Tom's Guide Awards 2025: All the big winners across 12 categories from phones to homes
Now in its sixth year, the Tom's Guide Awards celebrates our favorite products, devices and services across all of the different categories we cover across our entire site including two new ones for this year's awards. Our experts have tested and reviewed hundreds of different products to help you find the best new additions and upgrades to improve your daily life.
From TVs with brilliant picture quality and massive displays, innovative laptops that make it easier to get more done on the go and the latest smartphones to the most exciting kitchen tech, top fitness gadgets, our favorite streaming service and even the latest AI tools and sleep gear, the Tom's Guide Awards 2025 honors them all.
Here are all of the winners from this year's awards and if you head to the award announcement stories at the bottom of each category, you can read more on why we selected each of these products for their respective awards.
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