The Best Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Techie Moms


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Moms have been through it these past few years. There’s never been a better time for Mother’s Day than now.

It doesn’t matter who the mom is in your life; they deserve some love. And if your mother is the tech-savvy type, we have plenty of gift ideas, whether she wants to relax, mix up her fitness regimen, or give her home a smart upgrade.

 

The Pampered-Pet Mom

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For the Pet Mom Who Can’t Find Anything

Fi Smart Dog Collar Series 3

Fi version 3 is our top pick for GPS dog collars. It’s smaller than previous versions, provides more frequent updates when in the Lost Dog mode, and even longer battery life. It’s a must if your dog is a Houdini.

Per Month, Starts at $19.00

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For Moms Who Call Pets Your Sibling

Got a beautiful shot of Mom’s favorite? And by favorite, we don’t mean you—we mean her fur kid, the beloved she really dotes upon. Turn that digital pic (or series of them) into a custom pet portrait from Pet Portraits. The service promises it uses real digital artists—people! Not AI!—to create the artwork. It ranges in price from $59.95 up to $109.95, available as posters or on canvas. Digital gift cards are an option.

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For Watchful Dog/Cat Moms

When she’s not home, the Furbo 360 helps her keep an eye on your fur-sibling; the cat version is just like the dog version, but with a feather toy on top. Not only will the camera watch the pets at night and track them by panning side-to-side, it will even dispense treats. Who’s a good girl/boy? You are if you buy this pet camera.

MSRP $220.00

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For Birdwatchers

Birdbuddy Smart Bird Feeder

Not all pets need to be indoors. Mom may like to feed the birds. She can do that and keep an eye on those that stay with the Birdbuddy Smart Bird Feeder, which generates sharable videos and snapshots of the local birds. The app companion will even tell her about the species eating the seed.

MSRP $249.00

The Literary Mom

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For Moms Who Prefer Handmade Gifts

Handwrytten will send mom a card that looks…handwritten. Starting at $3.75 (including postage), you can go online without any kind of subscription and send a single note which the service generates to look like you took the time to scribble yourself—but it’s a robot doing it for you. (You still have to come up with the prose, but if we know you, you’ll ask an AI.) If you’re doing multiple notes, you can get discounts.

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For Voracious Readers With Limited Shelf Space

If your mother is an avid reader who’s running out of space on her bookshelf, consider getting her a Kindle ebook reader, which can hold thousands of books. The 2021 Paperwhite is still our best-value ebook reader thanks to its 6.8-inch screen. It has just 8GB of storage, not 32GB, but with its fast Wi-Fi, she can easily download books as needed. This device is waterproof, has an easy-clean flat front, and contains a long-lasting battery. If Mom is an Amazon Prime member, she gets access to one free ebook per month through First Reads.

MSRP $139.99

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Best-Sellers Delivered to Her Door

For some readers, nothing beats the feeling of holding a physical book. With Book of the Month Club, Mom chooses one (or more) books per month from the club’s selection. If nothing piques her interest or she’s not done with last month’s title, she can skip a month. This subscription service also helps with discovery: It hunts down hot releases and offers early access to new books. Gift options include three months for $59.99, six months for $99.99, and one year for $199.99.

Per Month, Starts at $16.99

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For Multitasking Book Lovers

If Mom prefers to listen to her books on a walk, when she’s driving, or just while relaxing, consider an Audible subscription. For $7.95 per month, she can tap into a Plus membership with a rolling catalog of originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. A Premium subscription, which costs $14.95 per month, adds a credit for one premium title per month to keep as well as 30% off other premium titles, which are often more popular selections.

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For Typing While On the Go

Does Mom love her iPad? She can get even more done with it, if she has a keyboard. The Logitech Slim Folio is a keyboard that doubles as an iPad case. Get one for any iPad from the 5th to 10th generation, including the 3rd Gen iPad Air. It not only allows for typing, but the function keys at the top also provide full control over media, screen settings, and more.

