You don’t need to deal with long mall lines or crowded parking lots just to wrap up your holiday shopping, but you probably already knew this. Some of the best deals are online, and even though Christmas is now a day or two away, a lot of Verge-approved gifts should still arrive on time if you order them online. You may have to pay expedited shipping in some instances; however, retailers like Amazon and Best Buy still offer fast, free shipping, depending on what you order.
We know that everyone’s wishlist looks different from the next, so we’ve got you covered with 30 gift ideas to suit gamers, music lovers, bookworms, and more. Below, you’ll find products like the latest AirPods Pro, the Meta Quest 3S, and the Kindle Paperwhite. On a tighter budget? There are many sub-$50 presents below, too.
Headphones and earbuds
AirPods Pro 3
The recently released AirPods Pro 3 have a new design that improves their fit, superior noise cancellation, better bass, and fairly accurate heart rate sensors. Read our review.
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$249.99$209.99 at Best Buy
- If your recipient doesn’t need fancy features like active noise cancellation and wireless charging found in the AirPods Pro 3, Apple’s entry-level AirPods 4 are a great value at $84.99 ($45 off) from Best Buy, which is $16 shy of their all-time low price. The wireless earbuds improve upon their predecessor with better sound quality and spatial audio with head tracking, while delivering even clearer voice call quality and a more durable IP54 rating for both water and dust resistance. Read our review.
- The Google Pixel Buds 2 Pro are on sale at Amazon in select colors for $168.99 ($60 off), nearly matching their best price to date. The excellent pair of wireless earbuds are our top pick for Pixel device owners, boasting an exceptionally comfortable and secure design that’s much easier to wear than the previous version. They deliver good active noise cancellation, a top-notch transparency mode, and up to 12 hours of battery life. If you own a recent Pixel phone, you also get access to Gemini AI and head-tracking spatial audio. Read our review.
- The Beats Solo 4 are down to a new low of $79 ($120 off) in select colors at Walmart, while Amazon and Best Buy have them on sale for around $129.95 ($70 off) in a wider range of shades. The on-ear headphones don’t offer ANC, but they deliver rich bass and lossless audio over a USB-C or 3.5mm cable. They’re also platform-agnostic, supporting both Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find Hub networks, while iPhone users get personalized spatial audio with head tracking and Android users benefit from automatic device switching. Read our review.
CMF Buds 2A
With 12.4mm drivers, active noise cancellation, and an IP54 rating, the CMF Buds 2A offer high-end features at an affordable price. You can also customize the sound, adjust ANC levels, and find the earbuds using the Nothing X app.
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$49$19.99 at Amazon
Beats Studio Pro
The latest Beats Studio Pro feature improved noise cancellation, sound quality, and comfort. They also support lossless audio over USB-C, making them the first Apple headphones to do so. Read our review.
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$199.95$179.95 at Amazon -
$349.99$179.95 at Walmart -
$349.99$149.99 at Best Buy
Smart home tech
Tapo RV30 Max Plus
Our favorite budget-friendly robot vacuum offers high-end features, including room-specific cleaning, a capable mop, carpet boost, and smart navigation. It also features an auto-empty dock.
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$329.99$199.99 at Amazon (with code 30RV30MPLUS)
- The Govee Table Lamp 2 Pro X Sound by JBL is currently on sale for $134.99 ($45 off) at Amazon, which matches its best price to date. The color-changing smart lamp offers preset scenes to help you set the mood, but it also lets you create lighting effects. It’s a Bluetooth speaker as well, one that delivers decent sound and syncs with your lights. Plus, thanks to Matter support, it’ll work with all major smart home platforms, including Amazon Alexa. Read our review.
- You can grab the latest Blink Video Doorbell with a Sync Module Core at an all-time low of $29.99 ($40 off) at Amazon. The 1080p video doorbell improves on its excellent predecessor with a new head-to-toe view and more accurate motion alerts, while retaining perks like motion-activated recording, night vision, and two-way audio. And while it runs on batteries by default, you can hardwire it if you choose to.
