14 best gifts you can find at Best Buy

Grab this at Best Buy along with a few packs of paper, and you've got a gift that gets used constantly. The HP Sprocket prints glossy 2x3-inch sticker photos from a phone over Bluetooth, with no ink to replace. We've had one for a while, and it's a blast, especially if you have teens in the house. Best Buy also carries 20-sheet ZINK paper refills, so stocking up is easy.

Best Buy's Polaroid Go Gen 3 bundle pairs the brand's smallest analog instant camera with film for eight photos, so they can start shooting as soon as it's unwrapped. The Gen 3 adds a selfie mirror, a self-timer, double-exposure mode, and USB-C charging.

Smart glasses have gone from novelty to useful, and Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the easiest way in. The Gen 2 model looks like a classic pair of Wayfarers but hides a camera that now shoots 3K video, open-ear speakers for music and calls, and Meta AI that answers questions hands-free. Battery life is up to twice as long as the first generation, and the included case recharges them on the go.

Pokémon turned 30 this year, and trading cards are as popular as they've ever been. Best Buy is celebrating the Pokémon Trading Card Game's 30th anniversary with the Pokémon Trading Card Game 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box, a collector-friendly set of booster packs plus the extras a player needs to start building a deck. It's a great gift for kids just getting into the game and for grown-up fans who've been collecting since the 1990s. Popular sets sell out fast, so grab it early.

Some people can't make it to lunch without their phone begging for a charger. Anker's 25,000mAh power bank holds enough to refill a phone several times or top up a laptop on a long flight, and it can charge a MacBook and two other devices at once. Two built-in cables, one of which doubles as a carrying strap, mean fewer loose cords rattling around a bag. It recharges itself to 30% in about 20 minutes, and at 90Wh, it's cleared for carry-on bags.

For the maker on your list, a 3D printer opens up a whole new hobby, and the Bambu Lab A1 mini is one of the easiest ways to start. It calibrates itself automatically, so there's almost no fiddling before the first print, and its compact frame fits on a desk. Add the optional AMS lite, and it can print in up to four colors at once. From replacement parts to desk toys, they'll be printing their own gifts by New Year's.

We've tested previous versions of the Ring Video Doorbell for our list of the best video doorbells, and we're excited about this one, too. Retinal 2K video and up to 6x zoom show faces and packages in crisp detail across a 140-degree view of the doorstep. Two-way talk and real-time motion alerts, which are especially handy for anyone hard of hearing, let your recipient answer the door from the couch or the office, and night vision keeps working after dark. It wires into an existing doorbell for round-the-clock power and works with Alexa. What's a better gift than peace of mind?

Think of the most sentimental person you know, the one whose mantel and fridge are buried under framed snapshots. This Aluratek 10-inch Wi-Fi frame gathers them all on one bright touchscreen that wakes up when someone walks by. Sending photos is easy via the smartphone app, email, or a messaging app, and 32GB of built-in storage provides ample storage with no monthly fee. For grandparents in particular, it's a gift that keeps refilling itself with new memories.

We all have a travel friend, and odds are, they're already filming everything. The GoPro Max2 captures a full 360 degrees at up to 8K resolution, so there's no aiming and nothing left out of frame, and the Quik app lets users reframe footage into standard videos afterward. An invisible-pole trick makes selfies look like drone shots, replaceable lenses mean a scratch won't total the camera, and voice control keeps their hands free mid-adventure.

Sony's ULT Wear headphones make a great gift for a friend and an even better one for yourself. A dedicated ULT button boosts the bass on demand, while noise cancellation shuts out the racket on a plane or in an open office. Battery life runs up to 30 hours with noise canceling on (50 with it off), a 3-minute charge buys 90 more minutes, and multipoint pairing keeps them connected to a laptop and phone at once. Moldable cushions and a folding build make them easy to wear all day and toss in a bag.

Handheld gaming PCs are having a moment, and the ROG Xbox Ally X brings Xbox into the mix. This handheld from Asus and Microsoft has a 7-inch, 120Hz display, an AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme processor, 24GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, so it can run big PC games on the go. Xbox-style grips and controls make it feel familiar to console players, and Best Buy's version comes with three months of Game Pass Premium to start their library.

There's a reason the Switch became one of the best-selling consoles ever, and the Switch 2 builds on that formula with a bigger, sharper 7.9-inch screen and a lot more power. Docked, it can push up to 4K on a compatible TV at up to 120fps, and it plays existing Switch games, physical and digital, so a longtime fan's library carries right over. GameChat adds voice and video chat while gaming together, and 256GB of storage leaves plenty of room for new games, like the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake.

For someone who wants health tracking without a screen on their wrist, the Oura Ring 5 is about as discreet as it gets. Oura calls it the world's smallest smart ring, and it's 40% smaller than the Ring 4. It tracks sleep, activity, and heart health, and adds blood pressure signals during sleep and nighttime breathing tracking. Battery life runs 6 to 9 days per charge. Just know that Oura's full feature set requires a monthly membership.

Since 2015, the Apple Watch has been one of the market's top-performing wearables. We loved the Series 7, and the Series 12 brings a redesigned health sensing system that Apple says delivers the most accurate heart rate tracking of any wearable. A new Readiness score each morning helps them decide how hard to push, and Health Age compares their fitness and sleep data against their actual age. With a tougher Ceramic Shield display and new finishes, it's a natural pick for the Apple devotee.