Whether it’s a product to help a new parent sleep, speakers inserted into an alarm clock, this tech gift guide has the perfect gift for any tech head.
You have an iPhone that drains its battery fast? With this portable power pack attached to its back, you will not only charge it constantly but also invariably confuse it aggressively.
1. Amazon Echo Dot
If Alexa, Amazon’s homely personal assistant, was nothing more than her voice telling you to have a nice day in response to every request, she’d still be a bargain of an investment after eight years. Say ‘Hey Alexa’, ask, and you’ll almost always get a timely response.
At first sight, a fifth-generation Amazon Echo Dot looks like its forerunner: a blob of fabric draped around a puck shape, at home anywhere you might want to place it. This latest Dot now includes an accurate thermometer and better tie-ins with the Eero brand of mesh Wi-Fi systems.
3. Robot Vacuum by Roborock
With voice command, it cleans itself, schedules your cleaning routines and designates No-Go Zones.It’s compatible with Google Home, Alexa and Apple Siri so you can shout commands and it will listen.
Yes, it is more expensive than lots of its competitors, but it will do a better job of clearing debris on both bare floors and on low/high pile carpeting. It is also built to be more durable. Recurring costs are lower, battery life is longer, and debris clearance margins are larger on low pile carpeting and on bare floors.
4. iHome Smart Frame
Your picture will be accompanied by dots to show emotional engagement with you on other media platforms. The iHome Smart Frame has wide ecosystem support: it works with Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Samsung SmartThings. Moreover, the Smart Frame will even display your calendar appointments alongside those of your relatives.
Uploading videos is simple, and 16GB of internal memory means your photos will still display even when you lose your Wi-Fi. Really, this is a dual-purpose speaker unit: with either horizontal or vertical wall-mounting available.
5. Ultimate Ears Hyperboom
UE’s Hyperboom builds on all the likes about the maker’s Megaboom speakers, but on a grander scale – with lively sound and substantial bass thrown in, boosted with adaptive EQ that senses the shape of the room, or patio, and allows for adjusting the audio until it’s at its best.
Equipped with two Bluetooth, 3.5mm aux, and optical inputs, four playback devices can be accommodated simultaneously, and the unit can operate continuously for 24 hours on its rechargeable app that enables all the settings has a user-friendly interface for quickly adding and sharing paired devices for multiroom audio/music sharing.
7. Shark FlexStyle
Similar to the Dyson Airwrap, this multi-styling tool from a large retailer gives you drying and styling just by changing an attachment. A blow-dryer, curling and straightening tool in one, it reduces styling-time and can help prevent damage to your hair.
This styling kit comes with a wand that turns into a hair dryer, three extras: 2 x 1.25″ Auto-Wrap Curlers, 1 x Styling Concentrator and 1 x Oval Brush.
8. AirTag
Apple’s $29 device, called the AirTag, offers a tiny Bluetooth tracker that gives almost anything a digital tracer and a sense of place: ping to find it; augmented reality directionality overlaid on the iPhone screen as a direction, courtesy of Apple’s network.
Compared with item finders such as Samsung SmartTag and Tile from Ring and Chipolo, AirTag’s Core ML models give you a much more precise find location (on an iPhone 11 or later). Other item trackers give only a rough find location, because they don’t have Precision Finding, which makes it impossible.
10. iHome Bluetooth Speaker
Stream music wirelessly with your iHome Bluetooth Speaker, and observe its fun light show to make any get-together a party. Built-in Alexa helps you control the music and even make hands-free calls via your voice. The colourful LED lights pulse to its tones for a visual feast, and you can handle Siri with a press of the added smart button. This portable speaker has an extra-long lasting rechargeable mega battery that can be stored in its heavy-duty carrying case to keep your device protected.
