Recognition Event 2025: All the Prominent Victors Spanning 12 Classifications, Ranging from Mobile Devices to Residences
Tom's Guide Awards 2025: Celebrating Innovation and Excellence in Tech
The Tom's Guide Awards 2025 have been announced, recognising the best products, devices, and services across various categories. This year, two new categories were introduced, reflecting the ever-evolving tech landscape.
In the TV category, the Samsung S90D OLED won the Best big-screen TV award, while the LG C5 OLED took home the Best TV overall award. The LG G5 OLED was honoured with the Best TV design award. Meanwhile, the Hisense C2 Ultra was crowned the Best projector.
In the Homes category, the Branch Four Leg Standing Desk won the Best standing desk award, the Ninja Crispi won Best air fryer, the Samsung Bespoke Jet AI Ultra won Best vacuum cleaner, the Ninja FrostVault won Best cooler, the Fellow Aiden won Best coffee maker, the DX Racer Martian won Best gaming chair, and the Aura Aspen won Best digital photo frame. The Roborock Saros 10R was named Best robot vacuum cleaner, and the Nama C2 Cold Press Blender & Juicer won Best juicer. The Samsung Bespoke Jet AI Ultra also won the Most efficient award in the Automotive category.
The Sleep category saw the Helix Midnight Luxe win Best mattress for side sleepers, the Nectar Premier Memory Foam Mattress win Best memory foam mattress, the Helix Dawn win Best mattress for stomach sleepers, and the Coop Home Goods Waterproof Mattress Protector win Best mattress protector. The Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Adapt + Cooling Mattress Topper won Best mattress topper.
In the Gaming category, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 Wireless won Best gaming headset, the Meta Quest 3S won Best VR headset, the Lenovo Legion Go S won Best handheld gaming console, and the Corsair M75 won Best gaming mouse. The Nvidia GeForce Now won Best game subscription service, and the Veo 3 won Best AI video generator.
The winners of the Hero Awards include the Gemini Live, Asus ROG Flow Z13, Anthropic, Framework Laptop 12, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, selected for changing the course of technology with groundbreaking innovation and strong sustainability efforts.
In the Automotive category, the Honda Prologue won Best SUV, the Rivian R1T won Best Pickup Truck, and the Volvo EX30 won Best EV. The Kia Niro PHEV won Best Plug-In Hybrid, and the Chevrolet Equinox EV won Best value award. The Lucid Air Pure won the Most efficient award.
The Apple MacBook Air M4 won Best laptop in the Computing category, while the Nikon Z5II won Best mirrorless camera in the Photography category. The Canon EOS R50 V won Best vlogging camera, and the Pentax 17 won Best film camera.
The Fujifilm Instax mini 41 won Best instant camera, and the Garmin Instinct 3 won Best smartwatch in the Active Life category. The Hatch Restore 3 won Best sunrise alarm clock in the Sleep category, and the Insta360 X5 won Best 360 camera in the Photography category.
The Amazon Echo Show 21 won Best smart home device in the Homes category, and HBO Max won Best streaming service in the Streaming category. Riffusion won Best AI music generator in the AI category, and the Plaud NotePin won Best AI device.
Lastly, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra won Best phone in the Phones category, and the Ooni Halo Pro won Best stand mixer in the Homes category. The Samsung S95F OLED won Best OLED TV, and the Samsung QN990F Neo QLED won Best 8K TV. The Lemokey L5 HE won Best gaming keyboard, and the Alienware 34 QD-OLED won Best gaming monitor. The DJI Air 3S won Best drone, and the DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro won Best action camera.
For detailed explanations on why each product won, visit the Tom's Guide site and explore the specific category award announcements. The Tom's Guide Awards 2025 marks its sixth year of celebrating cutting-edge innovation, superior design, sustainability, and practical enhancements in tech.
In the Health-and-wellness category, the Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Adapt + Cooling Mattress Topper was honored with Best mattress topper award, and Coop Home Goods Waterproof Mattress Protector won Best mattress protector. In the Gadgets segment, the Garmin Instinct 3 was crowned Best smartwatch, while the Fujifilm Instax mini 41 won Best instant camera. In the Transportation category, the most efficient award was given to the Lucid Air Pure in the EV segment. In the Finance industry, the Samsung Bespoke Jet AI Ultra received two awards, one for Best vacuum cleaner and another for the Most efficient award in the Automotive category.