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For Writing While Reading

What could be better for Mom than a huge Kindle with a 10.2-inch screen for reading ebooks? Well, how about a Kindle ebook reader that lets her make notes on what she’s reading? That’s exactly what the expensive Scribe is for. It won’t be confused with a serious drawing tool (as an iPad can be), and it’s not waterproof enough even for reading in the tub. But if jotting things in the margins of a book is something your mom loves to do, this is the best high-tech equivalent.

MSRP $339.99

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For the Budding or Experienced Novelist

Does your mother dabble in fiction writing? A subscription to the service Dabble may propel her to new literary heights. It’s a lot like Scrivener, but it’s an online subscription service, where she can do all her writing in a browser text editor, effortlessly storing and backing up every word in the cloud, so it can be accessed later on any device. Dabble serves up stats on writing progress and goals (great for NaNoWriMo time) and provides several options for organization. Pay for more than the basics (it starts at $9 per month), and you get features such as focus/dark mode, story notes, advanced grammar checks, and even the ability to introduce a co-author. There’s a 14-day trial. A similar service can be found at Novlr, which has a very limited free tier.

The Healthy Mom

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For the Apple Mom

If the Series 9 is too much Apple Watch for your budget, there’s an option. The SE (2022 model year is still the latest) has all the upgrades over the last SE that you’d expect (processor, battery, and the price of $249 are all improved) plus extras such as Crash Detection; it’s just missing the amazing medical tracking options including the ability to check blood-oxygen levels and body temperature. If ill health isn’t a big concern, Mom will love this digital timepiece.

MSRP $249.00

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For the Health Tracker Who Needs More Time

The perfect smartwatch has a nice balance of tracking your health and fitness, along with full chronographic capabilities and beyond. Garmin’s 3rd Venu round-faced smartwatch does exactly that and shows it all off using a killer AMOLED display. Best of all, it can last almost two weeks without a charge.

MSRP $449.99

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For Moms Looking to Make Gains

Among our favorite smart home gym equipment is the Tempo Studio. Mom’s workouts don’t have to be endless cardio sessions; strength training is important, too. And with its sophisticated form-tracking and rep-counting software, challenging on-demand and live classes, and excellent trainers, the Tempo Studio is the best smart strength-training machine we’ve tested. It’s a splurge, but hey—Mom deserves it.

Fitbit Charge 6

For Fitness Tracking With a Sleek Design

Fitbit makes a number of our favorite fitness trackers. The best Fitbit for everyone, especially your mom, is the Fitbit Charge 6. It has an always-on color AMOLED touchscreen with a sleek design and lots of new health-tracking features, including 40 exercise modes. Some of the things it tracks are automatic, so Mom won’t even have to set them up. But the excellent mobile app on your phone makes tuning every feature easy.

MSRP $159.95

The Foodie Mom

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For Moms in a Cooking Rut

Mothers have a lot to do, so mealtime shouldn’t be a slog. A meal-delivery service such as Fresh N Lean makes it easier. This is a gimmick-free option for getting a variety of fully prepared meals on the table, stat. The price per serving is typically $8.99 to $11.99, so it won’t break the bank if you get her a subscription.

Starts at $10.49

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For the Oenophile Matriarch

Winc will send four bottles to Mom’s door every month with no delivery charge. For some mothers, that’s huge; for others, it’s just a drop in the bucket. Either way, she’s going to be pleased. If you’re giving it as a gift, there’s a $60 gift-code minimum.

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For Hot Beverage Aficionados

Spending $149 to $179 for a 14- or 10-ounce mug might seem steep. But the Ember Mug 2 is heated (via a smart base), and Mom can control the settings via an app. That way, her beverage of choice is always at the perfect temperature.

MSRP $149.95

The Stay-at-Smart-Home Mom

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For the Work-from-Home Tech Mom

Suppose your mother uses her laptop as a desktop by plugging it into a larger monitor or monitors, and using external peripherals like a keyboard and mouse. Well, congrats. You’re probably not doing tech support for her. Clean up that actual desk for her with a BookArc Flex—it turns that flat-down laptop into an upright “thin client desktop” instantly and without damage.

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For the Mom with Meetings

Nanoleaf Elements Decorative Lights

Everyone needs a nice look over their shoulder for the many video conferences that come up nowadays. The Elements Hexagons come with 7 panels in the starter kit and you can always get more with the expansion pack. Then Mom can decorate the wall and light it up any way she’d like.

