Tech Gifts

21 Insanely Useful Tech Gift Ideas To Buy A Teen Boy

There are tons of tech gifts to buy teen boys and there are ones for every budget too. This article suggest 10 different ideas with links to more information to help you make a decision.

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Virtual Reality Headset

VR headsets allow teens to play 3D games, many using their cellphone. There are lots of different VR headsets out there ranging from google cardboard for a few dollars to the top of the range VR headsets such as the Oculus Quest All-in-one VR Gaming Headset. Check out a mid range option below.

VR Headset Compatible with iPhone & Android Phone

This VR headset is compatible with both iphone and adroid phones between 4 inches and 6.3 inches.

Just place your phone in the front of the headset to use with VR games, apps and movies.

It features a fully adjustable head strap, eyesight protection system, and a soft nose piece to reduce pressure.

Laptop Or Notebook

A laptop or notebook is a must for most teen boys who will need access to the Internet to do onine research and write essays and projects for school But there are so many to choose from. Here is a quick rundown of a three popular laptops perfect for study.

Chromebook

Chromebook - I have a chromebook and love it. It's small, portable, simple to use, fast and very inexpensive. To find out more check out my article on Chromebook for teens.

The Lenovo Chromebook C330 2-in-1 convertible laptop is less than 1-inch thin and about the weight of a hardback book, with an 11-inch touchscreen display that's perfect for day-to-day computing and multimedia, on or offline.

You need to use it with a google account but no set up is needed. Just login with a Google account so emails, maps, documents, and photos stay with you via cloud storage

Apple Macbook Air

If budget is no object, it's hard to imagine a teenage boy who is not going to be impressed with an Apple Macbook Air.

It's hard to give this a good enough review in a few words but it's quick, has a sleek design, stunning 13.3 inch LED-backlit widescreen display, up to 12 hours of battery life, excellent build quality, will last and keep its value.

Portable Chargers

A portable charger can be a Godsend for a teenage boy. How many times is he and about and he's run out of battery on his phone because he forgot to charge it.

A portable charger means that both you and he have peace of mind there is a back up in these situations and you can both get in touch.

The Anker portable charger is small and compact and can fit in a bag or even a pocket.
It should give most phones at almost one full charge.
It makes a fantastic stocking filler gift for the teenage boy.

Echo Dot

This is a smart speaker which you can use to stream music into a teen boy's bedroom.

It gives you voice control over your music, Stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Sirius XM, and others.

Use it to ask Alexa to play music, answer questions, read the news, check the weather, set alarms, control compatible smart home devices, and more.

You can also voice control your smart home. Turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, and more with compatible connected devices.

Additionally connect with others. Call almost anyone hands-free. Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room with a compatible Echo device.

Drone with Smart Control

'Flying drones are super fun.
Most teens will love to have a go.

This drone features a 1080P HD camera so you can shoot footage while you're flying.

It has voice control and app control

It's easy to control with a one button start up and landing. It can do 3D flips and features a headless mode, adjustable speed modes, auto hover and gravity control.

You can also use is with a VR headset. .

Writing Tablet

The writing tablet makes an inexpensive tech gift.
It's thin and portable so you can easily take it wherever you would like in your bag (maybe between home and college school).

Use it to do workings out for homework. Leave messages for family and friends and they can write a reply back. Write to do lists. Doodle when you're waiting or perhaps on a long car journey. Write down messages from phone converstations. Draw pictures, play games - whatever you want to write down.

When you have finished with your notes, just press a button to erase them. You then have a clean slate to start again.

It's great for eliminating all those pieces of scrap paper you have lying aroung too.

Media Streaming Player

Media streaming players allow you to stream extra TV, Internet and music channels via the Internet through your TV. They're great for streaming extra channels to a TV in a bedroom. There are lots of media streaming players availabe from google chromecast, to Roku to Apple TV.

The Amazon Fire TV Sticks one of the most inexpensive media streaming players. Just plug it into the HDMI port of your TV. The Fire TV Stick is an easy way to enjoy Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, HBO NOW, low-cost movie rentals, live and on-demand sports, music, photos, games, and more.

