This Rechargeable Corkscrew Is the Best Tech Gift for Your Favorite Wine Lover
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The best tech gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and at a variety of price points too, from a $12 adapter that’ll bring Bluetooth connectivity to almost any car to a $1,200 robot vacuum/hot mop combo that’ll take two tasks off your weekly to-do list. Whether you’re shopping for a gamer kid, a bookworm sibling, a birdwatching aunt, or a friend who loves both vintage decor and hi-tech gear, we’ve got you covered with 60 ingenious, time-saving, and most of all, extremely fun tech gifts for every budget.
WI-C310 Bluetooth Earbuds
Simply put, these are the finest Bluetooth earbuds at the best price for anyone who, like me, wants the ability to pop them out of one or both ears and have them dangling around their neck while having a conversation or not being rude at the checkout of the grocery store.
Rechargeable Corkscrew with Foil Cutter Gift Set
Never struggle to open a corked bottle of wine again with this handsome gift for wine lovers. The rechargeable device automatically cuts the foil and pulls out the cork, the aerator pourer helps you play 5-star restaurant sommelier, and if for some reason you don’t finish the bottle in one sitting, an included vacuum wine stopper will keep your vino ready for tomorrow night’s leftovers.
Wi-Fi Smart Essential Oil Diffuser
Never before has the bliss of essential oil diffusing been so hi-tech! With a smartphone app and voice control through Alexa, this 500ml aromatherapy humidifier will make relaxation even easier to achieve.
Fast Phone Charger and Flex Cable
Whether you're an Apple fangirl or an ardent Android lover, a fast charger plug and charging cable for your phone are essential, both at home and while traveling. Belkin's Boostcharge 37W Dual Wall Charger, with USB-C and USB-A ports, can take an iPhone 13 or Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G from 0-50% in just 25 minutes! Pair with a Belkin USB-C Flex Cable for even more lightning-quick charging.
Motion Sensor Smart Floodlights
Stay safer at home with a set of WiFi smart motion sensor floodlights that are voice and app controlled. Give the best new tech gift of security while at home or away.
Wooden Amplifying Phone Speaker
File this tech gift under primitive technology, because with no batteries and no Bluetooth connection, the speaker magically manages to boost the music, podcasts, and audiobooks playing from a smartphone. The plain and simple genius is in the wooden rings carved into the speaker that capture vibrations to amplify the sound.
Tile Tracker
Available as a single tracker or a set for the whole family, Tile is a tech gift that will ensure you never lose your keys, backpack, wallet, or TV remote control ever again! Simply peek into the app to find your stuff or ask Alexa where your keys are!
Personal Planetarium
Shopping for a lover of the night sky this season? Here’s a tech gift that takes them on an audio and augmented reality tour of constellations, planets, galaxies, and more.
Selfie Ring Light
It doesn’t matter if your kid has a dream of being a content creator making viral YouTube videos or if your sibling conducts their business over Zoom meetings all day long, good lighting is essential to being seen — in every sense of the word! This ring light is versatile, affordable, and as brilliant as the light it casts.
Video Conference Mute Button
While we wait for a real-life mute button to be invented, there’s this clever and possibly job-saving video call mute button that takes the guesswork — and fear — over whether you did or did not actually mute your microphone before making a snide comment or yelling at your kids to stay quiet in the other room!
Gaming Mouse
You may not know why grip tape is important or how helpful having a HyperFlex USB cable is, but chances are the gamer in your life does! And they will love a new, honeycomb shell mouse that performs perfectly during their games.
Automatic Pan Stirrer
Anyone who’s ever made a risotto knows how difficult it is to stir and stir and stir! This robotic kitchen tech gift is like having a third arm when cooking and making pan sauces, risottos, and so much more.
Heat and Massage Chair Cushion
This warming, massaging, comforting tech gift is great for use at home, on a favorite chair, or even in a car. With multiple heat levels and massaging modes, the cushion can be activated with the attached remote or through a smartphone app.
Gamer Storage Station
Having a lot of cool tech is fun, but storing it all can be a serious challenge. This retro-inspired game station solves that problem by having a stand for multiple game controllers, a gaming headset, remotes, batteries, dongles, cables, and more.
Cowbell Self-Watering Plant Care Kit
My kid fancies herself a plant lady but the problem is, she’s a forgetful young lady too. Even the most absent-minded green thumbs will be able to see their houseplants flourish with this simple tech gift of a self-watering plant care kit from Cowbell.
