Our expert-curated list of the very best technology we’ve tested across 16 key categories this year doubles as your ultimate holiday shopping list.
Hands-on, lab-tested reviews are at the heart of all that we do here at PCMag, and we’ve been doing it for more than than four decades. Our analysts—all experts in their fields and many with double-digit tenures—use and write about technology day in and day out. In the past year they’ve tested, rated and reviewed more than 1,500 products and services, all with the aim of helping you find the right tech to fit your life. With each review comes a rating between 1 and 5 stars, and less than 20 percent of them earn our coveted Editors’ Choice award, signalling that they are best in class.
Then comes the end of the year, when we attempt the almost-impossible: Curate the list of top-rated reviews to deliver our definitive collection of best of the best. Our definitive list of the best products range from our namesake computing devices, like PCs, tablets, and phones, down to small wearables and up to gargantuan TVs, plus all the software, apps, games, and subscription services that make our gadgets worth owning.
