Our favourite new gadgets of 2025 solved old problems
Most were devices that have been bouncing around for quite a while but had some sort of breakthrough in 2025, solving some kind of problem that had been plaguing them.
inally! That’s both a statement about where this column fits into our publishing schedule for the year – it’s the final Digital Life you’ll have to endure until 2026, thank god! – and a summary of an interesting theme that emerged in the world of gadgets in 2025.
John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com