- The Petcube Fountain is on sale for $54.99 ($25 off) at Amazon, which is its best price to date. The 57-ounce fountain uses a four-layer filtration system to help remove bacteria and other impurities from your pet’s water, and it can send alerts via the companion app when it’s time to swap in a new filter. It’s also rechargeable and designed to run only when your pet is nearby, helping to save power.
Amazon Echo Spot
Amazon’s Echo Spot smart speaker-meets-alarm clock has a 2.83-inch squared-off display for showing the time, weather, album art, and other bits of info you may want at your bedside. Unlike the original Spot, there’s no camera to worry about having in your bedroom — though it does have a mutable microphone for Alexa voice controls. Read our review.
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$79.99$44.99 at Best Buy
Echo Dot Max
The Echo Dot Max features a flat design and a redesigned sound system, which delivers nearly three times the bass as its predecessor. It also offers improved conversation detection and better noise filtering, thanks to Amazon’s new AZ3 chip. Read our review.
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$99.99$79.99 at Amazon -
$99.99$79.99 at Best Buy -
$99.99$79.99 at Target
Tablets and e-readers
iPad (2025)
Apple’s entry-level iPad is an excellent tablet for casual use. Its high resolution screen is great for watching video, and its A16 processor is fast enough to handle light games and productivity apps. Read our review.
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$349$299 at Best Buy (128GB, Wi-Fi) -
$449$399 at Best Buy (256GB Wi-Fi)
Kindle Paperwhite (2024)
Amazon’s latest Paperwhite features a larger 7-inch display and noticeably faster performance. It also boasts longer battery life than the previous model, retains IPX8 waterproofing, and includes a USB-C port. Read our review.
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$159.99$134.99 at Amazon (with ads) -
$159.99$134.99 at Best Buy (with ads) -
$179.99$154.99 at Amazon (without ads)
- Other Kindle models are down to some of their best prices too, including the ad-supported versions of the Kindle (Best Buy) and Kindle Colorsoft (Amazon, Best Buy). The last-gen Kindle Scribe with 32GB of storage and ads is receiving the biggest discount, though, matching its best price to date starting at $279.99 ($140 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. The monochromatic e-reader comes with a stylus so you can jot notes directly in Kindle books or in the built-in notebook. It also offers AI-powered tools that can summarize your notes, and its 10.2-inch, 300ppi display has adjustable warm lighting for comfortable reading day and night. Read our reviews of the Kindle Scribe (2024) and Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition.
Gaming
PlayStation 5 Pro
The “pro” version of Sony’s PlayStation 5 has a bigger GPU, new PSSR AI-based upscaling, advanced ray tracing, and 2TB SSD (with expandable storage). The new features allow for better graphics at higher frame rates, allowing for the blending of “fidelity” and “performance” modes in some games. Read our review.
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$749$649 at Walmart -
$749$649.99 at Target
PlayStation Portal
The PlayStation Portal is a handheld that allows you to stream games from your PS5 over the same network, or via the cloud for certain titles if you have a PS Premium Plus subscription. The Portal has an 8-inch 1080p display with a 60Hz refresh rate, decent speakers, and a long-lasting battery. It also supports DualSense features, including haptic feedback and motion sensing. Read our review.
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$199.99$179 at Amazon -
$199.99$179 at Walmart -
$199.99$179.99 at Best Buy
- You can grab a copy of Astro Bot for $39.97 ($20 off) — an all-time low — at Walmart. The PlayStation 5 game stars an adorable robot on a mission to save his friends after an alien attacks his ship. The platformer draws on familiar tropes but delivers them in fresh, quirky ways, making it a delight to play. Read our review.
Smartwatches and fitness trackers
Fitbit Charge 6
The Fitbit Charge 6 features a haptic side button, an improved heart rate algorithm, turn-by-turn navigation with Google Maps, and the ability to broadcast your heart rate on certain Bluetooth gym equipment. Read our review.