You can take it with you and plug into any HDTV so you don't miss any of your shows. It's a perfect gift to take to college if he is going.

Tech Toys and Games

In the age of tech such as smartphones there are lots of tech toys that teen boys will love.
Connect drones and cars to your smartphone and then use your phone as a remote control device. See some examples of smartphone controlled toys.
There are DIY gaming kits which allow you to build a games console. If they are into electronics and building things check out the littlebits electronic starter kits which he can use to build smart devices and other gadgets. Check out some electronic and invention kits.

WowWee Robotic Enhanced Vehicles

This is a fab toy that features AI technology.

You control one of the cars with a smartphone. The other can be controlled by another person or use AI technology and battle with the other car.

The REV vehicles track the status and location of other REV vehicles and adjust their tactics in real time.

Bluetooth Speaker

A bluetooth speaker will stream music from a bluetooth device such as a phone or tablet to the speaker. There are lots of different versions of bluetooth speakers from the Bose soundock which offers excellent sound and portability, to budget bluetooth speakers ot ones you can use in the shower or in the car.

The Bose Soundlink color bluetooth speaker offers excellent sound with the quality you would expect from Bose even with such a small speaker. Wirelessly connect it to your bluetooth device and you can play music wherever you go, from friend's houses to the park. It is really lightweight and portable and has a range of about 30 feet. It also has a 7 hour rechargeable battery.

Headphones

There are so many headphones in this category. Find headphones with top notch sound, ones which keep your ears warm and earphones which don't tangle. Check out the top 4 headphones for teen boys.

Fitness Gadgets

If he is into sports and fitness there are tech gifts that can add value to his hobby. For example, activity trackers such as a fitbit will measure his daily activity such as calories burned as well as quality of sleep. Some have extra function such as a heart rate monitor which is suburb if he wants to target workouts in a specific heart rate zone. Check out the fitbit and other fitness gifts.
Another idea for sporting teens is a sports watch.

Sports Watch

Sports watches can be really great for everyday use with alarms, stopwatches, nightlights, being waterproof (so can be worn in the shower) and just for telling the time. But you can get great sport watches for all kinds of specific sports as well. Consider running watches, watches for triatholons and watches with heart rate monitors.

The Timex is a great choice. It is waterproof up to 330 feet so you can wear it swimming. It has an indiglo nightlight so you can see the time in the dark. There are lots of great features for runners, hikers, triathletes and other sports too. Use the featuring 100-hour chronograph with lap and split times, Indiglo night-light, and 30-lap memory recall.
It also features an 100-hour countdown timer with stop and repeat and 99-lap counter.

Fitness Blaze

The Fitness Blaze is an activity and sleep tracker which also has lots of smart watch featues too. Essentially it's a smart fitness watch.

It tracks all day activity such as steps and workiouts. It has a heart rate monitor.

You can also connect the blaze to the gps on your phone so you can map your routes and see stats such as pace and duration on your watch display.

There's different sport modes such as biking, running and cardio.

It automatically syncs to over 200 of the leading smart phones.
as well as other mobile devices with an internet or bluetooth connection. Then it will display information such as call, text, and calander alerts.

It also has a music control, silent alarms and a battery life of up to 5 days..

There is lots you can do with this watch. Well worth checking out for the technical fitness freak!

Gaming Gadgets

If he enjoys playing video games there are some great gadgets that he will love. They include gaming headphones, a gaming mouse or a games capture device to record your gaming and share it online and with friends. Check out some ideas of gaming gifts for teens.

3D Pen

This 3D pen is a really cool little gadget. If you can draw you will definitely be able to create things with this pen.
Turn it on and heat it up.
Put the filament inside and once it's heated up, you can get started with your creations.
The OLED display will not only show the types of material you’re using(ABS or PLA), but also will display the temperature
It's lots of fun to create lots of interesting models, designs and creations.
It's great for crafts too.

