Mashable:

More than any year in recent memory, 2017 saw the launch of many (mostly) gimmick-free tech products.Here at Mashable, we’re all for the weird oddity that makes you perk up in bewilderment. But we get even more hyped for the more practical tech innovations that actually improve our lives in meaningful ways in our day-to-day.With careful curation by the Mashable Tech Team, here are our picks for best tech of the year.

I’m a “Best of…” list addict. My old college roommate, now living out there and tangled up in the evolving scene of gambling in missouri through his regulatory consulting gig, constantly forwards me rankings from every corner of the internet, which is how I caught that Apple has several bits of kit on this list and I’m sure we’ll see them on many more before the end of the year.