of the UKs largest broadcasters, Sky delivers a diverse mix of channels featuring some of the nations most-watched programs, and tons of niche and hobby channels to delve into. Particularly celebrated for its sports
coverage, Sky Go is a fantastic way to watch just about every key UK channel as it happens. Audio category winners Audio Brand of the Year

Bose

2025 has been a bumper year for Bose's audio output, and this award is well deserved. Oh, you need proof? Allow us to point you towards the company's five-star June-release Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen), the excellent (and also June-issue) SoundLink Plus Bluetooth speaker, a fantastic debut in a new area with the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds , and, more recently,
the QuietComfort Ultra Headphones 2nd Gen, just for starters. The originator of active noise cancellation is back with a vengeance, and absolutely nailed it this year. Best Wireless Headphones

Sony WH-1000XM6

Regular readers and in fact anyone who notices and loves headphones will
know that the iconic, August 2020-release WH-1000XM4 were incredibly
difficult to topple from their perch as the best over-ear cans for most people. In fact, they were so good that the next-gen 2022-issue WH-1000XM5s couldn't do it, talented though they were. So, Sony took its sweet time and three years later, in May 2025, the tech giant unveiled these headphones. We're heaped praise on them for their more natural sound signature, best-in-class active noise cancellation, and excellent design. Ultimately,
you need to just know this: it took five long years, but finally, Sony outdid itself with the Sony WH-1000XM6.

Read our full Sony WH-1000XM6 review Best wireless earbuds

Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen)

Zealous audio quality, top-of-the-class noise cancellation, excellent mics
for call-handling, tailored immersive profiles and excellent device agnostic spatial audio with head tracking. If all of this sounds good to you and your budget can stretch to them, these are emphatically the earbuds for you.
Simply put, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds Gen 2 better all their rivals in these key areas. We knew Bose's second-gen Ultra earbuds were going to be incredibly tough to beat in 2025, especially if noise-nixing is your chief concern, and here we are. Bose QCUE (2nd Gen), you're a winner baby!

Read our in-depth Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) review Best Open Earbuds

Bose Ultra Open Earbuds

Bose's showed just how rich the audio quality of open earbuds can be with
this effort, and delivered this sound in a comfortable design that stays put even when exercising, despite a chunkier design than the competition. The Immersive Audio particularly impressed with the scale of its soundstage, and that's despite the design not cutting you off from the outside world. An exceptional pair of earbuds, for exercise or general use.

Read our full Bose Ultra Open Earbuds review Best Value Headphones

1More Sonoflow Pro HQ51

We tested these against a library of mid-range and budget headphones, and
when it comes to balancing highly effective noise cancellation with great sound and a comfortable fit, no other headphones hit the target so often for such a good price. The quality of the active noise cancellation is the really stand-out element, especially in conjunction with the best-in-class 65 hours of battery life these cut out the noise at a high level, and will just keep going and going. But they really do sound good as well, and even look pretty stylish on the head. They're the complete headphones package, but without the high-end price.

Read our full 1More Sonoflow Pro HQ51 review Best Value Earbuds

Cambridge Audio Melomania A100

Cambridge is a venerable hi-fi great that not only made a seamless transition to the wireless era, it's managed to bring its enviable sound quality to more and more affordable devices too. The A100 are the latest demonstration of
that skill, delivering the most enjoyable and expressive sound you can get
for their low price, but still managing to pair that with very strong active noise cancellation and a smart-looking design. They're simply the best bang for your budget audiophile buck this year.

Read our full Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 review Best Value Open Earbuds

Huawei FreeArc

It's easy to see why these won out here: they're some of the best-sounding open earbuds you can buy right now, yet they're also some of the most affordable. The sound is broad and enveloping (especially by open earbuds standards), finely tuned, detailed, and energetic and utterly engrossing. Android users will have to deal with the need to sideload the app,
annoyingly, if you want to tweak advanced functions. But you don't particularly need to: they pure enjoyment of the sound here is all you need
to be delighted with them.

Read our full Huawei FreeArc review Best Wired Headphones

Sennheiser HD 505

Sennheiser's latest entry to its revered 'HD' range of wired headphones are designed to be 'transparent', meaning they aim to let you hear all the detail and subtleties in a recording but they do this for a far lower price than most wired audiophile headphones. And they're incredibly successful at this: in our review, we said they give you "a taste of the high end at a real-world price". They're very comfortable, they're very insightful and revealing with your music despite being easy to drive from portable devices, and they're great value they're a perfect entry into the world of head-fi.

