In time for Black Friday, Google Play is hosting a number of offers on movies, TV shows, books, and Android apps. Many of the deals start today and end on Cyber Monday, but some of the best savings come into effect this Saturday.
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Google Store is offering its Google Home Personal Assistant for $99 shipped when code TIMETOSHOP is used at checkout, for first-time Google Express members only. For those not familiar, first-time Google Express members get the inital 3 months free and then it’s $95 for a year, or $10 per month.
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Google Home, the company’s response to the Amazon Echo, is currently on sale if you’re looking to purchase at least two units. Priced at $130 each, Google is running a sale that knocks off $30 from the price when purchasing a pair Homes for your home. That brings your final price down to $229 shipped. More details below.
B&H is currently offering a free 2nd Gen. Chromecast or Chromecast Audio with the purchase of Google Home for $129.99 shipped. Today’s deal represents a $164 value and one of the best combination offers that we’ve seen.
Google Home is an all-in-one voice assistant that can control your smart home gear, access streaming media and answer questions about “weather, traffic, finance, sports, local businesses, and more.” Learn more about its full capabilities in our coverage over at 9to5Google.
Chromecast offers wireless streaming of your favorite services like Netflix, Hulu, and more, while Audio brings access to services like Spotify. Simply plug it and beam directly from your device. Both products in today’s deal have received excellent ratings at B&H.
Google’s Daydream View VR headset is one of the better mobile VR options on the market, but it still undercuts the competition in price just a bit despite bringing a little more hardware to the table. Now, Google is offering a sale on the headset which cuts $30 off the retail price.
Groupon offers a $40 voucher for new Google Express customers for $15 with electronic delivery. Full terms and conditions can be found below. Note: Although the listing says West Coast, this voucher is stated to work in all Google Express cities. If you do run into a problem, Groupon offers a refund “within the first 3 days after purchase.”
Google Play is taking 75% off any movie rental when PayPal is used during checkout. Simply visit this page and follow the pop-up instructions or use promo code PAYPALCAUS during checkout. (Note: you must be logged into your account to see the offer or if you’ve recently taken advantage of a similar promotion you may not be eligible).
Cash in on this deal and enjoy recent releases like London Has Fallen, Batman v Superman, San Andreas, Avengers, Jurassic World, Inside Out and many more. Full details and Terms/Conditions below.
Chromecast users can still cash in on a 75% off a rental, as well. iTunes is also featuring $5 HD movie downloads each day in July, check out the whole list here.
The Google Play Store has a few notable MP3 album discounts going this morning. First up, Jason Mraz’s We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. is available for free. It typically fetches $11 at Amazon and other online retailers. This album peaked at #3 on Billboard 200 and features hits like I’m Yours, Lucky and others.
The Google Play Store is offering 50% off any one movie rental from its wide selection of new releases and classic films. This promo is valid through the end of the month and is only available one per account. You’ll be able to enjoy your rental on any Google Play-compatible device, including Android, iOS, and more.
Enjoy hit movies like Zootopia, London Has Fallen, Captain America and others with this promotion. You’re bound to find just about any movie of interest in Google’s vast library.
In addition to a $1 sale on classic rock and metal albums (we’ll get there), Google Play is offering a free MP3 download of Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin II: Remastered. This album typically sells for $10 at Amazon and other online stores. Enjoy a complete remaster of the popular Led Zeppelin album that collected 12x Platinum status and peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200. Rated 4.7/5 stars.
Google Play is also discounting a handful of popular albums as MP3 downloads to $1 (Reg. $10). Here’s a look at what’s available:
Back in March, Chromecast was renamed to Google Cast and Vizio announced the first Cast-enabled televisions. Philips just announced four new sets as part of the 6000 series Google Cast Ultra HDTV. Like recent affordable Android TV showings from RCA, these models start at $649.
Google Play has the following MP3 Digital Album Downloads on sale for only $0.99. The Goo Goo Dolls: Greatest Hits currently goes for $12.49 at Amazon and $17.99 on iTunes.