Automated Cat Laser Toy
Cats will chase a laser around for hours but let's be real, our arms cannot handle that much laser pen activity. Enter this awesome automated cat laser toy that produces a dancing dot moving in a fun pattern to keep your kitties engaged and tire them out before bedtime.
Wireless Charging Pad
A wireless charging pad sitting in the kitchen or bedside completes any powered-up device setup and is an affordable holiday tech gift to keep your loved ones charged up every single day of the year.
Automatic Ball Roller Toy
Your dog may be your best buddy, but with two modes — crazy bouncy and move & rotate — this rechargeable, water-repellent, motion-activated toy is going to be your dog’s new best friend!
Car Heads-Up Display
This car tech device will immediately make anyone a better, safer driver. Check your mph, driving direction and distance, driving time, and so much more without ever diverting your eyes away from the road up ahead. Plus, get alerted if you start to go past the speed limit.
Plug-In Cooler / Warmer
There are a lot of mini coolers on the market but few that can also be a warmer and are portable enough to plug into a vehicle, keeping food, drinks, and even skincare the perfect temperature at home or on the road.
Electric Travel Kettle
You don’t have to be British to appreciate that, using only a car’s cigarette lighter, this clever piece of beverage tech allows drivers to make the perfect cup of tea while on a road trip, commuting to work, or driving to meet a client in the morning. Also works great for coffee and soup, or to warm up a baby bottle.
Bluetooth Eye Mask
Made from a soft, comfortable fabric, this eye mask turns off the world while at the same time turning on the nature sounds, podcasts, music, or ASMR that you need to fall and stay asleep all night long.
Bluetooth Shower Speaker
From turntables to earbuds and clever eye masks, to this useful shower speaker, I love Bluetooth technology that works well. Waterproof and wireless, this speaker is perfect to keep the tunes playing in the bath or shower, by the pool, or in a camping tent.
Bluetooth Camera Shutter Remote Control
With this simple, affordable tech gift your friends and family will be able to take stunning selfies, make hilarious TikTok dance videos, and capture awe-inspiring nature photographs with the click of a button, thanks to flawless Bluetooth connectivity and hands-free technology.
Bluetooth Automatic Curtain Control
Picture the scene: the autumn morning sun comes cutting through the window harsher than the sub-40-degree temperatures outside, and suddenly you find yourself awake an hour earlier than you’d hoped. With this Bluetooth-enabled curtain control, you can make the bedroom dark again with a button or a hushed Alexa request, and quickly return to that sweet dream you were having.
Roku Express 4K+ Streaming Stick
It's so cool that this inexpensive piece of tech lets you turn any television with an HDMI port into a smart TV that can stream Apple, Netflix, Prime Video, and all the other online subscription channels. So simple, so brilliant, so affordable — that’s the recipe for a great new tech gift!
Indoor Pet Camera
I’m a cat dad who seeks out street cats and cat cafes to get my fix wherever I travel, but with the Petcube Indoor Pet Camera, I can see my own kitties playing, stretching, sleeping, and cleaning their faces so cutely even when I’m far away.
Smart Jump Rope
Most of us don’t love to exercise, but when interactive smart tech is added to the process, things like jump roping become a bit more interesting because we can challenge ourselves, measure and then try to better our performance, and track our workout progress. This affordable smart jump rope will give you all your cardio stats and help you stay motivated as you get fit.
Bike Taillight Rear Turn Signal
Give the tech gift of ultimate bike safety this year. With ultra-bright turning lights, automatic flashing light brake detection, and two parallel ground warning lines that create a virtual cycling lane, this rear taillight helps cyclists stay safe on the road, day and night.
Outdoor Solar Charger
When you think of outdoor adventure and camping trips deep in the woods, technology probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, but it should be. Keeping your phone alive, even though you may not have a reliable signal, is essential to staying safe and safely tethered to the world back at home. This solar charger refills its own batteries under the sun so that it can always refill your phone, tablets, and other devices.
Portable Digital Soldering Iron
The thing about all this new tech is that eventually, to keep it all ticking, repairs will eventually be needed. Enter the portable, digital soldering iron that’s ideal for minor adjustments to drones and cell phones, and can even help ambitious techies build their own computers from scratch!
Outdoor Outlet Smart Plug
The winter season is the ideal time to give this smart tech gift. With it, your friends and family can easily monitor and control their energy usage as the light displays twinkle and the giant inflatable Santa wobbles on the front lawn. With two independent outlets, you can quickly turn off one and leave the other powered, all from the palm of your hand through the app or by using your voice and Amazon Echo or Google Home devices.
