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An Amazon Prime Day deal has the Google Pixel 7a down to a record-low price. The phone, which only launched last year, typically costs $500 but is available now for half off at $250.

Even at its full price, the Google Pixel 7a is a well-rounded device that balances cost and power. At half off, it’s worth looking at if you have an older (or lower-end) Android phone and want features and specs that won’t be dramatically inferior to many flagship handsets.

The phone resembles the Pixel 7, which it riffs off of, and has a two-tone design with a similar camera bar. The build uses thermal-formed polycarbonate (or, as Engadget’s Sam Rutherford called it, “nice plastic”) that feels premium.

The Pixel 7a is also a solid entry point into Google AI if that’s your thing. The phone supports Circle to Search, Photo Unblur, Magic Eraser and more.

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If you’re more interested in hardware than AI tricks, the Pixel 7a offers an impressive 6.1-inch OLED screen with 2400 x 1080 resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate for smoother visuals. ( The latter isn’t something you always see in mid-ranged handsets.) The phone uses a Tensor G2 chip with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Performance won’t likely let you down unless you’re coming from a higher-end model from the last year or so.

It also includes fast charging, IP67 water and dust resistance and a 64MP rear camera (with all of Google’s machine-learning photography magic). Its camera held up surprisingly well against the Pixel 7 Pro and Galaxy S23 Ultra, its pricier generational peers. Its battery lasted over 17 hours in our video rundown tests, passing the Pixel 7 Pro.

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True, Engadget is a technology news and reviews site — but we have a number of staffers who love to cook and even more who love to eat. Over the years, we’ve tested, reviewed and just plain used hundreds of kitchen gadgets and devices, some of which are techy and some that are pretty lo-fi. We combed through our kitchen buying guides and reviews to see which of our recommendations ended up on sale for Amazon Prime Day and put them all here. Read on for the best Prime Day deals on kitchen tech.

As with all Engadget tech deals coverage, we almost exclusively highlight discounts on gear we’ve tested or have otherwise used and know to be worthy of your money. We cross-checked our guides and reviews with the Prime Day deals Amazon has put forth to come up with what you see here. And we’ll update these deals roundups throughout both days of Amazon’s Prime Day sale.

Best Amazon Prime Day kitchen deals

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A group of record labels that include Universal, Capitol, Warner and Sony has filed a lawsuit against Verizon, accusing it of “contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.” Verizon “knowingly provides its high-speed service to a massive community of online pirates,” the companies said in their complaint. Apparently, the plaintiffs have sent the internet provider “hundreds of thousands” of copyright infringement notices over the past few years, identifying subscribers who’ve been using Verizon’s network to share copyrighted music via peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks. 

Verizon, they said, acknowledged that it received their notices. The company allegedly chose to ignore them and continued to provide internet services to “thousands of known repeat infringers so it could continue to collect millions of dollars from them.” Since it didn’t terminate the accounts of the alleged copyright infringers, Verizon “obtained a direct financial benefit” from their “continuing infringing activity,” the plaintiffs argued. The labels are asking for damages worth up to $150,000 for each work infringed. Based on the list posted by Ars Technica, 17,335 titles are involved in the case, which means Verizon could be fined for as much as $2.6 billion. 

Back in 2018, music labels also sued Cox Communications for allegedly refusing to fully terminate the accounts of users who were pirating music. A US District Court jury originally sided with the labels and ordered Cox to pay $1 billion in damages. But earlier this year, an appeals court overturned the verdict and found that the provider didn’t profit directly from its users’ activities. A group of record labels also sued Charter Communications in 2021 over over song piracy and similarly accused the company of turning a “blind eye” to music piracy.

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The Roomba Combo Essential was already pretty budget-friendly to begin with, but you can now get the 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop for $85 less than its retail price of $275 in a Prime Day deal. The robot vacuum is currently on sale for $190 as part of this year’s Amazon Prime Day festivities, and it’s a great discount — as well as a record low — for a model that was released a mere three months ago.

When iRobot announced the Roomba Combo Essential, it said the vacuum-mop hybrid outperforms the Roomba 600 Series and has 20 times more suction power. This model is 25 percent better at picking up dirt from hard floors than the Roomba 600 Series, iRobot said, and it has a longer battery life. Its smart navigation system can clean your house in rows — for up 120 minutes — and its app will let you set cleaning schedules, so the Roomba can do its job even if you’re not home.

The robot can even return to its charging station by itself when its battery runs low, so you don’t have to worry about having to plug it in when you come home. When you are home, you can start a cleaning session anytime either by tapping the Clean button in the iRobot Home app or issuing a voice command via Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant. 

If you don’t really need a mop and just want a regular robot vacuum, you can get the Roomba Vac Essential Robot Vacuum instead. It has the same features as the Combo Essential and will only set you back $160, which is the lowest price yet for a device that usually goes for $250. 

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Amazon Prime Day isn’t the absolute best time to buy a TV: Most manufacturers released their latest models fairly recently, and the vast majority of those sets will be cheaper as we near Black Friday. Still, if you really want to upgrade today, you can find some decent values during Amazon’s sale, particularly if you grab a good TV from last year before it fully goes out of stock. To make things easier, we’ve sorted through the (many) junky discounts Amazon is advertising and rounded up the best Prime Day TV deals we could find.

Note that you need to subscribe to Prime to see most (but not all) of the discounts below. The sale itself runs through July 17. We’ve thrown in a few good deals on streaming devices as well, and we’ll update this guide if we find more noteworthy deals as the sale goes on.

Your Prime Day Shopping Guide: See all of our Prime Day coverage. Shop the best Prime Day deals on Yahoo Life. Follow Engadget for Prime Day tech deals. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Amazon Prime Day deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Prime Day sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.

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