Tech gift guide 2025: The best smart home and gadget gifts for a smarter Christmas

Give the gift of convenience, comfort, and clever design this Christmas with a hand-picked selection of the year’s best smart home gadgets. From intelligent heating to AI-powered kitchen tools and colourful ambient lighting, these tech treats make perfect presents for every home.

SwitchBot smart video doorbell with colour monitor

You can install this 2K doorbell without tools, and it includes a 4.3-inch indoor colour monitor. It has a large 5,000mAh battery (charged via USB-C or solar), colour night vision, a 165° lens, AI alerts, Amazon Echo Show chat, a Home-Assistant/RTSP local stream, a 512GB SD card slot (4GB built-in), and an optional subscription service. It works offline up to 100m and unlocks SwitchBot locks via NFC, voice, or the app. €159 eu.switch-bot.com

Mill Wi-Fi portable heater

Imagine unwrapping a slim, award-winning Scandinavian panel that quietly slips into any room and turns cold mornings into cosy moments. The 1200W Mill heater heats fast, then throttles back with smart PID tech so you’re never wasting power, and the free app for Android or iOS lets you set schedules, calibrate the temp or flick on child-lock from the sofa. Forgot to close a window? It senses the draft and shuts itself off; tip-over and over-heat protection mean you can leave it running overnight without worry. €179 Harvey Norman

Cosori Nutrilens smart kitchen food scales

Forget guesswork dinners: set the sleek black glass scale on your counter, open the free VeSync app and watch 19 nutrients (calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre, salt, vitamins and more) appear in real time as you pour or plate. Snap a barcode, point the camera at AI food recognition, or pick from 50 presets. 1g-5kg precision, offline mode, USB-C recharge, and Apple Health / Fitbit sync keep diets, fitness goals and family meal plans on track; calorie coach even adjusts your daily target as you log. €58 Amazon

Eve Flare

This matte-white, soccer-ball-sized sphere glows in 16 million colours and runs for six cordless hours, then drops straight onto its wireless pad for a recharge. IP65 tough, it laughs at rain on the patio yet looks just as cool beside the bed. Thread and Bluetooth slip it into Apple HomeKit in seconds, so one Siri word (“Movie Night”) dims the room or a tap on the built-in button sets a sunset for story-time. No cloud, no tracking, just local magic: pick it up by the cute handle and carry the ambience from kitchen to kids’ room, balcony to bubble-bath. Endless portable mood-lighting, no bridge required. €105 Amazon