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For the Mom Who Needs Flexible Seating Options

X-Chair X1 Flex Mesh Task Chair

A $729 “task chair”? Mom and everyone else at home will want to steal this mesh beauty with all the comfort and looks and extras one could want while sitting at a computer desk.

Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni

For Consummately Cleaned and Polished Floors

Sure, Mom says she doesn’t mind breaking out the ol’ bucket and mop. Trust us, she is lying. She wants you to love her enough to spend an ungodly amount of money on a robot that will do the floors for her. The Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni is a $1,499 cleaner that vacuums, mops, cleans itself, and does it all over again. It will bring a shine to her hardwoods.  

MSRP $1,499.99

For the Mom Who’s Just Too Cool

When money is no object, turn to Dyson. The company is known for its sleek and expensive vacuums, but you can also blow your paycheck on hair dryers and air purifiers. If an air purifier was ever a justified expense, now is the time, and the Dyson Purifier Cool TP07 delivers. It will purify the air in Mom’s home while acting as a Wi-Fi-controlled smart fan to cool her off. If you have $650 to spend, this top-of-the-line device is worth serious consideration for any family member.

MSRP $649.99

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For the Mobile Mom Who Needs Juice

Satechi Aluminum 2-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Stand

Designed with the latest iPhones and AirPods in mind, the $59.99 Satechi Magnetic 2-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand does exactly what you and Mom expect: It charges those devices and looks great while doing it.

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For Soothing, Voice-Activated Smart Lighting

Upgrade the vibe at Mom’s place with colorful smart lights. Wyze offers an affordable option with its Bulb Color, which supports device-triggered automations, schedules, sleep routines, and more—and you can control it with your phone and voice. Customize the bulbs’ glow to settings including Night Light, Cozy, Bright, and Energized, as well as preset color scenes, including Energy, Gaming, Movie, and Meditation. If Mom has recessed fixtures, get the Wyze Bulb Color BR30.

Starts at $20.99

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For Correct Color Matching

Is your mother into home decoration? Then she probably loves to freshen up her home with new paint colors. If she is on the prowl for a color, and she carries a “fan deck” to match it, upgrade her to the Color Muse colorimeter, a tiny scanner that exists for one reason: to help her pinpoint the paint color(s) of her dreams.

MSRP $69.99

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For Cutting Cool Crafts

The Cricut Maker 3 is an electronic cutting tool. It’s like a printer—with a knife! The device handles all sorts of materials (including leather and wood), cutting items fed into the 12-inch feeder slot into the shapes Mom needs for arts and crafts and beyond. It’s not cheap, but it beats potential X-Acto accidents.

MSRP $399.99

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For Starting the Burn

It’s not very technical to light a candle or start a fire; a butane lighter or match will do. But those are finite. An electric candle lighter that recharges via micro-USB can offer a lifetime of creating a hot arc of plasma. Talk about getting lit.

MSRP $16.89

The Traveling Mom

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For Moms Who Miss You

The Bond Heart is tech (it even has a charger) but what it does is very specific. Using an app, Mom can record your heartbeat rhythm—and that of other people (if you’re remote, you can send a beat to Mom to place in the app). She can then select the beat she wants via the app, and then, whenever she squeezes the pendent or presses it upon her chest, she’ll feel that steady, comforting beat. (They also sell a bracelet, plus an app for Apple Watch.)

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For Moms Who Want to See Kids Constantly

Casetify Custom Photo Grid Case

The only thing mothers want to see more than their kids is their phones. Now they can have both, by making a photo grid phone case, covered in pics of the children, from Casetify.

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For the On-the-Go Butterfingers

Customized PopSockets Case

A special phone case can make Mom feel fancy; but to make it truly useful, add a PopSocket, the grips-plus-stand gadget. PopSockets let you customize a case for her iPhone, and you can add a grip that attaches via the MagSafe, or even add a full MagSafe Wallet. You upload the art or use the images provided to design the case.