The Goo Goo Dolls: Greatest Hits has the songs “Broadway“, “Black Balloon” and “Iris” to name a few. That’s a good download if you feel like getting transported back to the 90’s in style!
The Google Play Store is discounting a handful of LEGO titles for Android devices down to $0.99. You’ll want to login to your account to see the reduced prices. These titles typically sell for $5. Here’s a full look at what’s available:
Google Play is offering a free MP3 download of Kaskade’s latest album Automatic. This title was released in 2015 and regularly sells for up to $12 at retailers like Amazon. It hit the top of Dance/Electronic charts while also climbing to #25 on the Billboard 200.
The ninth album from DJ megastar Kaskade has its share of stadium thrillers—check the breathtaking “A Little More”—but its softer moments are among its finest feats. “We Don’t Stop” melds indie rock guitars and heart-tugging lyrics into synths that unfurl like a fiery orange sunset, while “Promise” (with K.Flay) is a fun, UK-style R&B club bumper. Kaskade returns to his deep house roots with Estelle on sunny “Day Trippin’,” and collaborates with electro-poppers Two Nations for the beachy shoegazer “Papercuts.”
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Expansys offers the Google Chromebook Pixel (i5-3427U) 1.8GHz/4GB/32GB for $399.99 shipped. That’s about $600 less than the Google Store currently charges and the lowest we can find for one. It has a 3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3427U processor with dual-core and a 1.8GHz processor speed. It also has 4GB DDR3 memory and offers a 32GB solid state drive with fast read/write times. You also get 1TB of Google Drive cloud storage for 1 year (that’s a $120 value!) Rated 4.2/5 stars from 31 Amazon shoppers.
Google Play has discounted a few Metal albums to only $0.99 a piece available to download. These albums regularly go for $7 and up. Here they are for your listening pleasure:
The Google Play Store is currently offering a free MP3 download of Duran Duran’s latest album Paper Gods. You would typically have to pay $12 or more to snag this recording at online stores like Amazon.
Google Play is offering 75% off any one movie rental when you redeem the promotional offer by April 28th. Simply head over to this page and follow the instructions to cash in on your discounted flick. Google Play content can be played back on iOS/Android devices as well as a Mac/PC and popular streaming devices like Chromecast. Pick up a new release like The Big Short and enjoy a movie night this weekend.
Google Play has a few MP3 albums available for just $1 today. The offers include Shinedown’s Threat to Survival album, Favourite Worst Nightmare by the Arctic Monkeys and Better Nature from Silversun Pickups. Available for $1 each, these albums go from between $6.99 and $10 on Amazon, Google Play and iTunes, so be sure to jump on them while you can.
You’ll need to be logged in to your Google Play account to see the deals.
Fireproof Games launched the third entry in its extremely popular The Room mobile game series about 4 months ago, and today we are getting our very first price drop. Regularly priced at $4.99, you can now grab The Room Three for just $1.99 on iOS. Not only is this the best price we have ever seen, but discounted iTunes gift cards like the ones we have available right now can bring even deeper deals. On top of the half a million 4+ star reviews the first two games in the series carry on the App Store and Google Play, The Room Three has garnered a 4+ star rating from over 16,000 gamers since its release back in November.
Head below for more details on the game and more on its intensive graphic requirements:
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Google Play offers a free MP3 download of Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory album. This album typically goes for $11+ as a digital download or $7 as a CD at Amazon.
Originally released back in 2000, Hybrid Theory includes hit tracks like One Step Closer, In the End, and Crawling. It has sold over 10,000,000 albums in the United States and hit #2 on the Billboard 200 at its peak. Rated 4.3/5 stars by nearly 2,000 Amazon reviewers.
Update (2/18 3:30pm): Google Play offers a handful of movie soundtracks for $0.99 including Dazed and Confused, Juno, The Fault in Our Stars and The Crow.
