10 Cool Holiday Tech Gifts And Gadgets For Grandparents

For green thumbs and coffee lovers to amateur photographers and late-in-life nannies, here are 10 cool gadgets that can serve as great holiday or Christmas gifts for grandparents in 2021.

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The latest tech gifts and gadgets can make everything from medication management and locating valuables to downsizing to an apartment and maintaining long-distance relationships with grandchildren easier and more rewarding. Whether you’re babysitting the grandkids or seeking companionship from a newly adopted cat or kitten, CRN has the perfect Christmas gift, Hanukkah gift or Kwanzaa gift for you.

These gifts for grandparents make everything from gardening and drinking coffee to adopting proper posture and raising grandchildren simpler and more enjoyable. For green thumbs and coffee lovers to amateur photographers and late-in-life nannies, here are 10 cool gadgets that can serve as great holiday or Christmas gifts for grandparents in 2021.

Aura Mason Luxe Digital Photo Frame

If you’re not able to watch your grandchildren grow in-person, the Aura Mason Luxe is the next best thing. It makes it possible for parents to capture their children’s latest accomplishments and share them with the grandparents in a digital photo frame.

The Mason Luxe offers effortless photo and video uploading from anywhere using the Aura app, which is available on both iOS and Android. Photos are rotated to display in either landscape or portrait mode, while a built-in speaker allows grandma and grandpa to hear sound from their grandkids’ videos.

The Mason Luxe will show photos and videos in either a chronological or a randomly shuffled order and offers an adjustable slideshow speed so that the photos change as far or slow as grandma and grandpa want. The Mason Luxe digital photo frame is available on Aura’s website for $229.

Click and Grow Smart Garden 9

Many people downsize from a house to an apartment or condominium once their children have moved out, and the Click and Grow Smart Garden 9 allows green thumbs to stay in the gardening game even if they no longer have a backyard. It even offers a controlled environment for grandparents to teach their grandchildren gardening basics.

The Smart Garden 9 offers automatic watering, a perfect amount of light thanks to pro-grow lights, and a perfect amount of nutrients and oxygen at root level. And a companion app can help grandparents newer to gardening become a plant expert.

Grandparents can choose from more than 75 pre-seeded plant pods from the Smart Garden 9 selection or use their own seeds. Click and Grow also offers a complementary set of three tomato, three basil, and three lettuce plant capsules. The Smart Garden 9 is available on the Click and Grow website for $172.46.

Cubo Ai Plus Smart Baby Monitor

Many grandparents get enlisted to babysit while mom and dad are working or if the parents want a night on the town, and the Cubo Ai Plus Smart Baby Monitor can keep grandchildren safe during both naptime and playtime. During naptime, Cubo Ai’s face detection technology alerts grandma and grandpa if an infant’s mouth and nose are covered or if the little one is stuck when attempting to roll over.

Cubo’s sleep analytics bring parents accurate information about their baby’s night from how long their little one actually slept to how often they require caregiver visits. And grandparents don’t have to worry about missing infant milestones since Cubo’s AI can detect if a baby is smiling, crying, or making big moves and will automatically snap a photo the first time a grandchild lifts their head or sits up.

For toddlers, Cubo’s Danger Zone Alert warns grandparents if their grandchildren are entering an area of the house that’s designated as unsafe for them such as near a stove or shop tools. The Ai Plus Smart Baby Monitor is available on Cubo’s website for $199.

Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug

Nothing beats a warm cup of coffee on a frigid winter morning, and the Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug keeps java at the perfect temperature no matter how long it takes grandma or grandpa to sip their beverage. Ember’s thermostat starts at 135 degrees Fahrenheit and can be adjusted from there, while the included charging coaster means grandparents can sip their all day long.

The Ember mug is embedded with multiple sensors to ensure accurate temperature control and liquid level detection, while a convection current at the molecular level circulates the coffee from top to bottom so that every sip is perfectly uniform. The Ember mug “wakes up” when hot liquid is poured in and “sleeps” when empty or not in use, and the temperature can be controlled via smartphone app.