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For the Mom Who Needs Shut-Eye

QuietOn 3.1 Sleep Earbuds

Most earbuds are so large and gangly they would hurt to sleep with. QuietOne buds are designed specifically for sleeping, with “premium quality” active noise cancellation. They’re supposedly small enough to sleep in and roll on for side-sleepers. And they have a 28-hour life on a single battery charge. Sounds (like the cure for) exhausting!

MSRP $289.00

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For Finding Often-Lost Items (or People)

If your mother is prone to losing items like her keys and wallet, and she uses an iPhone, get her the AirTags. They are our Editors’ Choice for trackers to find lost objects. Get one for $29 or four for $99—Apple will even engrave each tag with up to 3 characters of your choice. It’s handy to put in a purse or slip into the pocket of a wandering child. The tracking is accurate, the battery in each tag is replaceable, and it works from a distance. (If Mom is an Android fan, get her the Tile Mate.)

MSRP $99.00

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For Germ-Killing Peace of Mind

PhoneSoap Pro UV Smartphone Sanitizer & Universal Charger

If Mom has the heebee-jeebies about germs, then she’s probably aware that her smartphone is ultra-disgusting. We are on the fence about the effectiveness of UV sanitizers, but ultraviolet light does kill COVID, among other things, so it can’t hurt. PhoneSoap, unlike many others products on the market, backs its claims with lab tests. The Pro version can hold any size phone or phablet. And its own surface can handle a disinfectant wipe, which your germaphobe mother is sure to use.

MSRP $119.95

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For the Correct Degree of Warmth

Ember Temperature Control Travel Mug 2

When it’s time to rush out of the house with a cup of java, Mom doesn’t have time to think about keeping that life-giving elixir at the perfect warm temperature. That’s fine; the Ember Travel Mug 2 will do it for her. It keeps coffee or tea at 120 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 3 hours; she can control the temp from her smartphone. There’s a version that works with Apple’s Find My app so she won’t lose the mug, either.

MSRP $179.95

The Entertained Mom

JBL Live 770NC

For the Audiophile Mom

With heavy bass and a comfy design for your head, the 770NC’s modest noise cancellation and affordable price make it an excellent option for mom.

MSRP $199.95

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For Bridgerton on the Big Screen

Chromecast With Google TV

Many of today’s best TVs have built-in streaming capabilities, including support for Google’s Chromecast, Roku, and Fire TV. But dongles and media streamers can make older TVs smart in a flash, and Google’s Chromecast has been a popular and affordable option for years. Just plug it into Mom’s TV, then connect to Wi-Fi through the Google Home app, and she can “cast” any supported streaming service (Netflix, Max, Hulu, and more) from her phone to her TV with a few taps. If she’s got 4K, get the $49.99 upgrade.

MSRP $49.99

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For Big-Screen Private Listening

If Mom already has a Roku, she needs the Voice Remote Pro, which adds hands-free voice control and other useful features. That includes a headphone jack for private listening. Just plug a pair of headphones into the remote, and it will mute any audio going to the TV and redirect it through those headphones, so only Mom hears what’s playing. And when Dad or the kids lose the remote, she can just say, “Hey, Roku, where’s the remote?” and it’ll beep until found.

MSRP $29.99

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For Waterproof Outdoor Jams

Is Mom ready for some backyard parties this summer? JBL’s portable Charge 5 speaker delivers surprisingly powerful Bluetooth audio from a compact, waterproof frame, making it the ideal travel companion for going just about anywhere. It’s one of the best outdoor-friendly speakers, and it earns our Editors’ Choice award.

MSRP $179.95

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For Permanent Prints of Digital Memories

Maybe your mom wants some books full of pictures of those grandchildren she never gets to see except on FaceTime. Download the Recently app for iPhone, and it automagically pulls images from your camera roll and sends them off to be printed on bound archival paper into a “collection-worthy photo magazine” she’ll be happy to keep on her shelf. Let the app decide on the pics, or you choose. It costs $12.99 per month (12 books per year), or get fewer of them (just four per year) by paying $14.99 per quarter. Cancel anytime, like when the kids get ugly.

