Engadget's best of 2026

Google’s Pixel 11 earns Engadget’s Editors’ Choice with a 90-plus score, offering a triple-camera setup including a 5× telephoto lens, a new Tensor G6 processor, doubled storage, and software features such as Rambler and Proactive Suggestions. Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro tops the iPhone category, adding variable aperture, pro camera controls, sensor-signed image authentication, a smaller Dynamic Island, improved thermal management, faster charging, and new burgundy and blue colors. The MacBook Neo is highlighted as the best affordable laptop, delivering a $600 budget model that retains many premium-notebook qualities despite an 8 GB RAM limitation.