#WIMtech Roundup: Our Favorite Gadgets of 2025

2025 has been an incredible year for tech. From the latest mobile flagships to high-performance wearables and advanced beauty tech, we’ve seen a steady stream of products that raise the bar for what our devices can do. After a full year of testing and hands-on reviews, we’ve gathered our favorites, in no particular order.

Ultrahuman Ring Air

 

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This year, we have been obsessed with health and wellness and the Ultrahuman Ring Air had helped us so much in achieving our sleep and fitness goals. Ultrahuman also recently released a new color- brushed rose gold.

Shokz OpenRun Pro 2

If you are also in your running era, we’re sure you have heard of the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2. It is a bone conduction headphone that’s perfect for use during your everyday runs to races. Since this headphone has an open ear design, it let you still be aware of your surroundings while enjoying your music.

iPhone Air

The iPhone Air is one of our favorites of the year because it is officially the thinnest iPhone ever made. Measuring just 5.6mm thick, it features a sleek titanium design that feels almost weightless in the hand. Though lightweight, it’s still packed with the A19 Pro chip.

vivo x300

In the mobile phone photography category, the vivo X300 and its photography kit stood out among the rest. The vivo X300 is a mobile photography powerhouse with its massive 200MP ZEISS Main Camera that captures staggering levels of detail. Combined with a specialized ZEISS APO Telephoto lens and the V3+ imaging chip, the camera system produces professional-grade portraits with natural bokeh and industry-leading color accuracy.

DJI Neo 2

The DJI Neo 2 is the ultimate “pocket” drone of 2025, significantly upgrading the original with a new 2-axis mechanical gimbal for rock-steady 4K video. Weighing just 151g, it’s now equipped with omnidirectional obstacle sensing and LiDAR, making it incredibly safe to fly indoors or through tight spaces.

MacBook Pro M5

The MacBook Pro M5 is the new gold standard for efficiency for our work with up to 24 hours of battery life that actually holds up in real-world use. The new M5 chip brings a significant jump in graphics performance and introduces a specialized Neural Accelerator in every GPU core. This makes it a silent powerhouse for heavy creative tasks like 4K video editing and 3D rendering, all while remaining perfectly portable and whisper-quiet.

ROG Xbox Ally X

The ROG Xbox Ally X is the ultimate fusion of PC power and console simplicity. This 2025 refresh introduces the Xbox Full Screen Experience, a dedicated UI that lets you boot directly into your library and navigate with ease using its new Xbox-inspired contoured grips and impulse triggers. The AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chip and 24GB of RAM provide a massive performance boost for AAA titles with the upgraded 80Wh battery.

Chipolo Pop

The Chipolo Pop is the most versatile tracker we’ve tested this year as it works seamlessly with either Apple’s Find My or Google’s Find My Device networks. It stands out with a seriously loud 120dB alarm and colorful design with a built-in keyring hole so you don’t need extra accessories. It’s also powered by a Bluetooth 6.0 upgrade for more accurate distance measuring and a simple replaceable battery.

Dyson OnTrac

The Dyson OnTrac is a bold leap into premium audio, delivering best-in-class active noise cancellation that blocks out up to 40dB of ambient sound. Its standout feature is an incredible 55-hour battery life, achieved by cleverly housing the batteries in the headband for a more balanced, comfortable fit during long listening sessions. Beyond the “Dyson-esque” industrial design, these headphones offer an expanded frequency range of 6Hz to 21kHz, ensuring you feel the deep sub-bass and hear the crispest highs that most standard headphones miss.

Insta360 GO 3s

The Insta360 GO 3S takes everything we loved about the original thumb-sized camera and finally gives it the 4K resolution it deserves. While it maintains the same ultra-portable, magnetic form factor, it now features an upgraded processor and an improved wide-angle lens that captures significantly sharper detail.

Honor Magic7 Pro

The Honor Magic7 Pro pushes long-range photography to the limit with its AI Super Zoom and 200MP periscope lens. By utilizing a massive generative AI model, the camera intelligently reconstructs textures and fine details at extreme distances—even up to 100x—rather than just magnifying pixels. This ensures that distant subjects remain sharp and usable, while AI Motion Sensing keeps handheld shots perfectly stable.

AirPods Pro 3

The AirPods Pro 3 has Apple’s first in-ear heart rate sensor. This custom-built PPG sensor pulses infrared light 256 times per second to measure blood flow and is said, with better accuracy. The Pro 3 offers high-fidelity heart rate data and calorie tracking for over 50 workout types, all of which sync directly to your Move rings in the Fitness app.

Hollyland Lark M2S

The Hollyland Lark M2S is the ultimate “invisible” wireless mic, featuring a tiny 7g transmitter about the size of a button. Despite its miniature scale, it delivers professional 48kHz/24-bit audio and an incredible 1,000ft range. With a 30-hour battery life and improved one-click noise cancellation, it provides studio-quality sound without the bulk or visibility of traditional microphones.

SKG G7 Pro-Fold

The SKG G7 Pro-Fold is a game-changer for on-the-go recovery, featuring a unique foldable design that shrinks to the size of a phone for easy travel. Unlike standard massagers, it combines 9 pulsating vibrating heads with infrared heat and TENS+EMS pulse technology to penetrate deep into muscle tissue. This dual-action approach effectively mimics a human touch to dissolve neck tension in minutes, making it the most portable and powerful wellness gadget for frequent travelers and office workers alike.

From groundbreaking AI-driven cameras to ultra-portable wellness tools, 2025 has proven that technology is moving toward a more seamless, personal experience. Whether you’re upgrading your creative workflow with the MacBook Pro M5 or enhancing your everyday carry with the Chipolo Pop, these gadgets represent the pinnacle of current innovation, prioritizing both power and practicality. As we look ahead, it’s clear that the best tech isn’t just about faster specs, but about how effortlessly these devices integrate into our lives to make them more productive, healthy, and creative.

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