Meet the TechRadar Readers' Choice Awards 2026 winners — all 100% chosen by you

(Image credit: Future) It's been an excellent year for tech releases, with the arrival of everything from new TV panel developments, to groundbreaking drones, to awesome spatial audio speakers, to a new breed of AI-connected screenless fitness wearable.It's also been a really difficult year in tech, though, due to the component crisis and rising prices across nearly all products. In the middle of that tension, it only makes sense for us to find out which companies navigated the challenges best by asking the community of tech lovers out there — and so here are the first TechRadar Readers' Choice Awards.The results are in, so below we've listed the TechRadar Readers' Choice Awards 2026 winners winners in every category, all 100% voted by you!Phones & tabletsPhone of the YearPhone Brand of the YearPhones Innovation of the YearBest Value PhoneBest Mid-Range PhoneBest Folding PhoneBest Flip PhoneBest Camera PhoneBest Gaming PhoneBest AI PhoneCameras & dronesCamera of the YearCamera Brand of the YearCamera Innovation of the Year Best Beginner CameraBest Mid-range cameraBest Professional CameraBest Compact and Instant CameraBest Action and Vlogging CameraBest Camera LensBest camera accessoryBest droneComputingComputing Brand of the YearBest Computing InnovationBest Value LaptopBest AI LaptopBest Gaming LaptopBest PC Gaming HandheldBest Gaming KeyboardBest Gaming MonitorBest Gaming MouseGamingGaming Device of the YearGaming Brand of the YearGaming Innovation of the YearBest Console AccessoryBest Gaming ServiceBest Gaming Controller Best Gaming HeadsetBest Gaming ChairTV & home theaterTV of the yearHome Entertainment Brand of the YearHome Entertainment Innovation of the YearBest Gaming TVBest TV for SoundBest OLED TVBest mini-LED TVBest Value TVBest ProjectorBest SoundbarBest Wireless Home Theater SpeakersStreamingStreaming Service of the YearBest Streaming Service for MoviesBest Streaming Service for DocumentariesBest Streaming Service for TV SeriesBest Free Streaming Service of the YearAudioHeadphones of the YearAudio Brand of the YearAudio Innovation of the YearBest Wireless HeadphonesBest Wireless Earbuds Best Open EarbudsBest Value HeadphonesBest Value EarbudsBest Value Open EarbudsBest Wired Headphones Best Wired Earbuds Best Bluetooth SpeakerBest Wireless SpeakerBest Portable Audio PlayerBest TurntableBest DACBest Stereo SpeakersHealth & Fitness techHealth and Fitness Device of the YearHealth & Fitness Brand of the YearHealth and Fitness Innovation of the YearBest SmartwatchBest Running WatchBest Fitness TrackerBest Smart RingBest Electric ToothbrushBest Connected Fitness TechHome techHome Device of the YearHome Tech Brand of the YearHome Tech Innovation of the YearBest Home Light TechBest Home Security DeviceBest Robot VacuumBest VacuumBest Air FryerBest Coffee MachineBest Value Coffee MachineBest Fan Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. The TechRadar hive mind. The Megazord. The Voltron. When our powers combine, we become 'TECHRADAR STAFF'. You'll usually see this author name when the entire team has collaborated on a project or an article, whether that's a run-down ranking of our favorite Marvel films, or a round-up of all the coolest things we've collectively seen at annual tech shows like CES and MWC. We are one.