Best Outdoor Tech
HOVERAir X1 PRO and PROMAX
I love a space-saving gadget and the folding design of the HoverAir drones mean they won’t take up extra room in your travel bag. Intelligent flight modes make snowboarding or downhill mountain biking look cinematic without any controller necessary.
Jeff Parsons - Tom's Guide
Best Health Tech
Samsung Galaxy Ring
The Galaxy Ring has brought a genuinely innovate way to monitor people's health, with a stylish design and excellent integration with Samsung's other products. I expect to see many imitators popping up in 2025 - a mark of just how groundbreaking this product is.
Matt Hanson - TechRadar
Best AI
Samsung 2025 AI Features
Samsung's AI additions to its TVs for 2025 look legitimately useful. Click to Search builds on the Circle to Search feature I enjoy on Galaxy phones, allowing you to easily search what you are seeing on screen. Samsung Food Experience leverages this same tech to show you how to make a meal you see in a movie or show. It can also create closed captions using live translate for shows not available in your language.
Sean Riley - Laptop Mag
Best Earbuds
JLab Go Pop ANC Earbuds
Getting access to ANC in a pair of earbuds costing $30 is an incredible bargain but these little buds from JLab also offer transparency mode, multipoint connection and a 6 hour battery life (with a further 24 in the case) which is excellent for the price.
Jeff Parsons - Tom's Guide
Best Portable Speaker
Brane X
The Brane X promises to make your music on the go sound better than ever, with the company specifically catering to music lovers that want all the base they can handle. Up to 12 hours battery life, Alexa support, and virtually every type of connectivity immaginable, make it a winner for anyone wanting to share their portable audio.
Sean Riley - Laptop Mag
Best Laptop
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable
It's rare that we see a laptop that truly breaks the mold, but Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 does just that, introducing the world's first extenable display. Just hit a button and the 14-inch screen extends to 16.7 inches, also growing from a 2000 x 1600 resolution to 2000 x 2350. The icing on the cake is Lenovo's ThinkBook Workspace utility, which helps you make the most of the added screen real estate.
Avram Piltch - Tom's Hardware
Best Computing Accessory
Snapdragon X
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Pro chips have already turned the laptop world on its head with some truely exciting innovations - and that looks set to continue with the Snapdragon X, which could bring some of the best things about the Snapdragon platform to much more affordable laptops. This could be huge.
Matt Hanson - TechRadar
Best Gaming Computer
Alienware Area-51 Desktop
The Alienware Area-51 desktop makes upgrading a breeze by putting QR codes next to the components you might want to swap out. You scan the codes then get help changing out key elements such as you power supply or RAM. And all of this pairs with Alienware's legendary build quality and sci-fi aesthetic.
Avram Piltch - Tom's Hardware
Best Gaming Accessory
Lenovo Legion Go
The first gaming PC handheld that runs SteamOS and which isn't a Steam Deck, this could usher in a new wave of gaming handhelds. Windows 11 has proved to be unsuitable in many cases for these handhelds, so I love the idea of more versions coming out with the linux-based Steam OS.
Matt Hanson - TechRadar
Best Home Security
Lockly Vision Prestige Duet Series Smart Lock
I really like the extra security that 3D face scanning provides, and the lock has a great design. The internal screen is also a nice touch, giving people inside the home information as well as being able to see who is at the door. There's some interesting tech put into a device that some people are still wary of.
Matt Hanson - TechRadar
Best Cleaning Tech
eufy Robot Vacuum 3-in-1 E20
Having used eufy robot vacuums before I’m really intrigued by this product because it addresses one my biggest pitfalls with a ‘bot vacuum. If there are use cases when you have to manually clean an area the robot can’t reach - like inside the car - you can detach the suction motor and go handheld without needing to buy a separate product.
Jeff Parsons - Tom's Guide
Best Home Tech
Yarbo
Living in the northern U.S., where the weather shifts massively throughout the year, a single autonomous device that's able to handle mowing the lawn, clearing snow, leaf blowing, and towing up to 3,500 pounds sounds like a dream product.
Sean Riley - Laptop Mag
Best Phone Accessory
Belkin Stage PowerGrip
Photography is one of the main uses for my smartphone and this Belkin gadget makes the most of MagSafe to boost battery and make snapping shots a more tactile experience. The price could make or break this product but I love the idea of making my phone more like a “proper” camera.
Jeff Parsons - Tom's Guide
Best TV
Hisense 136” MicroLED TV
Micro LED is being tipped by many to dethrone OLED as the ultimate TV screen tech, and I like what I've seen so far. This new 136-inch set from Hisense is, quite literally, huge news. Powered by the company's Hi-View AI Engine X chipset it's use of AI algorithms to improve picture quality sounds interesting as does the black crystal nanocoating which claims to reduce reflections which can sometimes be a problem in brightly lit rooms.
Andy Madden - What Hi-Fi?