The Best Tech Gifts of 2025

Whenever your camera’s memory card fills up or becomes corrupted, you’ll always have a few spare ones tucked in your wallet with this slim sleeve from Oda.

As great as wired audio is, sometimes you can’t beat the convenience of Bluetooth. Anker’s dongle, with a 3.5mm jack, can connect to old monitors and imbue them with the power of wireless audio.

When it comes to desk clocks, the Maclock has a lot of charm. Shaped like the original Macintosh, the alarm clock can display the time, date, day, and temperature, and also comes with a tiny floppy disk that boots it up.

Losing your wallet sucks. But if Satechi’s FindAll Card is inside it, your iPhone’s Find My app can aid the search effort.

Whether you’re drinking a steaming hot chocolate or a hot toddy, this little bear with a built-in fan will cool your cup with little blasts from its windpipe. The Nékojita Fufu sits on any mug or bowl to chill your beverage or soup, and it looks cute doing it.

A mouse jiggler may not be one of your own stocking stuffers, but if you know a work-from-home warrior who needs to keep up appearances (or keep their computers from going to sleep) while they take an extended lunch, this little accessory could be a lifesaving gift.

It’s a bottomless pit when it comes to MagSafe battery packs for iPhone. This one stands out for its massive 10,000mAh capacity, MagSafe charging, and built-in USB-C cable for juicing up other devices.

The most annoying thing about carrying a charger is having to keep a cord handy. The Anker Nano Charger delivers 35W of power and includes a retractable USB-C cable. There’s also a second USB-C port, but you’ll need to bring your own cable for that.

Nestout’s rugged phone charger is a backpacker or hiker’s best companion. The 5,000mAh battery pack can withstand any tumbles or dings on the trail, and it’s waterproof up to 6 feet with the cap screwed on.

Unlike other magnetic wallets for iPhone, Moft’s version is multifunctional. You get slots for a few cards, but the slim accessory also unfolds into a tripod, making watching videos or filming yourself more convenient.

Portability might not be everyone’s top priority in a Bluetooth speaker, but if it’s yours, JBL’s Grip is your buy. It may be small, but it’s mighty in volume.

The Retroid Pocket Classic offers a return to retro gaming with a better AMOLED screen than the classic Game Boy offers. You can go with a six-button layout for classic Sega games or the traditional four-button model.

For any loved ones with dreams of becoming streamers, the light and portable Genki Shadowcast 2 Pro is a great place to start. The 4K capture card can record or stream your activities on any console (including the Switch 2) or PC.

There are lots of great wireless earbuds in this price range, but the OnePlus Buds 4 nail the essentials, sporting a healthy dose of bass, solid active noise cancellation, and a great personalized audio feature that EQs the device to your hearing.

This nearly 1:1 replica of the 1989 Game Boy is guaranteed to make any weekend more fun. Lego went to great lengths to make the buttons pressable, include swappable Game Paks, and offer interchangeable lenticular game screens.

If you know someone who’s dipping their toes into vintage cameras, this tiny keychain that actually takes photos might be the big dose of lo-fi they’re looking for.

Forget Bose. For a lot less than $300, you can get a pair of open-style wireless earbuds that are great for running and biking and sound just as good (if not better) than Bose’s similar Ultra Open Earbuds.

There’s a reason every photographer swears by Peak Design products: they’re high quality and last practically forever. Made from genuine leather, the Form Leather straps have a classy look instead of a tactical one, and they support Peak Design’s universally beloved anchor links for quick attachment and detachment.

Logitech’s new keyboard will be the gift that keeps on giving—literally. This Bluetooth keyboard with a small solar panel promises never, ever to require charging.

The iPhone 17 Pro Max already lasts beyond a full day, but if you need extreme battery life, Mophie’s Juice Pack adds an extra 50% and protection for your premium phone. There are also versions for the iPhone 17 and iPhone Air.

Smart rings may be all the rage, but may we introduce you to a watch ring? This G-Shock device, resembling Casio’s classic DW-5600, is sure to catch people’s eyes.

Govee is known for delivering incredible value when it comes to smart lights, and this floor lamp is no exception. The Floor Lamp Pro is slim and sleek, with 300 degrees of rotation to light large swaths of your living room.

Metal smartwatch bands are stylish but not the most comfortable, especially while working out. The titanium Stratos band pairs perfectly with the Apple Watch Ultra and provides flexibility during exercise.

Nothing will delight the hipster in your life more than a gadget from Teenage Engineering. This multipurpose sampler and sequencer does it all and is perfect for musicians in your life (especially electronic ones) with a soft spot for hardware.

When it comes to ergonomics, there are few better-value gaming chairs than Razer’s Iskur V2 X. You don’t have to be a gamer to enjoy Iskur’s smooth-rolling action and back support.

The MX Master 4 remains unsurpassed as the king of productivity mice. While anyone will fall in love with the free-spinning metallic wheel, the new top-tier Logitech mouse also includes very useful haptic features.