Read our full Sennheiser HD 505 review Best Wired Earbuds

Campfire Audio Clara

Yet to make their acquaintance? That's fine, we're all friends here: back in mid January, gloriously oddball Portland Oregon IEM specialistCampfire Audioand Alessandro Cortini yep, the celebrated Nine Inch Nails synth player/guitarist/bassist announced an in-ear monitor collaboration called Clara . And apparently, it was actually Cortini humbly sniffing around the Campfire, if you will, not the other way around.
Never one to (ahem) bite the hand that feeds, we got hold of a set soon after their release. And long story short, despite having tested many, many in-ear monitors over the years, we found listening to Nine Inch Nails' With Teeth on Campfire x Cortini's Clara an unparalleled joy.

Read our ears-on Campfire Audio Clara experience Best Bluetooth Speaker

JBL Flip 7

When we tested this speaker, we immediately crowned it as the new king of Bluetooth speakers and now it's official. Like all JBL Flip speakers, it's tough, it's a great portable size, it's got genuinely useful extra features, and it sounds punchy and full despite its small size. This latest version delivered an impressive upgrade to the sound, while maintaining the strong battery life. The Flip 7 isn't a revolution; it's a winning formula made even better and more irresistible.

Read our full JBL Flip 7 review Best Wireless Speaker

Cambridge Audio Evo One

The ultimate all-in-one modern speaker? A mind-boggling array of drivers delivers super-powerful, super, expansive, super-rich sound with high-end amplification, and a best-in-class streaming system on-board. The built-in phono stage is the icing on the cake, ensuring that you can get the best from analog as well as digital sources. It's hi-fi sound for the streaming age,
and absolutely nails every part of that.

Read our full Cambridge Audio Evo One review Best Portable Audio Player

Astell & Kern A&ultima SP4000

Nobody said it had to be the most affordable player, just the best. And despite the quite breathtaking four-figure asking fee, this A&K hi-res DAP is the best of 2025, no question. Astell & Kern's A&ultima SP4000 is a
remarkably gifted digital audio player, able to relish the finer details of a subtle recording just as happily as its able to bash through a disco banger. Which, as your mind inevitably wanders back to the price, is just as well, really

See our full Astell & Kern A&ultima SP4000 review Best Turntable

Bang & Olufsen Beosystem 3000c

B&O lovingly reclaimed and refurbished 100 of its classic 1985 Beogram 3000 turntables to create the strictly limited and gorgeous-looking Beosystem 3000c. As with the firm's two previous Classic (re)releases the 1996
vertical CD player and the similarly reclaimed Beogram 4000c turntable initially made in the 1970s the series champions the company's admirable and eco-friendly 'cradle to cradle' approach (ie. everything that goes into a product should be both removable and reusable, in a new product) and you love to see it. A beautiful turntable with old-school construction and modern
tech? The best of all worlds.

Read our feature on Bang & Olufsen's Beosystem 3000c Health & fitness
category winners Health and Fitness Brand of the Year

Garmin

This was the year everything got a refresh. The Garmin Fenix 8 . The Garmin Instinct 3 . The Garmin Venu 4. The Garmin Forerunner 570 & 970. The Garmin Lily 2 . Almost all Garmin's devices got a do-over, clearing up its complicated range (somewhat) and preparing the brand for the next few years. It debuted a load of new features, furthered satellite communications for outdoors enthusiasts, launched the Garmin Index Sleep Monitor, and of course, unveiled its somewhat controversial Connect+ subscription service . Whichever way you slice it, it's been a landmark year for the brand. Best Smartwatch

Samsung Galaxy Watch8

The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 has redesigned Samsung's mainline watch to create a distinctive, sleek visual language. Slimmer than Samsung's boxy Classic and Ultra models, the Watch8 sits flush on your wrist, improving the accuracy of its heart rate tracking and offering a smrgsbord of health features,
including almost everything you get on the more expensive Ultra watch.
Samsung Health remains a terrific companion app, so much so that the watch shines even without a Samsung phone.