Bluetooth Aux Car Receiver
This affordable car gadget lets you turn any car stereo into a modern Bluetooth-enabled receiver to play songs and allow GPS to safely and seamlessly guide you to your destination.
Buddha Board
Achieve a new level of zen and mindfulness in your life when you draw, paint, and doodle, focusing on the process, not the finished product, on this legendary activity board. Then let it all go and return to a fresh blank slate with the touch of a button.
Vintage Bluetooth Keyboard
Be still our retro-loving hearts! This swoon-worthy "typewriter" is an 84-key mini keyboard with Bluetooth capabilities that makes doing homework or preparing for tomorrow’s client meeting way more adorable!
Bluetooth Wireless Audio Transmitter
This clever little piece of new tech lets you easily and wirelessly transmit audio from movies on airplanes, gym equipment, gaming devices, and TV’s. This means that you can use your AirPods, Bluetooth earbuds, or wireless headphones anywhere and with any entertainment system.
Digital Paint Brush
Used with any painting app on tablets or phones, Apple or Android, this digital stylus lets artists both young and old create masterpieces with real paintbrush motions.
Original Digital Pet
Retro nerd alert! The Original Tamagotchi digital pet your friends and family loved in the '90s is back with original programming. This is the best vintage tech gift this year because you can feed it, give it medicine, flush after it’s used the bathroom, and discipline your Tamagotchi. In a complicated hi-tech world, sometimes technology can take us back and make life simple and enjoyable again.
Birdfy Smart Bird Feeder
Whether you opt for the woodsy bamboo or the colorful classic feeder, with the available hummingbird attachment or perch extender, Birdfy takes your bird-watching game to new heights with ingenious HD technology. From the comfort of your bed, sofa, or while away from home, you can watch, record video, and take photos in hi-def clarity of your fine feathered friends feasting on tasty seeds and nuts in your yard or on your balcony. This tech gift is a game-changer for bird lovers!
X Pro Digital Sonic Electronic Toothbrush
Give the gift of brilliant white teeth without a trip to the dentist. The Oclean X Pro Digital toothbrush gives real-time brushing feedback to ensure you don’t miss a molar and has a smartphone app to develop a customized brushing plan that will produce sparkling white chompers!
Digital Picture Frame
One of our favorite sleepy-time pastimes, after the movie or show is over, is to snuggle up on the sofa and watch our Skylight digital frame scroll through cherished memories of our travel adventures, photos of my daughters from they were growing up, tearjerker pictures of our dearly departed pets, and so much more. Available in a 10-inch size or a glorious 15-inch variety, I believe every happy home needs a digital frame to connect us to the past and to keep the most joyful moments of our lives front and center.
Elipsa 2E Note-Taking eReader
Kobo was one of the early pioneers of eReaders many moons ago, and while other brands may be more famous today, Kobo is still the most exciting innovator in this high-tech space. The company’s new Elipsa 2E is an eReader that sets new standards for thinkers, planners, and readers (and audiobook listeners) alike. It's glare-free, uses recycled ocean-bound plastics, and has a stylus to write thoughts and annotate right on the page of your books and PDFs.
Massage Gun
No matter what ails you — lower back, shoulders, feet, neck, hamstrings, or calves, this quiet, powerful, high-torque massage gun will help you and your body heal. Whether you’re buying this tech gift for an athlete or just someone feeling the harsh effects of time, the seven replaceable heads and five intensity modes will be loved by your loved ones and their sore muscles.
Oral Irrigator Water Flosser
I hate traditional flossing with string. Not even those floss picks shaped like dinosaurs can get me to wedge string between my teeth, but let me have fun shooting water through a set of professional nozzles (including a tongue scraper) and blasting plaque out from between my teeth and I’ll floss every single day!
Z7 Pro Hybrid Over-Ear Headphones
Sleek, stylish, and sounds incredible are the best ways to describe these over-ear Bluetooth headphones that deliver a whopping 45 hours of playback, fast charging, and best of all for frequent fliers, an aux cable to plug into airplane entertainment systems (a feature that many Bluetooth headphones don’t have)!
DEEBOT T20 Robot Vacuum
Permanently remove two tasks off of your weekly to-do list with this ingenious, time-saving robot vacuum and hot water mop. With high suction and hot air drying, this robot will be your best friend as it heads out with the touch of a button to keep floors free of food crumbs, dog hair, and cat litter. Your life will literally never be the same once you have a trusty robot to do all your vacuuming and mopping up!
