Amazon, Best Buy Launch Black Friday Deals With Pixel Watch 5 at $100 Off

Q: Why does Lenovo's heavily discounted mini PC secretly lock buyers out of its flagship AI assistant?

Because the discounted Lenovo Yoga Mini being promoted at Best Buy is the base configuration, and that version does not meet the memory requirement for Lenovo’s flagship on-device AI assistant, Qira. The sale model is listed with an Intel Core Ultra 5 325, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD for $599.99. Reviews and product coverage note that this 16GB model cannot run Qira locally because Lenovo originally required at least 24GB of memory for the assistant on supported PCs. In other words, buyers are getting the hardware discount, but not the full AI feature set Lenovo has used to market the product line. That limitation is easy to miss because the Yoga Mini is sold as an AI-focused mini PC, with features such as a 50 TOPS-class NPU, adaptive lighting, presence sensing, and Copilot+ branding. But Qira support depends not just on the chip, but also on memory capacity. The higher-end Yoga Mini with 32GB RAM can support it; the cheaper open-box or sale unit with 16GB cannot. There is one important wrinkle: Lenovo announced in September 2026 that Qira support would expand to eligible Lenovo PCs with 16GB of memory as local model optimization improved. But the review context tied to this specific discounted Yoga Mini still says the base model is locked out, suggesting the rollout may not yet apply universally, may depend on configuration eligibility, or may require a later software update. Buyers should verify Qira support for that exact model before purchasing.

2 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · Nov 11

$100-off Pixel Watch 5 pricing is already live at Amazon ahead of Google’s official Black Friday sale, with select 41mm, 45mm and LTE models starting at $300.
Amazon and Google also opened sales for the new Pixel Tag tracker at $29.99, or $99.99 for a four-pack, alongside $5 discounts on some official accessories.
Best Buy expanded its early event with open-box Googlebooks from $680, including Lenovo and ASUS models normally priced at $1,099, marking some of the first notable discounts on the new lineup.
The retailer also cut Lenovo’s Yoga Mini desktop to a record $600 from $1,060, while broader Week 2 promotions include OLED TVs up to 50% off and appliances discounted by as much as $1,200.
The promotions push holiday shopping earlier, with Google’s wider Black Friday device sale set to begin Nov. 19 and more retailers already rolling out competing electronics discounts.