Action Camera

Action camera are excellent gifts for a teen boy who like sports and adventures such as biking, skateboarding or swimming and would enjoy shooting video of his escapades.

The Go Pro hero session camera is super small and compact so perfect for taking anywhere in a bag. It's waterproof, shockproof and dirt proof and so is brilliant for taking footage of swimming, snorkelling, snowboarding or any watersport you may partake in. It can be attached to a piece of equipment or worn with one of the 3o Go Pro mounts (they don't all come with the session but are sold separately.

It can be used to shoot video of all kinds of things, sports, activities, special occasions, music concerts friends, family or just day to day life.

It's really easy to control. Just press the button to start filming and press it again to stop. Once it's stopped filming it will automatically power down to save on battery life.

It also features bluetooth and wifi so can easily connect to GoPro apps, accessories and more.

The video that is taken is very high quality and it takes 12mp photos too.

Camera

There are all kinds of cameras that make nice gift for teen boys. From point and shoot cameras to DSLRs.

Or what about a fujifilm instax camera which prints your photos out as soon as you've taken them.

The Fujifilm instax mini 8 camera opposite takes photos which gives you an instant credit card sized print out. The print outs are great for storing in your wallet, for projects, scrapbooking or just having memories you can share with other people.
The camera is lightweight, thin and portable so easy to take anywhere you want. A great gift for the creative teen boy.

Smartwatch

A smartwatch will connect to his phone so he can get text alerts, email and social network updates, calander reminders, incoming calls and lots more direct to his wrist. They can be extremely useful. He will have access to any important information he needs without having to get a phone out of his bag when walking, at school/college or in the car.

There are lots of smartwatches available with a variety of different features. Some of them have the abilitiy to take calls from your wrist. Others have health and fitness trackers. Others are water resistant and allow you to choose different watch faces.
The Apple Watch Series 3 feaured below is one of the numerous smart watches available.

Apple Watch Series 3

The apple smartwatch does so much. Like most smart watches you can stay connected to people and have texts, social media notifications and calls sent to your wrist.

The watch also monitors your health and track your workouts. Get the motivation you need to achieve your fitness goals.

It also has Siri.

Stream your favourite songs on your run. Use Emergency SOS to summon help. And do it all while leaving your phone behind. Built-in cellular connectivity gives you the freedom to go with just your watch.

Bluetooth Speaker for the Shower

If he likes listening to music wherever he goes, a small and portable bluetooth speaker is a great gift.

The speaker featured can even be used in the bath or shower. There is a suction cup on the back of the speaker so you can attach it to bathroom tiles or a mirror.

The hook at the top of the speaker can also be used to attach to a backpack or anywhere else where you can hang it.

It will stream music from his phone or other device via bluetooth. Perfect for using around the home, taking on vacation or to a friend's house.

Tile Mate

The New Tile Mate is our versatile finder for everyday things. It's great for teen boys who keep losing things. Are they always misplacing their phone or keys - this si the gift for them.

Ring your things: use your smartphone to make your Tile ring when you misplace your things within 200 feet.

It will also help to find your phone. Simply double press the Tile button on your Tile to make your phone ring, even when it’s on silent

Projector

Give him the ability to watch movies and play games on a big screen with a projector.

This projector will even connect with his smartphone as well as a laptop, some games consoles and an Amazon Fire TV.

You might want to also purchase a screen to complete his home cinema although some reviewers use a wall.

The recommended viewing distance is 2- 3 m.

Extendable Phone Tripod Selfie Stick with Wireless Remote

If he loves making youtube videos the tripod and selfie stick are an excellent way of shooting video on his phone.

Of course, they can also be good for taking photos.

The built in wireless remote works up to 10m and you can also separate the controller to take group photos too.

Portable Photo Printer

If he enjoys photography consider a portable photo printer which allows him to print out photos from his tablet or smartphone via bluetooth.

It's small enough to fit in your pocket so you can take it anywhere.

Easily connect your smartphone to the Canon ivy mini photo printer app via Bluetooth, choose a photo from your smartphone or social media and print fun 2"x3"

Photos with a peel & stick back.