You’ll only need to empty the Yeedi Cube’s base every once in a while. It handles the rest. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The Yeedi Cube doesn’t have the modularity and extremities of some of the cool new robot vacuums we’ve seen at CES 2025, but the self-emptying, self-cleaning mopping robovac is also much more reasonably priced. It’s even cheaper today at Amazon, where you can buy it for $299.99 ($260 off) when you clip an on-page coupon. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet on the budget robovac.
The Yeedi Cube can capably map and remember several rooms, including designated no-clean zones that you can set within the mobile app. While it doesn’t have AI-powered obstacle avoidance like some of the pricier robots we test, we found its laser-based navigation system works well enough to traverse floors that don’t have laundry, clothes, or pet waste strewn about. And if it does get stuck, you can easily pick it up and reposition it thanks to an integrated carrying handle and a dedicated spot clean button.
While we wish it had better brushes (it can get easily tangled with pet hairs), its 5,100Pa suction is good enough to lift loose dirt, cereal, and the like. It also has a one-liter fluid tank and vibrating microfiber pads that can mop hard flooring with great effectiveness. The do-it-all robovac can also empty its own dust bin and water tank, and clean and dry itself at the charging base.
More Friday deals to shop
The 3.1-channel Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus from 2024 is cheaper right now than it was during Black Friday, with Amazon dropping it to a new all-time low of $189.99 ($60 off). You can also get it with a subwoofer for a record low $299.99 ($75 off), or get the whole kit with two surround speakers for $414.99 ($75 off). Unlike the original Fire TV Soundbar, the system supports true spatial audio formats — both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. You can select between preset modes for movies, music, sports, and night listening, and there’s also a setting that enhances dialogue. Its HDMI eARC port offers one-cable audio and control between the TV and soundbar, and you can use the remote of any Fire TV device to also control the soundbar’s power and volume.
You can get a pair of AirPods Pro (second-gen) with a USB-C wireless charging case for $179.99 at Amazon and Best Buy, which is $70 off and only $26 more than the lowest price to date. While they’re no longer the only AirPods with noise cancellation in Apple’s lineup (you can get the AirPods 4 with that feature now), they’re still Apple’s best wireless earbuds, with effective noise cancellation, great sound quality, and voice isolation for clearer calls. They have spatial audio with head-tracking and adaptive audio with a very convincing transparency mode. You can even use the AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids. Read our review.
You can get the Anker PowerCore 548 Power Bank for $89.99 (about $50 off) at Amazon and Walmart, which is $10 more than the lowest price to date. The portable 192Wh (60,000mAh) power station charges at 87W speeds when using one of its two USB-C ports (it also has two USB-A ports), or you can split the power when using more than one port concurrently. You can charge the power bank using those ports, or harness the sun’s power with an optional solar panel. It’s ideal for camping and day trips with its retractable LED lamp that has adjustable brightness and an SOS mode that automatically turns the light on during a blackout when plugged in.