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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Black Friday is November 29 — unless you’re shopping at Best Buy, in which case it’s now. The retailer has kicked off a huge early sale that includes some of the best deals we’ve seen of the season thus far. Best Buy is matching or setting the all-time lowest prices on the Apple Watch Series 4, this year’s MacBook Air, Beats headphones and the HomePod smart speaker. But there are also killer deals to be had on Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 7 and a bunch of other laptops, tablets, TVs and more.Note that you need to be a member of the company’s My Best Buy rewards program, the basic tier of which is free, to take advantage of some of these sale prices. Discounts are available online and in-store. The highlights — which we continue to update and add to in real-time — are as follows.Note that most of these sale prices are good through Sunday, November 10, but some do sell out as the sale progresses.Best Buy has also revealed its Black Friday ad, offering many specific products it’s selling for the real Black Friday timeframe later this month.  Sarah Tew/CNETBest Buy has Bose’s SoundLink Revolve on sale for $120, which is the lowest price we’ve seen for it. This model is smaller than the SoundLink Revolve Plus, but it’s a very good compact Bluetooth speaker. Read our Bose SoundLink Revolve review. David Carnoy/CNETBest Buy has the JLabs JBuds Air on sale for $30 through Sunday, Nov. 10. They normally retail for $50. JLabs makes a lot of true wireless earphones and this is its most affordable — and frankly, the only one I’d buy. It’s a decent set of true wireless earbuds that’s a relative bargain at $30. David Carnoy/CNETWe saw this deal last year but it’s still a good one: Sony’s micro Bluetooth speaker, the SRS-XB01, is on sale for $15 at Best Buy. Read our Sony SRS-XB01 review. Sarah Tew/CNETIf you’re less inclined to buy from Apple, Garmin’s rugged fitness watches are great. The Fenix 5X cost $700 when it came out in 2017 — now, Best Buy has it for $300. I’ve been using Garmin’s lower-end Forerunner 245 and I like it a lot. The model on sale here includes all of its fitness tracking functions and adds an altimeter and barometer. Plus, you get topographic US maps, routable cycling maps for turn-by-turn navigation and a scratch-resistant sapphire lens. Read our Garmin Fenix 5X preview. Ariel Nunez/CNETWalmart has been selling these headphones for about $120 — a massive $80 discount off the $200 list price. Now, Best Buy takes it a step further by cutting the price to $90. Read our Powerbeats3 review. Sarah Tew/CNETWe love the UE Boom 2 — a compact, durable wireless Bluetooth speaker that plays loud and sounds good. It’s stain-resistant, shock-resistant and fully waterproof. Battery life is a strong 15 hours, and it can be paired with a second UE speaker for stereo sound. Read our UE Boom 2 review.
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