The Google Play Store offers a free MP3 download of Footloose (Music from the Motion Picture). This album typically goes for $9 at Amazon and $11 at iTunes. Released in 2011, Footloose hit #1 on Billboards Soundtrack Chart and topped out at #4 amongst country albums. Notable artists on this album include Blake Shelton singing the title track, Zac Brown, CeeLo Green and more. Rated 4.6/5 stars by over 650 reviewers.
We also spotted Big Smo’s Kuntry Livin’ album for free (Reg. $10) at Google Play.
After a surprising North American launch of Final Fantasy XI on the App Store and Google Play yesterday, Square Enix has put Lara Croft Go for iOS on sale for $1.99. The 2015 Apple iPhone Game of the Year award winner regularly sells for $5 and hasn’t dropped this low since the massive December app sale. In fact, this is matching the lowest the game has ever been offered for on the App Store since its release in summer 2015.
Popular fitness app developer Runtastic is running an interesting promotion right now on its Runtastic Butt Trainer Workout app for Android. The freemium requires you to buy in-app purchases in order to get the full experience, which will end up running you about $6. But today you can download the free version and then upgrade it to the full version at no cost using the following instructions:
The Google Play Store has discounted a large selection of TV Shows as free HD Digital Downloads. You can grab any of these episodes as a download and catch up on some hit reality television. You can see the entire selection here (be sure to login to your Google account first).
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Yapper wireless (98.8% Positive feedback from 25,731 shoppers) via eBay is offering the LG Nexus 5X 16GB (Factory GSM Unlocked) 4G LTE Android Smartphone for $279.99 shipped. That’s $99 off the original list price, $20 less than Best Buy’s/ Amazon’s current offering and an effective match to our previous mention (with a gift card) from last week. Rated 4.3/5 stars from over 100 Amazon shoppers.
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The Google Play Store offers Thomas Was Alone for $0.20. That’s down from the usual going rate of $5.50 at the Amazon App Store, its previous sale mention of $1 and is lowest price we can currently find. Over 4,300 Google Play reviewers have left a collective 4.6/5 star rating.
This simplistic platform-style title takes you through over 100 levels of unique gameplay. Aside from winning a BAFTA award in 2013, it was also nominated for a handful of other awards as well.
Meet Thomas, a curious rectangle, and help him unravel the mysteries of his existence in a wonderfully strange world. Experience 100 levels of award-winning platform gameplay and take part in an emotional story narrated by Danny Wallace.
Be sure to swing by our daily games/apps roundup for the latest deals across every platform.
Update (2/10 4:15pm): Groupon now offers the refurbished Acer 11.6-inch Chromebook for $99.99 shipped, but the price comes down to $84.99 shipped when you use the code EXTRA15.
Groupon offers the refurbished Acer 11.6-inch Chromebook (model: CB3-111-C8UB) for $99.99 shipped. That’s half-off the original list price, $79 less than Amazon for one in new condition and the lowest we’ve seen it in any condition.
It has an Intel Celeron 2.16 GHz Processor with 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM. It also features a 16GB Solid-State Drive (SSD) and an 11.6-inch, 1366 x 768 pixels, LED-lit screen. It runs Google ChromeOS and has no optical drives. Rated 4.4/5 stars by over 1,800 Amazon shoppers.
Amazon is offering the Matte Gold variant of the 32GB Nexus 6P for $449 shipped, bringing the recently-announced color down $50 to the lowest price we could find. Amazon is also offering the 64GB model for $50 off at $499 shipped, and both models are also available at Best Buy for the same prices. Alternatively, Google is offering a $50 purchase credit toward a Huawei Watch when you buy any color Nexus 6P…
It’s time to add some new tunes to your playlists! Google Play offers full album downloads from a variety of musicians including Zac Brown Band, Green Day, Blake Shelton, Wiz Khalifa, Eric Clapton, and others for just $0.99. In many cases that’s less than it’d cost you to buy single song. There are also a couple Greatest Hits albums available for less than a buck each.
Not looking to spend any money? Here are some free classic rock albums from Google Play.