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An Enlightening Gift Option

Does your mother want to go back to school? If that’s not an option, maybe a MasterClass subscription will fulfill her educational need. This outstanding Editors’ Choice streaming service has a teaching “staff” of A-listers in their individual fields telling you what you need to know, backed by stunning production values—this isn’t cheap YouTube fluff. Writing moms especially should check out the talks from Neil Gaiman, Aaron Sorkin, and David Sedaris, for example. Here are the Best MasterClass Courses.

The Green-Thumbed Mom

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For the Gardener Who Lacks Dirt Space

Let us grow lettuce—indoors! It is possible to do so with a Lettuce Grow farmstand, which comes in multiple sizes (and outdoor options, too). It’s a great way for a green-thumb mom to start some hydroponic growing, and it can go well beyond just a leafy green. It’ll sell you the seedlings to get started on lettuce, bok choy, dill, cilantro, thyme, cherry tomatoes, and much more.

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For Starter Counter-Top Gardening

Click and Grow Smart Garden 9 Pro

Put Mom’s green thumb to work immediately growing tomatoes, basil, and lettuce (seeds included via the proprietary Smart Soil pods) in the app and touch-controlled $289.95 Smart Garden 9 Pro. She programs the lights and the watering. Once the first crop is done, she can start another, any day of the year.

MSRP $289.95

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For Serious Indoor Hydroponics

Hailed as an invention of the year by Time in 2020, Gardyn’s latest Home Kit is serious hydroponics at a level that rivals a full food laboratory (with a $899 base price to boot, not including the monthly membership fees for new seeds). Each kit is “AI-powered” to grow multiple plants, all year, so you’ll potentially have fresh produce every single day. The box includes the full five-foot-high Home Device (with grow lights, water tank, and cameras for spying on veggies), plant starters, and all the plant food and extras needed to get growing.

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For Whisking Out Weeds

Tertill Garden Weeding Robot

Mom’s green thumb could use a hand with the weeding. The Tertill Garden Weeding Robot might help—it roams like a Roomba, pulling anything shorter than itself from the soil. That’s usually a weed trying to choke out the taller plants and flowers.  It has a solar panel on top, so Mom won’t have to charge it.

The Influencer Mom

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For the Mom with Mysteriously Disappearing Charger Blocks

It’s possible that your mom’s home isn’t filled with charging blocks spilling out of every drawer. She can’t afford to lose the one she’s got to wayward chargers who visit. The Lock Socket takes care of that. Available in different sizes and configurations for different blocks (such as the old iPhone charger, the iPhone fast charger, the 12W iPad Charger, etc.), the unit can screw right into the outlet cover to keep the charger in place forever.

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For a Superior Desktop Lighting Package

Building on the rep of the excellent Litra Glow light, the Litra Beam is a 15.75-inch light bar on an extendable arm that can deliver color temps from 2,700 to 6,500 Kelvin at 400 lumens—in other words, it makes Mom look great on camera.

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Best For Lighting Up Her Life

Yesker 14 Inch LED Ringlight Kit

Whether Mom makes her own TikToks or just needs better lighting for her video calls, a ring light on a tripod can make all the difference. Yesker offers an affordable 14-inch model complete with a phone holder (you want the camera in the middle of the light), a four-level tripod, a hot shoe, an extra USB port for powering another device such as the phone, and a color-temperature control.

MSRP $119.99

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For Recording Audio as She Moves

Razer Seiren BT Lapel Mic

Is Mom ready to record her podcast about how great a job she did raising you? Help her sound her best with a lavalier lapel microphone. This $99.99 Razer Seiren BT uses Bluetooth to record directly to PCs or smartphones while clipped surreptitiously to a shirt, making it great for on-the-go vlogging. It even has two windsocks, one foam and one fuzz, to help cut down on wind noise.

MSRP $74.99

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For On-The-Go-Style Moms

Apple Watch bands are pretty dull, but easy to upgrade. For $20 to $40 you can get Mom something from WITHit that suits her style, from nylon in pink all the way up to a pearlescent bronze premium leather, with many options in between.

Last-Minute Gift Ideas

Subscription Boxes

The Best Subscription Boxes

Need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? From socks to makeup to recipe kits to gadgets, there is a subscription box for every possible product category and personality.



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