Read our full Samsung Galaxy Watch8 review Best running watch

Garmin Fenix 8

It was unlikely anything else was going to win this. After a shaky start due to bricking in cold temperatures (criticized by everyone from us to, er, Joe Rogan) Garmin fixed the watch's only flaw, leaving a five-star device we called "rugged, expensive perfection". Great battery life, powerful features, a sumptuous display capable of producing outstanding full-color maps, a dive mode and everything else you could want from a Garmin watch. A do-it-all staple.

Read our full Garmin Fenix 8 review Best fitness tracker

Samsung Galaxy Fit 3

In an era in which Fitbit Charge 6 hasn't soared as well as its predecessors (we gave it just 3.5 stars in our review) Samsung stepped up to the plate
with the Galaxy Fit 3, an easy and simple entry point into the Samsung Health ecosystem. Track your steps, health, sleep, blood oxygen levels... we called it "simply brilliant value" in our review, an ideal fitness tracker for entry-level exercisers.

Read our full Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 review Best smart ring

Oura Ring 4

We covered the Oura Ring 4 in our Health & Fitness Device of the Year
section, but in a year without a Samsung Galaxy Ring 2 or new Ultrahuman, the Oura Ring 4 really had a chance to shine. The Amazfit Helio Ring and Circular Ring 2 couldn't keep up with Oura in terms of quality or features, leaving Oura and Samsung at the forefront of the smart ring revolution. Its a premium product requiring a subscription, but its continual updates, constant churn
of new features and new Ceramic options make the Oura a winner.

Read our full Oura Ring 4 review Best Fitness App

Runna

Runna is a powerful AI-powered training tool, offering dynamic training
plans, and it's gone from strength to strength over the last year. We gave it 4.5 stars in our review, even before it launched its Races by Runna find-a-race search engine. It's now been acquired by Strava, which means its integrated training plans now have the benefit of perhaps the world's biggest accumulator of workout data. We predict big things.

Read our full Runna review Best electric toothbrush

Suri 2.0 Sustainable Sonic Toothbrush

Best doesn't have to mean complicated. The Suri 2.0, on the surface, is like any other simple mid-range sonic toothbrush, but this is one product making a concerted effort to change an industry rife with e-waste. A reparable handset and plant-based recyclable brush heads means this might be the last electric toothbrush you'll ever need to buy, and you simply send the used brush-heads back to Suri via its recycling scheme once you're done. A UV cleaning case is the icing on the cake.

Read our full Suri 2.0 Sustainable Sonic Toothbrush review Best connected fitness tech

Amp Fitness

Amp is a really exciting front-runner in a new kind of connected home fitness machine. Described as "Peloton for strength training", magnetic resistance
can replicate the movement of cables, free weights and resistance bands,
along with a versatile sliding anchor and multitude of handles to create a gym's worth of workout options in a single, futuristic-looking silver beam. Amp isn't the only entrant in this space, but it is backed by enormous
fitness influencers such as Kinga Strogoff, Chris Heria, Terry Crews and
Larry Wheels. We tried it and loved it.

Read our full Amp Fitness hands-on experience Best electric bike

Specialized Vado SL2 Expert Carbon

We called the Vado SL2 Expert Carbon "perhaps the greatest e-bike ever" in
our review last year. The Specialized Vado SL2 excels with responsive
handling in part thanks to its lightweight carbon frame (which also
integrates the battery), but also its bespoke SL 1.2 motor. It's not quite perfect the too-short 35 miles per charge range needs a boost, exchanging weight for distance, and it's very expensive but it's a commuter's dream.

Read our full Specialized Vado SL2 Expert Carbon review Home tech category winners Home Tech Brand of the Year

De'Longhi

The DeLonghi La Specialista Touch won our award for best coffee maker, but it was a tough competition because the company has released one exceptional espresso machine after another. Theres something for all budgets, from the budget Dedica Duo to the luxe Primadonna Aromatic, and the Italian brands pedigree shows in every one, with thoughtful design touches and no corners cut, even for the lower-priced models. Ben fatto, DeLonghi. Best Smart Lights

Philips Hue Play Wall Washer

The Philips Hue Play Wall Washer is an innovative little lamp that bathes a whole wall with a smooth gradient of color, and is unlike any smart light
weve tested before. It can sync with your TV for extra immersion during a movie, provide a wash of calming ambient color in any room, or even serve as
a gentle but effective wake-up light. This versatility, combined with its compact size and ease of use, makes it our number one smart light of 2025.