Google has yet to make an official announcement about this, but the Mountain View company has today launched an Android Pay Rewards promotion called “Tap 10,” offering Google Play music downloads and a free Chromecast to Android Pay users when they use their phone to pay…
Google Play has launched another free music promotion that delivers a full album MP3 download from a handful of major recording artists. Our top pick from the lot is The Very Best of Grateful Dead, this compilations includes 17 tracks of hit songs from the American rock band. It typically goes for around $10 as a MP3 download at Amazon.
Time to bury your Skeletons in the Closet “best-of”-this one spans the Dead’s years with Warner Bros., Grateful Dead Records and Arista! Includes Truckin’; Touch of Grey; Sugar Magnolia; Casey Jones; Box of Rain; Fire on the Mountain; U.S. Blues; Friend of the Devil; Franklin’s Tower; One More Saturday Night , and more.
Additionally, Google Play has compilations from Simon and Garfunkel, Alice Cooper, and Sly & the Family Stone, amongst others for free. Don’t forget, Elvis’ Greatest Hits are still as a freebie as is the 21 Classic Rock Favorites collection.
Google Play offers 21 Classic Rock Favorites as a free MP3 download. These tracks sold separately range from $1-$1.30 a piece, but you can get all 21 tracks free today. This same album is available at Amazon for $5 currently. Some of the artists include: Blue Oyster Cult, Eddie Money, Boston, Meatloaf, Santana and more.
We also found on Google Play the following free playlists:
Google Play is offering a free MP3 download of Elvis Presley’s 30 #1 Hits. This collection offers 32 tracks total, including two newly mixed songs. It typically goes for $10 at Amazon as a digital download. You’ll find all of The King’s top hits like: Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, All Shook Up, and Jailhouse Rock, amongst many others.
Additionally, Google Play has Jeff Buckley’s Grace album as a free MP3 download.
Note: to claim your free download, you must be logged into a Google account when visiting the album page.
Attention Chromecast users: The newest offer from Google is a free two-month trial of CBS All Access. With it you get all the current episodes (next day) of your favorite CBS shows On Demand. This offer is sweetened by the fact that the usual trial offer is only 1-week and the going rate is $6 per month.
Note: You will have to provide a credit card to get your free two-month trial, so be sure to cancel before the trial is up or you will be charged $6 for each additional month.
If you don’t have a Chromecast yet, we spotted the original one for only $20 at Staples.
You may have thought year end sales were only at car dealerships, but today we’re seeing prices drop on some of the best Android games of the year at Google Play. You can grab EA Games NBA Jam today for only $.10. That’s 85% off and the lowest we can find.
Jam with your favorite stars from all 30 NBA teams in over-the-top, high-flying, 2-on-2 arcade basketball just like you remember it – and like you’ve never seen before!
Other titles include Leo’s Fortune for $.99, Modern Combat 4 for $.99, Goat Simulator for $.99, Lara Croft Go for $.99, Minecraft Story Mode for $.99, Rayman Fiesta Run for $.25, and more.
Missed it? There are currently hundreds of iOS games/apps on sale. Check out our roundup of all the deals right here
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Update: You can also grab a 3-month trial of Google Play Music Unlimited for $1. That’s access to over 35 million songs on demand and ad free plus you can try out YouTube Red with this offer as well. Google regularly charges $9.99 a month for this service.
For a limited time Google Play is taking 75% off one movie rental of your choice. That’s the largest discount we’ve seen on rentals from Google Play. To redeem this offer go to the movies page then scroll down and click on the red banner. All the popular movies above are available for this promotion plus a slew of other titles. The offer expires January 4th. Terms & Conditions
Also, Google Play is offering any one music album of your choice at 50% off the regular price. This special year-end savings is good until midnight January 4, 2016. Your discount will be shown at checkout. Just look for the orange banner on the music page to redeem this offer.