ChefMaker Combi Fryer
With this combination air fryer from Dreo on your countertop, you may never use your oven or stovetop again! From steaks to salmon, this device cleverly combines food science and innovative technology to help you produce the juiciest and most aromatic meals that have ever come out of a home kitchen.
Galaxy S23 Ultra
Technically, this tech gift costs nearly $1,200 but at most mobile providers, it is free or very close to it with a new or upgraded data and cell plan. What you get is a tech gift with the best phone and phone camera on the market today, with the fastest mobile processor, a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera, and a 10x optical zoom that is nothing short of specular. This is the only camera I carry with me, and it’s what I use and shoot photos with as a professional travel writer and photographer.
Digital Calendar & Chore Chart
Finally, a simple and stunning piece of tech that will keep an entire family organized, on time, and working together to keep the house clean, dogs walked, homework done, meals planned, and dishwasher emptied. Mount it on the wall or stand up on the kitchen counter, easily synch with whichever online calendar you’re already using (Google, iCloud, Outlook, etc), and watch as your home life becomes more fluid and fun.
Automatic Pet Feeder
Smart tech that automatically dishes out meals for fuzzy family members is one of the best tech gifts you can give to any animal lover and pet owner. Thanks to a hefty battery and timed programs capable of serving up to 10 meals a day, on a set schedule or in an instant with the app, your cat or dog will quickly get on an eating routine that will benefit them for years to come.
Montrose and McKinley Bluetooth Record Player and Speakers
Old tech (vinyl records on a turntable) meets new tech (Bluetooth connectivity) in a handsome teak wooden package that makes old favorites and new tunes sound incredible!
Helight Sleep
I'm convinced that, as we age, our health, wellness, and overall well-being are all intrinsically tied to the quality of sleep we get (or don’t get) each night. This noninvasive, red light therapy sleep device is a clever piece of tech that helps us reach dreamland faster and enjoy a deeper sleep while there so that we wake up refreshed and ready for the day.
The Lawn Mower® 5.0 Ultra
When done right, the best tech devices will do some or all of the following: entertain, save time, and keep us safe. For anyone with traditional male anatomy, Manscaped's newest high-tech trimmer does the latter extremely well, while also helping to keep us neat, tidy, and safe from unimaginable danger down there!
Reusable Smart Notebook
Never buy another paper notebook again! Give the tech gift of a reusable Rocketbook that delivers the classic pen and paper feel but lets you create notes, write poems, and make doodles that can be shared instantly, stored in the Cloud, and wiped clean to have a brand-new notebook again.
Home Security Monitoring System
Your friends and family are already watching their favorite shows on a Roku device. Now give them the ability to watch their home and keep it secure while at home or on the road. The affordable DIY self-install Roku system tracks motion and entry, either on the app or through a professional monitoring service, and can be easily expanded to cover more windows and doors. Peace of mind has never been easier to obtain, or more affordable.
Nest Thermostat
When you give a Nest as a gift, you’re not only giving a smart thermostat that’s programmable and controllable from anywhere (meaning on a hot day, you can crank up the air conditioner on the way home), but you’re also potentially giving the gift of a lower energy bill!
Mini Portable Bluetooth Projector
This full HD portable projector lets you turn any room into a movie theater! Simply connect to your phone or tablet via Bluetooth and mirror your device’s screen onto a wall, bedsheet, or movie screen.
Soundbar
We've all experienced it. We are watching TV and the volume is absolutely perfect but then here comes a commercial break and wham it's suddenly so loud! The sleek and sublime soundbar from Roku is the tech gift that not only smoothes out commercial volume levels, but brings an authentic sporting event, movie theater, and live concert soundscape into your home.
SoundForm Pulse Noise Canceling Earbuds
Once upon a time, you needed big over-ear headphones to cancel out the noise of the world, of the baby crying on the plane, of the summertime lawnmowers when trying to enjoy your backyard hammock. But not everyone likes them on their head and perfectly done hair. These SoundForm earbuds not only deliver your music, movies, audiobooks, and podcasts in crystal clear quality, but they also prevent external noises from joining the audio party in your ears!
HERO12 Black
There are dozens of great tech gifts on this list, but if you have a mountain biker, snorkeler, kayaker, surfer, skydiver, or any kind of outdoor adventurer enthusiast in your life, the GoPro HERO 12 Black waterproof action camera is going to bring down the house when they tear away the wrapping paper. Shoot better than 5K video with marvelous image stabilization even while bungee jumping with the GoPro HERO 12 and grab 24-megapixel still photos from the videos!
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