If you haven’t done your Christmas shopping yet Tech Guide’s 2025 12 Days of Christmas Gift Ideas is here to help you find the right presents for friends and family.
Today we’re looking smartwatches and other wearables.
Be sure to check back every day so see the other categories over the full 12 Days.
Here are Tech Guide’s 12 Days of Christmas Gift Ideas:
Day 3: Wearables/smartwatches
Day 4: In-car gadgets
DAY 5: Gaming
DAY 6: Tablets/e-readers
DAY 7: Drones/Gadgets
DAY 8: Smart/IoT devices
DAY 9: Headphones/Speakers
DAY 10: TVs/Blu-Ray/4K
DAY 11: Appliances
DAY 12: Computers
DAY 3: Smartwatches/Wearables
APPLE WATCH 3 ULTRA – $1,399
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 takes all the features of the previous Apple Watches and makes them all better.
Better battery life and a bigger screen and more durability.
That’s how we felt with the Apple Watch Ultra 3 which was like the luxury SUV with all the bells and whistles and more space.
The Apple Watch Series was the sedan version of that luxury car that’s a bit smaller and with less range.
Apple Watch Ultra 3 is made from aerospace grade titanium so you know it’s tough
For our review we received the black titanium model – it’s also available in the lighter natural titanium as well.
READ THE FULL TECH GUIDE REVIEW HERE
SUUNTO RUN – $449.95
The new Suunto Run sportswatch is designed customers who are more interested in tracking their training and recovery and improving their performance.
The Suunto Run brings together smart running features that are powered by AI and running on the fastest operating system to date.
And it’s all brought together and displayed on the 1.32-inch AMOLED display – it is the brightest screen in the category.
The standout features of the Suunto Run are the simple operation, the sleek design and the impressive performance.
The Suunto Run also offers highly accurate GNSS navigation which connects quickly and allows users to review their routes on the watch and within the Suunto app following their run.
READ TECH GUIDE’S FULL REPORT HERE
SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH8 CLASSIC – From $899
The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 Classic is so much more than just a watch – it is a smart device that can keep track of your health and fitness as well as keep you connected to what’s important to you.
We love that Samsung’s Galaxy Watch8 Classic stuck with the traditional watch design with a circular face that rests on squarer surface that was inspired by its Galaxy Watch Ultra which was released last year.
And what sets the Watch8 Classic apart from the regular Watch8 is the rotating bezel that offers another way of navigating the menu and features on top of the actual touchscreen.
READ TECH GUIDE’S FULL REVIEW HERE
OURA RING 4 – $799
The Oura Ring was one of the first smart rings released and it continues to lead the way in providing insights into our health and wellbeing.
It has stylish look and feel so it doesn’t stand out from your other jewellery – that’s a good thing. It looks like a regular ring.
It can be worn on any finger with a small mark indicating the part of the ring that needs to be at palm level to ideally position the onboard sensors on the inside of the ring.
Oura works with iOS and Android devices and has an excellent companion app that you can track your sleep, activities, stress and heart rate.
READ TECH GUIDE’S FULL REVIEW HERE
APPLE WATCH SERIES 11 – From $679
Apple Watch series 11 has its thinnest and most comfortable design and is stacked with health and wellness features including insights into sleep quality and more personal ways to stay active.
Apple Watch has improved its sleep tracking and can assess a person’s sleep quality and award a Sleep Score.
It comes up with the score based on data captured through its sensors including heart rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen and respiratory rate.
READ TECH GUIDE’S FULL REPORT HERE
GARMIN FORERUNNER 970 – $1,399.00
For performance-driven runners, the Forerunner® 970 premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch offers up to 15 days of battery life, advanced running metrics, and our brightest AMOLED display — all in a durable design featuring a sapphire lens and lightweight titanium bezel.
OAKLEY META VANGUARD – $789
The Oakley Meta Vangaurd has up to nine hours of battery life or up to six hours of continuous music playback.
And the charging case that can provide an additional 36 hours of charge on the go.
The glasses integrates with Strava – which also allows you to graphically overlay performance metrics like distance, average pace, elevation gain and more onto videos and photos captured with the glasses.
Users can captures 3K video and 12MP images through the glasses.
There also open-ear speakers which are 6dB louder than previous model so you can still hear your music and content while training and in noisy environments.
The is 32GB flash storage which can store more than 1,000 photos and more than 100 30-second videos.
HUAWEI WATCH FIT 4 PRO – $469
The Huawei Watch Fit 4 Pro is a smartwatch that can capture health and wellness information as well as track your fitness and it’s all housed in a thin and light chassis.
Weighing just 30.4g, the Huawei Watch Fit 4 Pro works with both iOS and Android so it really opens the market for customers who are looking for another choice outside of Samsung or Apple.
But having a square watch face, it does leans more towards being an Apple Watch impersonator.
And we can tell you it’s a worthy and more affordable competitor.
Users will find 1.82-inch AMOLED display which is smack bang in the middle of sizes that make it suitable for both men and women.
GARMIN INSTINCT 3 – $949
Garmin’s Instinct 3 is more than just a smartwatch – it is aimed at the customer who likes to go adventuring, who wants to keep fit, stay on top of their health and not have to charge the device every day.
Garmin has built its reputation with sports and fitness watches and the Instinct 3 falls in that category but it also has plenty of smarts to go with it so it’s giving users the best of both worlds.
One thing to note about the Instinct 3 up front is that there is no touchscreen display on the device.
Admittedly that took us a little by surprise but it didn’t take long to learn how to navigate the system via the five buttons on the case.
READ TECH GUIDE’S FULL REVIEW HERE
ULTRAHUMAN SMARTRING- $599
There is no shortage of ways to track your health and fitness – one of the latest methods is a smart ring like the Ultrahuman Ring Air which we’ve been testing for the last few weeks.
And despite being a ring, it does monitor and collect a wide range of metrics from sleep and movement to circadian rhythm and even your caffeine window.
The Ultrahuman Ring Air is built tough with a titanium body and a tungsten carbide coating which makes it harder than steel and scratch resistant.
This means you can wear it 24/7 (unless you’re charging it) and wear it to the gym and a while working.