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Google Play is offering 50% off any album purchase to celebrate the end of the year. Go through this special link to activate the coupon and then the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. With so much new music having recently come out, this deal comes at a perfect time. Popular choices may include Coldplay’s new album, Adele’s new critically acclaimed album, and much more. Deal expires at midnight on January 4, 2016. If for some reason Google Play does ask you for a coupon code, just enter ALBUM2015.
Update (12/22 11:30am): There appears to be an issue with this deal, as the listing seems to have disappeared from the App Store completely. We will update this post as more information comes available.
As you have likely noticed from our daily app roundups and Holiday Game/App Sale post, hundreds of top-notch iOS/Mac apps are on sale for the holidays. Both the popular Hitman iOS games have now dropped from as much $5 down to just $1 each, but things get even better with the Essentials pack. Square Enix is now offering both Hitman: Sniper and Hitman GO as part of the Hitman Essentials bundle for just $1. At $0.50, and outside of an IGN freebie offer back in mid-2014, this is the best price we have ever seen on the “award winning” Hitman Go. This deal is also the very best price we have ever tracked on Hitman: Sniper since its release back in June.
As for Android gamers, both titles are on sale over at Google Play with Hitman GO available for $1 and Hitman: Sniper down to just $0.50.
Head below for more details:
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Chromecast and Sling TV have partnered to offer an extended two month free trial of the online streaming service ($40 value). First time Sling customers with a Chromecast have until December 28th to grab a 60-day free peak at the Best of Live TV package. Simply visit this page to begin your trial. You’ll want to cancel the service before the two months is up, otherwise you’ll be charged $20 for the next month.
Typically, Sling only offers a 7-day trial, so if you’ve been holding out on trying this service, now is your best bet to give it a run. Offer does not include any extras or HBO service. Full terms and condition can be found below.
Sling TV launched last January to much fanfare as an alternative to pricey cable and satellite services. It offers popular channels like ESPN/2, AMC, TBS, TNT, HGTV and others. Additionally, it has a number of add-on packages for those interested in premium channels like HBO. Packages start at $20 with more channels available for as little as $5.
The latest Google Chromecast is available for $30 at Walmart (Reg. $35). New users can take advantage of a handful of freebies, including a $20 Google Play credit that is available through the end of the year.
From now until January 2nd, if you buy a 2015 Chromecast you also get $20 to cast TV shows, movies and more on Google Play. Factoring in the credit, that’s the lowest offer we’ve seen for the new Chromecast. After you make your purchase you can get your $20 Google Play credit here.
You can also find a 2-pack Bundle with $12 Google Play Credit at Costco for $49 shipped. Or save $5 on one at Best Buy or Walmart today as well. Get the previous generation for $20 at Walmart
Enjoy a world of entertainment with Google Chromecast (2015). Just connect to your HDTV’s HDMI interface and your home Wi-Fi network to get started. You can stream your favorite apps from your compatible phone, tablet or laptop, plus use your phone as a remote to search, play and pause content.
Note: You need to wait one week after you register for the Google Play credit to appear.
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When you buy select $10 movies from Google Play, you’ll get second copy of the same movie for free to gift to a friend.
The promo includes 8 movies: Despicable Me 2, Jurassic Park, Love Actually, Fast & Furious 6 – Extended Edition, Pitch Perfect, Despicable Me, Back to the Future, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Missed it? Josh Groban’s latest album is available for free right now on Google Play.
Buy A Movie, Gift A Movie
Buy any of the movies below and receive a code for a second copy of that movie to gift to a friend.**Terms and conditions: Promotional link for gift movie will be delivered via email within 48 hours of your purchase. To claim the Buy a Movie, Gift a Movie Offer, you must purchase an eligible movie in this Offer between 12/10/15 and 12/17/15, be a US resident, 18+ (or 13-17 with permission and paying via Gift Card balance), have or activate a Google Play account and a Google Payments account, and have a compatible Internet connected device. Limit one (1) Offer per each of the eight (8) movies available in this Offer. To redeem promotional link, recipient must be 18+ (or 13-17 with permission), have or activate a Google account, and have a compatible Internet connected device. Redeem promotional link and download movie by 1/17/16. This Offer cannot be resold, is non-refundable and non-exchangeable, and has no cash value. US only. For details see full terms at https://play.google.com/about/movie-gift-terms.html
Google Play offers a free MP3 download of Josh Groban’s Stages album. It was released back in April and typically sells for around $11. Josh’s duet with Kelly Clarkson called All I Ask Of You is a standout song on the album.
