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We may earn a commission from links on this page. This week Garmin's screenless Cirqa smart band received a firmware update that fixes one of its most obvious gaps: the lack of alerts from your phone. With Version 4.20, you can now set up your smart band to buzz your wrist for texts, calls, and other smart notifications from your phone. The addition is listed on Garmin's forums as "Support vibration for smart notifications/incoming calls." Reaction has been upbeat, too—users on the Garmin subreddit have been glad to see the feature arrive.Amusingly, Garmin's own FAQ still states that the Cirqa does not vibrate for text messages, phone calls, or other smartphone notifications. Clearly that page is now out of date, so Garmin will want to correct it. Since Garmin doesn't...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. There’s no shortage of outdoor security cameras, but finding one that balances video quality, battery life, and ease of use without pushing past $100 is rare. Right now, the Tapo MagCam 2K+ is on sale for $59.99 on Amazon, down from $89.99, which is its lowest price to date, according to price trackers. PCMag named it the best security camera of 2024, pointing out that while battery-powered cameras often trade convenience for frequent recharging, the MagCam 2K+ avoids that issue with a 10,000mAh battery rated to last up to 300 days per charge, depending on how often it records. Charging happens over micro-USB, though there’s an optio...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Not everybody needs, wants, or can afford the "best" headphones available, especially when they can easily cost half a grand. If the $450+ Sony XM6s, which I called the best over-ear headphones of 2025 (and 2026 so far), are not in your budget, then perhaps the more affordable Sony WH-CH720Ns could be. While they're not quite as premium, they're significantly cheaper and offer good enough audio quality for most people. Right now, you can get them for $88 (originally $179.99) on Amazon, their second-lowest price ever according to price tracking tools. Thopugh they've dropped below $100 before, all three colorways have not been availab...

Holiday content returns to Netflix in November, with the monthly slate weighted toward dozens of Christmas and seasonally themed films and shows as well as season nine of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays (Nov. 23). Netflix will also be hosting a Thanksgiving Eve NFL game with the Packers vs. Rams matchup on Nov. 25. Other titles of note include The Altruists (Nov. 19), a limited drama series about the rise and fall—and crimes—of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison (played by Julia Garner of Ozark and Inventing Anna fame). Jessica Chastain stars in the Netflix original film Heartland (Nov. 13), a thriller about a former country music star whose niece disappears. On the documentary side, there's Ron Howard's Avedon (Nov. 11), a film about the photographer's life and inf...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. An ultra-wide curved gaming monitor with ridiculous specs is every gamer's dream, but they (usually) don't come cheap. The 57-inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G9, one of the best ultra-wide gaming monitors on the market, is currently on sale for $1,499.99 (originally $2,499.99 at launch)—that's its second-best discount, according to price-checking tools. The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Series is not a regular ultra-wide gaming monitor. It has impressive specs, but you'll need a top-notch gaming computer with specific outputs to take full advantage of its 240Hz refresh rate potential. This monitor came out in 2023 with an "excellent" review from P...