Gizmodo’s Best Tech Gifts of 2025 list

Whenever your camera’s memory card fills up or wears out, you’ll always have a few extra cards stashed 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 older monitors and fill them with the power of wireless audio.

When it comes to desk clocks, McClock has a lot of charm. The size of the original Macintosh, the alarm clock could display the time, date, day, and temperature, and came with a small floppy disk that booted it.

Losing your wallet is sad. But if Satechi’s FindAll card is inside, your iPhone’s Find My app can aid in the search effort.

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

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

The Retro 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 a traditional four-button model.

For anyone dreaming of becoming a streamer, the lightweight and portable Genki ShadowCast 2 Pro is a great place to start. The 4K capture card can record or stream your activities to any console (including Switch 2) or PC.

There are plenty of great wireless earbuds in this price range, but the OnePlus Buds 4 deliver on the essentials, with a healthy dose of bass, solid active noise cancellation, and a great Personalized Audio feature that lets the device power your hearing.

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

Smart rings may be a trend, but may we introduce you to the watch ring? Resembling Casio’s classic DW-5600, this G-Shock device will definitely turn heads.

Govee is known for providing incredible value when it comes to smart lighting, and this floor lamp is no exception. The Floor Lamp Pro is slim and sleek, rotating 300 degrees to illuminate large areas of your living room.

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

Nothing will please the hipster in your life more than a teenage engineering gadget. This multi-purpose sampler and sequencer does it all and is perfect for the musicians in your life (especially electronic ones) with a soft spot for hardware.

When it comes to ergonomics, Razer’s Iskur V2

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

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

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

Some people think it’s ugly. Others see the Nothing Phone 3 as a challenger to 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 how to play music is hard, but Roli’s light-up keyboard uses color coding to make the process a little easier. Even if you’re not a newbie, RGB still looks very beautiful.

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

LEGO Game Boy not enough challenge? Perhaps this massive set of 9,023 pieces will give you enough blisters to appreciate the process of assembling plastic bricks.

A framework laptop is a gift that keeps on being given as long as the recipient is willing to open it and find out what is so special about it. The Framework Laptop 13 can come as both a prebuilt system and a DIY kit, so anyone who is 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 fresh slim vibe to its mature 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 delivers stunning picture quality and easy access to your favorite apps through Google TV.