Read our full Philips Hue Play Wall Washer review Best Home Security Camera

Reolink Altas PT Ultra

The Reolink Altas PT Ultra is an impressive piece of hardware: solidly-made, and ready to guard your whole home 24 hours a day with no subscription fees. Unlike some big-name security cams, it stores your recordings locally so you dont have to pay for cloud storage (unless you really want it),and none of
its key features are behind a paywall. It pans and tilts to follow motion, comes with a solar panel included to boost battery life, and boasts the best image quality weve seen from a cam in this price bracket.

Read our full Reolink Altas PT Ultra review Best Video Doorbell

SwannBuddy4K Video Doorbell

This smart doorbell blew us away with its super sharp images, excellent software thats a breeze to use (even for novice users), and AI-enhanced features that youd normally expect to pay a premium for, all included in the base price. Your videos are saved locally so theres no need to pay a subscription fee to watch them later, and you even get a loud plug-in charm bundled in so you can hear callers from anywhere in your home, even when
youre phones in another room. Its incredible value, and the best video doorbell weve tested this year.

Read our full SwannBuddy4K Video Doorbell review Best Air Fryer

Ninja 5-in-1 Grill and Air Fryer

Ninja is the biggest name in air fryers, and its latest five-in-one cooker proves why. It doesnt just air fry (although it does that very well) it also bakes, roasts dehydrates, and grills, and makes it all incredibly easy. We made succulent chicken, fluffy muffins, and delicious flatbreads, all of
which turned out perfectly first time. Its stand-out feature is its temperature probe, which lets you see at a glance the moment your food is done, so everything is cooked to perfection. No more guesswork.

Read our full Ninja 5-in-1 Grill and Air Fryer review Best Blender

Ninja Blast Max

Weve tested a lot of personal blenders this year, but the Ninja Blast Max is the one that delivers the best balance of power, portability, and price. Unlike some rechargeable blenders, the Blast Max makes light work of even tough ingredients such as frozen berries, and makes green smoothies super silky. Its compact enough to slip in your gym bag or your cars cupholder, and it can be yours for under $100. Well drink to that.

Read our full Ninja Blast Max review Best Coffee Machine

De'Longhi La Specialista Touch

DeLonghi has released a slew of excellent coffee makers this year, but the La Specialista Touch just edges out the competition thanks to its sheer versatility. This is a machine that can handle the whole brewing process for you, guide your hand to help you develop your barista skills, or let you take full manual control. Its compact and lightweight, making it ideal for small kitchens, but doesnt look at all cheap. This is a coffee maker that will grow with you, and will give you years of happy brewing.

Read our full De'Longhi la Specialista Touch review Best Robot Vacuum

Dreame X50 Ultra Complete

Competition in the robot vacuum space is fierce, but the bot that really blew us away this year is the Dreame X50 Ultra Complete. It features a number of cutting-edge innovations that mean it can clean in places that might
otherwise be off-limits: there are tiny legs that raise it up to propel it over tall thresholds, and a navigation puck that can retract to allow the robot to venture under low-height furniture. On top of that, it excels at the basics, delivering impressive mopping and formidable vacuuming power, plus some of the best edge cleaning we've seen.

Read our full Dreame X50 Ultra Complete Best Vacuum

Shark PowerDetect Cordless

The Shark PowerDetect Cordless boasts a whole plethora of features that make vacuum cleaning easy. Shark has taken automation to the next level in this vacuum not only can it adjust power based on the kind of floor it's cleaning and how dirty it is, but it can also brighten its headlamps when heading into especially dingy spaces, and even boost suction on the relevant side of the floorhead when it reaches the edge of a room. A trump card here is that the floorhead will suck up chunky particles rather than just pushing them around, courtesy of a flap mechanism that's simple but works extremely well.

Read our full Shark PowerDetect Cordless review Best Hair & Beauty Tech

Dyson Supersonic r

Dyson's Supersonic r might look weird, but that unusual shape is supremely easy to control and direct even in awkward spots such as the back of your head. The brand has done some impressive engineering wizardry to create a tiny-but-mighty motor that'll fit into such a small space, and this dryer
will get the job done with speed and accuracy plus, attachment memory means you don't need to mess around with settings mid-style.

Read our full Dyson Supersonic r review



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