Christmas 2017: The Top Tech Gifts For UK Gadget Lovers

From smart-home assistants to tablets, these are the hottest holiday gifts for the tech lover on your list.

Amazon Echo, £89.99

Turn your home into a smart home with Amazon Echo. The standalone speaker offers hands-free voice command for music streaming, making calls, setting alarms and timers and asking questions, among other functions. It will also check your calendar, the weather, traffic reports, sports scores and more.

Amazon Echo Dot, £49.99

Google Home, £119

Google’s hands-free home smart assistant. Just say ‘OK Google’ and ask Google Home to stream music and entertainment, search Google hands-free, manage your life by scheduling meetings and setting alarms, adjust your linked-up Nest thermostat, check the weather, get the latest flight times and more.

Google Mini, £49

The mini smart assistant in the Google Home family. Stay up-to-date with what’s going on in the world, play music and control your linked-up smart-home suite. It can even be paired with Chromecast to steam TV and movies.

Instax Mini 9, £69.99

Get all your best Insta pics IRL with the Instax Mini camera. Snap and print physical photos instantly – there’s even a selfie mirror.

HP Sprocket, £119.99

If you don’t want a separate camera but are looking to print your smartphone pics at home, check out the HP Sprocket. The pocket-sized printer connects wirelessly to your phone with Bluetooth and you can use the Sprocket app to add text, borders, and emojis to your images.

Xbox One X, £449.99

The newest Xbox console offers 4K streaming, six teraflops of graphical processing power, a 12 GB GDDR5 graphic memory, 326 GB/sec memory bandwidth and Blu-ray entertainment.

Beoplay H9 Wireless Headphones, £449.99

Active noise cancellation? Check. Super comfy memory foam headband? Check. Bang & Olufsen Signature Sound? Check. The Beoplay H9 Wireless Bluetooth Headphones are made from from lightweight and long-lasting materials, and active noise cancellation lets you live in peace. The intuitive aluminium touch interface gives you control over your music and calls, and the rechargeable and replaceable battery provides up to 16 hours of playback capacity.

Nespresso Vertuo Coffee Machine, £199.99

The Nespresso Vertuo Coffee Machine recognises Vertuoline coffee pods automatically, meaning you don’t need to program the machine to brew the perfect cup every time.

iPhone X (64 GB), £999.00

Arguably the hottest flagship of the season, iPhone’s newest handset has an all glass body, an Apple A11 processor with iOS 11, unlocks with facial recognition, offers wireless charging, boasts a 5.8″ super retina display screen and has a 12 MP TrueDepth camera with 4K video recording.

Samsung Galaxy S8 (64 GB), £689.00

Android user? The Samsung Galaxy S8 runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 5.8″ quad HD super AMOLED touchscreen, a 2.3 GHz octa-core processor, 12 MP camera with 4K video recording and a 3,000 mAH battery capacity.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, £599.99

If you’re looking for a tablet, the Galaxy Tab S3 might be the best Android on the market. Running Android 7.0 (Nougat), it has a Snapdragon 820 processor and 4GB of RAM, meaning multitasking is a breeze. The S-Pen stylus comes in the box, making it suited for browsing and sketching too.

Apple 10.5″ iPad Pro, £619

Apple fans will want to look out for the iPad Pro 10.5. Running iOS 10, the A10X Fusion chip makes it almost as powerful as a laptop, and with the Apple pencil (an extra £100) the device can be used for drawing and browsing.

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.