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$159.95$99.95 at Amazon -
$159.95$99.95 at Best Buy
Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm, GPS)
Although the Apple Watch Series 11 is the same size as its predecessor, it features a 5G cellular modem, a display that Apple claims is twice as durable, and slightly improved battery life. Read our review.
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$399$299 at Amazon -
$399$299 at Walmart
- The 40mm Apple Watch SE 3 with GPS is down to its all-time low of $199 ($50 off) at Walmart. Despite being Apple’s entry-level smartwatch, it’s one of the best wearables we tested this year, offering impressive upgrades like an always-on display and improved durability. You don’t get EKGs, a blood oxygen sensor, or hypertension detection, but you do get sleep apnea notifications and Apple’s powerful S10 chip, which enables on-device Siri requests and Apple’s nifty gesture controls. Read our review.
Streaming devices, TVs, and soundbars
Google TV Streamer (4K)
Google’s terrific TV Streamer (4K) is the company’s best attempt at a streaming device yet, with built-in ethernet, an excellent interface, and smart home compatibility with both Matter and Thread. Read our review.
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$99.99$74.99 at Amazon -
$99.99$79.99 at Walmart -
$99.99$79.99 at Best Buy
- You can purchase the second-gen Sonos Beam for $369 ($130 off) at Amazon and Best Buy, which is one of its better prices to date. The soundbar supports Dolby Atmos through its virtual height channels as well as HDMI eARC. It also doubles as a smart speaker with Bluetooth support and compatibility with Amazon Alexa, allowing for hands-free control. Read our review.
- Hisense’s 55-inch U8QG is on sale for $727.99 ($772 off) at Amazon, while the 65-inch is down to an all-time low of $949.99 ($548 off) at Amazon. The mini-LED TV offers an array of gamer-friendly features, including a snappy 165Hz refresh rate, three HDMI 2.1 ports, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to prevent screen tearing. It’s also great for watching TV shows and movies, with full-array local dimming to reduce blooming, as well as support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Plus, it offers an impressive maximum brightness of 5,000 nits and runs on Google’s easy-to-use TV platform, providing quick access to all the major streaming apps.
Other great gadgets you can still gift
Hoto PixelDrive
Hoto’s latest electric screwdriver delivers an adjustable 6Nm of torque, along with a built-in pixelated display that lets you check the battery life and other info.
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$79.99$59.99 at Amazon
2024 Tile Pro
The latest Tile Pro is its most capable Bluetooth tracker to date. It has a wider range than its predecessor and offers a user-replaceable battery. It’s platform-agnostic, and can send SOS alerts if you pay $14.99 per month for its Life360 Gold subscription.
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$34.99$24.99 at Amazon -
$34.99$24.99 at Target
- Apple’s two-meter-long MagSafe Charger is on sale for $39.99 ($10 off) at Amazon, while the one-meter model is down to $29.99 ($10 off). Those are among the best prices we’ve seen on the magnetic charger, which supports 15W MagSafe and Qi2 charging. When paired with a 30W USB-C power adapter, it can also deliver up to 25W to compatible iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 models, as well as the iPhone Air.
- You can buy the Glocusent Bookmark Style Reading Light in multiple colors for $12.99 ($6 off) at Amazon, which is one of its better prices to date. The clip-on USB light offers adjustable warmth and brightness, providing a soft glow that makes it easy to read at night without waking anyone nearby.
Anker Laptop Power Bank
Anker’s 25,000mAh power bank sports two built-in USB-C cables (one of which is retractable), plus one USB-C and USB-A port. It tops out at 165W when charging two devices simultaneously, or 130W when charging three or four.
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$119.99$89.99 at Best Buy
Apple AirTags
Apple’s AirTags are unobtrusive, waterproof, and tap into the massive Find My network for out-of-range locating. Read our original review.
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$29$24 at Amazon -
$29$24 at Walmart -
$99$64.98 at Amazon (four-pack)
Update, December 23rd: Updated pricing / availability and removed several deals that will no longer arrive before December 25th. Brandon Widder also contributed to this post.