Track listing is as follows:
1 Pure Imagination (From “Charlie And The Chocolate Factory”)
2 What I Did For Love (From “A Chorus Line”)
3 Bring Him Home (From “Les Misérables”)
4 Le Temps Des Cathédrales (From “Notre-Dame de Paris”)
5 All I Ask Of You (duet with Kelly Clarkson) [From “The Phantom Of The Opera”]
6 Try To Remember (From “The Fantasticks”)
7 Over The Rainbow (From “The Wizard Of Oz”)
8 Children Will Listen / Not While I’m Around (From “Into The Woods” / “Sweeney Todd”)
9 You’ll Never Walk Alone (From “Carousel”)
10 Old Devil Moon (feat. Chris Botti) [From “Finian’s Rainbow”]
11 Finishing The Hat (From “Sunday In The Park With George”)
12 If I Loved You (duet with Audra McDonald) [From “Carousel”]
13 Anthem (From “Chess”)
You may have thought you would have to wait until Black Friday to save big on a Nexus 5 or a Chromebook, but Expansys is already offering deep discounts with savings on the Google Nexus 5 for $199.99 shipped (Reg. $349.99). You can also find Refurbished Chromebooks as low as $120 shipped. Head below for our full breakdown of the deals to be had there.
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Amazon currently offers the 2-Room SONOS PLAY:1 Streaming Music Starter Set for $349 with free shipping. It would cost you $400 if you were to buy both of the included speakers individually at their regular price of $199.99 each. Aside from a few random discounts and another Starter Set promotion, we rarely see any deals across the entire Sonos speaker lineup. According to Sonos, this discounted Starter Set will only be available for a “limited time”. Matched at SONOS.com, Best Buy, and Target.
PLAY:1’s high-quality sound is driven by two Class-D digital amplifiers, one tweeter, and one mid-woofer. Add this Starter Set to a Sonos PLAYBAR and SUB to create a “true surround sound experience.” With access to a seemingly endless amount of online music services, including Spotify, Pandora, Deezer, and Google Play Music, the best-selling PLAY:1 is a solid foundation for your dream multi-room wireless music system. Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars from 1,899 Amazon reviewers.
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Costco Wholesale, a membership-only warehouse club, has released its deals for Thanksgiving weekend. The limited time promotion will run from November 27-29 at brick and mortar locations. Some deals will be available online starting November 26. You’ll be able to save on Google Chromecast, Fitbit, Smart HDTVs, clothing, PlayStation 4/Xbox One game console bundles, and many PC laptops.
The entire ad and our top picks can be seen below:
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Update (11/18 12:00pm): The new Nest Cam 3-pack is now available at Amazon.
Nest Cam, the smart security camera that Google acquired and rebranded under its Nest company after acquiring Dropcam last year, is one of the best of these new breed of Wi-Fi connected, smartphone-controlled home security products. Today Nest is making decking out your home even easier and more affordable with a new 3-pack bundle of Nest Cams that will allow you to save $100 over the normal retail cost of individual units.
The new Nest Cam bundle will sell for $497, representing a $100 total savings on the bundle when considering Nest Cam on its own will run you $199 each (or $185 each currently on Amazon).
I took the Nest Cam for spin in recent months following its launch, and despite a few software shortcomings that Nest will inevitably catch up to in future releases, I overall had an excellent experience with the device and recommended it to just about everyone except diehard HomeKit users.
The new 3-Pack Nest Cam bundle will be available this week online for $497, as well as retail stores including Home Depot and Best Buy.
