The ultimate tech wishlist for 2026: 18 gadgets worth asking for this holiday season

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Stuck for a gift idea, or making your own list? Here are eighteen gadgets worth asking for this holiday season, from under a hundred dollars to the big splurges.

Under $100

Under a hundred dollars: We Are Rewind's Freddie headphones bring back the Walkman look, with Bluetooth. The Polaroid Go Generation 3 is the smallest Polaroid. And Google's Fitbit Air tracks your health with no screen, and no subscription needed.

The new Polaroid Go has a sharper lens, better metering and a stronger flash. Just remember to buy film.

$100 to $500

Between one and five hundred: Shanling's EC Play is a portable CD player with Bluetooth. Timekettle's T1 translates fifty-four languages, and works offline for many of them. And the Nex Playground is a family games console with no controllers at all.

$500 to $1,000

The DWARF 3 smart telescope finds objects in the sky by itself, then stacks exposures to show galaxies and nebulae on your phone.

GoPro's Mission 1 Pro has a one-inch sensor, shoots 8K at sixty frames a second, and is waterproof to twenty metres.

The XGIMI Elfin Flip 4K has a stand that flips to aim at the ceiling, so movie night in bed needs no tripod.

The splurges

Bose's Lifestyle Ultra soundbar puts Dolby Atmos in a single bar, with room to add speakers and a subwoofer later.

The most extravagant pick is Astell and Kern's SP4000T, a pocket music player with four vacuum tubes glowing through a window in the back.

And the Sony Alpha 7R VI packs sixty-six point eight megapixels, yet shoots at thirty frames a second.

Before you buy

Before you buy, check it's sold where they live, look out for optional subscriptions, and don't forget extras like film, memory cards or a lens.

All eighteen gadgets, with US and India prices, are on geekygoo dot com. The link's in the description.