Skip to the next gift if you’re not a Digimon fan. This 25th-anniversary Digivice is not cheap, but its color screen and beautiful sprite graphics recreate the magic of the anime. And don’t worry: the voice acting is in Japanese, but everything else is in English.

Bird watching is excellent, but maybe you don’t have all day to sit around with a pair of binoculars. Luckily, Birdfy’s smart bird feeder can do the watching for you by streaming a 1080p live feed straight to your phone.

Owning a record player is nice, but owning one that also plays CDs, has a radio, and offers wireless Bluetooth connectivity is even better.

With twice the active noise cancellation, the new AirPods Pro 3 are a major upgrade from the AirPods Pro 2. Sound quality is even better, battery life is longer, and new features like real-time translations and a built-in heart rate monitor only cement the product as best-in-class.

The Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 may lack a display, but they improve on the previous screenless generation in almost every way, bringing doubled battery life and the ability to record 3K video.

If you can’t be bothered to rig up several GoPros for multiple angles, the Max2 is the one-stop-shop 360 camera you need. Shoot in 8K and recompose shots from any POV after capture.

Shooting film isn’t a cheap hobby, but if you want to get into 35mm, the Lomo MC-A is an easy way to start. The camera has a 32mm lens, apertures from f/2.8 up to f/16, and a built-in flash.

Some people think it’s ugly. Others see the Nothing Phone 3 as challenging the status quo of boring mobile designs. Gimmick or not, the round Glyph Matrix screen on the back is a fun feature that competitors don’t have.

Learning to play music is hard, but Roli’s light-up keyboard uses color coding to make the process just a little bit easier. Even if you’re not a beginner, the RGB still looks pretty rad.

For those of us who are still into physical media, the music player is just as important as the music itself. This device from Shanling does a lot, including ripping CDs and playing music via Bluetooth, if you’re not in the mood for the tangible world.

If you know someone who doesn’t want an Apple Watch but still wants all those potentially enlightening health metrics, an Oura Ring may be the way to go. With the Oura Ring 4, you get sleep tracking, glucose monitoring, heart rate, and more, all without strapping another screen to your body.

The special thing about a phone-sized, phone-shaped e-reader is that you’ll accidentally trick yourself into reading. The Boox Palma 2 Pro includes a Kaleido 3 E Ink display, which is enough for some comics and to see your book’s cover art in full color.

Nothing says “peace of mind” like active noise cancellation (ANC), and this pair of wireless headphones from Bose has some of the best ANC money can buy, along with solid sound to boot.

Sure, you could spend double on a Pixel 10 Pro, or four times more for a Pixel 10 Pro Fold, but if you just need a modern phone with solid core features—screen, cameras, battery life, and basic Gemini AI—the Pixel 9a is a hell of a value. We also love that the camera bump barely protrudes.

Apple’s entry-level MacBook is easily one of its best deals for those who want tons of performance in a thin and light clamshell design. The MacBook Air is fast enough for regular browsing as well as more intense activities like photo and video editing.

The Lego Game Boy not enough of a challenge? Maybe this massive set with 9,023 pieces will give you enough blisters to appreciate the process of connecting plastic bricks.

A Framework laptop is a gift that keeps on giving, so long as the recipient is willing to open it up and learn what makes it tick. The Framework Laptop 13 can come as both a prebuilt system and a DIY kit, so anybody who’s good with their hands can enjoy putting this laptop together.

Book-style foldables have been thick and heavy—until now. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 is as thin and light as a regular flagship and brings a freshly slim vibe to its maturing category.

Sony’s Bravia 9 4K TV is still pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with an ultra-high-end screen. The company’s flagship mini LED display offers brilliant picture quality and easy access to your favorite apps through Google TV.

This is for that person in your life who keeps all their work and play in the same room. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite can connect to all of their devices at once via a special base station, and it supports up to four simultaneous audio streams over Bluetooth for situations when your giftee wants to listen to their tunes around the house.

Fujifilm’s cameras are all the rage these days for their sleek retro designs, myriad tactile buttons and dials, and variety of film simulations (built-in and customizable) that let you take more film-like photos. The latest X-T30 III can swap out lenses to change your photography style, and has a handy dial at the top for quickly adjusting the aforementioned film simulations.

Say what you want about the iPhone Air’s shortcomings (less battery, single camera, mono speaker), but there’s no denying how good this device feels in the hand. This is Apple pushing its hardware engineering prowess to the limit, even if only a few people can truly appreciate its innovation.

The latest iPad Pro remains unsurpassed for its pretty, tandem OLED screen and high-powered laptop-level chip. But the latest iPad Pros also sport new software that makes them better for multitasking than any older iPad.

Want a party trick for Christmas? The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable can unfurl from a 14-inch laptop into a 16.7-inch display with the press of a button It’s perfect for anyone who wants a vertical display for on the go.