In summary:
- Tech Advisor announces its 2025-26 awards recognizing the year’s best gadgets across 12 diverse categories, from flagship smartphones to smart rings.
- The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL won Best New Phone of the Year, praised for its cutting-edge technology and innovative features that set new smartphone standards.
- Each category features one winner and two runners-up, providing consumers with Tech Advisor’s definitive guide for informed purchasing decisions in a competitive tech landscape.
Another year, another boatload of new tech. We’ve been strapping on wearables, benchmarking phones, gaming on tablets, cleaning our teeth and streaming the top shows all year long.
It’s a hard job, but someone’s got to do it. However, it’s much harder to choose which products and services are the very best from the masses of possibilities.
We’ve thought long and hard and crowned the winner of 12 different categories, from flagship phones to smart rings. Each award also has two runners-up, as it would be a shame not to highlight other great efforts in a hotly contested year of tech.
Without further ado, here are all the Tech Advisor Awards winners…
Tech Advisor Awards 2025-26
- Best New Phone of the Year: Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
- Best New Mid-Range Phone of the Year: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
- Best New Budget Phone of the Year: CMF Phone 2 Pro
- Best New Tablet of the Year: Apple iPad Air (M3)
- Best New Budget Tablet of the Year: Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2
- Best New Smartwatch of the Year: Google Pixel Watch 4
- Best New Budget Smartwatch of the Year: Huawei Watch Fit 4
- Best New Smart Ring of the Year: Oura Ring 4
- Best New Fitness Tracker of the Year: Xiaomi Smart Band 10
- Best New Air Fryer of the Year: Ninja Crispi
- Best New Electric Toothbrush of the Year: Suri 2.0
- Best Streaming Service of the Year: Disney+
Author: Chris Martin, Managing Editor, Tech Advisor
Tech Advisor Managing Editor Chris got his break as a reporter at infamous site The Inquirer and has been with us for more than 12 years. With a BA degree in Music Technology, audio is his specialism, but over the years he has reviewed all kinds of gadgets, from smartwatches to mesh Wi-Fi to coffee machines.