screen. It's a touchscreen with a 120-Hz refresh rate and a taller 3:2 aspect ratio, which, once you use a 3:2 you won't want to go back to a 16:9 screen. You also get some features you don't often see in a thin, light laptops, like a USB-A port.
Our favorite laptop for most people, the MacBook Air is deceptively powerful with the update to the M5 chip. (Did you know the GPU in the M5 Air is as powerful as the M3 Pro MacBook Pro?) The M5 makes everything significantly faster, whether you're rendering video or playing games. The fan-less chassis makes it one of the thinnest laptops you can buy, and the battery lasts a full workday. This deal has been coming and going for a few weeks, but it's close to the lowest price we've ever seen.
This deal makes an already cheap monitor even less. The MSI Pro E14 is our favorite cheap monitor. It might lack some of the adjustment possibilities of more expensive models, but it offers what you really need, namely, great image quality. It'll go up to 359 nits at its brightest, and the color coverage is surprisingly good, both in terms of saturation and accuracy. You even get a 144-Hz refresh rate, which is good enough to game.
Apple’s AirPods Pro are the best earbuds for Apple users. In fact, they're the best-selling headphones on the planet. The third-generation AirPods Pro (9/10, WIRED Recommends) offer industry-leading noise canceling and great call quality, thanks to better design and improved ear tips with a bit of foam added. Then there’s the real-time translation, heart rate monitoring, and easy pairing with Apple devices to round out the features. Did we mention they're comfortable? They are, and they get about eight hours of battery life, which makes them perfect for an entire workday.
The Beats Solo 4 headphones feature great warm, clean sound in a minimalist package. There's no noise canceling or auto pause feature, nor is there any water-resistance rating, but you get up to 50 hours of playback per charge, the ability to plug in with either 3.5-mm or USB-C for lossless audio, and one-touch pairing with most devices. You also get solid wireless range and a compact carrying case for easy packing.
The 2026 iteration of the AirPods Max 2 are some of the best headphones Apple fans can buy. The have Siri, Live Translation, head-based gestures, and more, along with some of the best noise canceling on the market, deep bass, and shimmering highs. If you're an iPhone user, there's just no reason to get a different pair of over-ear headphones.
Bose’s properly named QuietComfort Ultra are some of the best noise-canceling headphones you can buy. The QC Ultra Gen 2's sound is also impressive, providing clear and crisp detail especially in movie dialog, thanks to Cinema Mode. There's also support for lossless audio over USB-C, and the battery will last you about 30 hours with ANC on and 40 with it off.
Sony has been cranking out the awkwardly-named WH-1000XM Series headphones for years, and they've been topping our list of the best headphones for about as long. These aren't the latest model (that's the MX6), but they offer active noise canceling and most of the same tech; they just don't fold down as small. Did I mention they sound awesome? They do.