A 10-ounce Ember Mug can be maintained at between 120 degrees Fahrenheit and 145 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 90 minutes, while a 14-ounce Ember Mug can be maintained at the desired temperature for 80 minutes. The Temperature Control Smart Mug is available on Ember’s website for $99.95.

Esky Key Finder

Nothing is more frustrating than being all ready to go somewhere important and being unable to find the car keys. Esky makes lost keys a thing of the past, offers anywhere between four and six receivers that can be attached to grandma or grandpa’s most treasured items to make sure they’re never misplaced.

Grandparents can be led to lost items by a beeping sound after they press the color-coded button on the Esky transmitter, which can also be used as a flashlight in darkness. Esky’s radio frequency can penetrate through walls, floors, cushions, and leather to help find items up to 30 meters – or 98 feet – away.

Esky’s remote control is equipped with a light for better night visibility when locating the buttons, and the receivers can be placed on anything from smartphones and remote controllers to eyeglass cases and pet collars. The key finder with four receivers is available on Esky’s website for $24.99.

Filimin Friendship Lamps

Being apart from children and grandchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly difficult, but the Filimin Friendship Lamps can ensure you’re never out of mind even if you’re out of sight. Each family member connects the Friendship Lamp to their Wi-Fi, and then touches the lamp whenever they are thinking of their loved ones.

Friendship Lamps can only be activated by other Friendship Lamps, but grandparents must have at least two to connect. An unlimited number of lamps can be linked or a new or existing group for grandparents with larger extended families.

Each lamp has 256 programmable colors, so each child, grandchild, aunt, uncle, and cousin should be able to select their absolute favorite color no matter how particular it is. The Friendship Lamps are available on Filimin’s website for $105.

KODAK STEP Instant Mobile Photo Printer

Convert photos of your grandkids from the digital world to the physical one with the KODAK STEP Instant Mobile Photo Printer. The pocket-sized printer allows you to take the latest and greatest photos of your grandkids off your child’s Facebook or Instagram page and instantly print the pictures on 2-foot-by-3-foot smudgeproof, waterproof sticky-backed photo paper.

The Instant Mobile Photo Printer has a built-in rechargeable battery and can print 25 photos off a single charge. A free editing app is available on iOS and Android, and allows grandparents to add borders, stickers, and filters to their pictures.

The Instant Mobile Phone Printer can also print photos from a grandparents’ camera roll on their smartphone, and is available on KODAK’s website for $70.

Memo Box Electronic Pill Organizer

Pills we’re expected to take can pile up as we age, and it can become difficult to remember how much of each medication we’re expected to take when. Fortunately, the Memo Box Electronic Bill Organizer automatically records all pill intake, alerts grandparents to potential double-dosing with buzzing and a LED light, and notifies grandparents if they accidentally leave their pill box behind.

Users can set up pill reminder on both the electronic pill box as well as the Memo smartphone app with a wireless Bluetooth connection. Visual and audio med alarms repeat every 10 minutes and can persist for 30 minutes or 90 minutes depending on what the grandparent prefer. If users open the pill box to access meds during that interval, Memo Bill will consider the dose taken and discontinue the alarm.

Family members and doctors can remotely track grandparents’ real-time medication intake using the app, and the app will notify users if they’re departing from a frequently visited location such as a home or office without their pill box. The mini electronic pill organizer is available on Memo’s website for $40.

Smarty Pear Leo’s Loo Too Self-Cleaning Litter Box

Cats can provide welcome companionship once adult children move out of the house but cleaning up after them can become increasingly difficult as the year progress. The Leo’s Loo Too self-cleaning litter box features odor elimination, noise levels quieter than most home appliances, and advanced sensors, radar, and anti-pinch technology to keep cats and kittens safe.

Grandparents can remotely monitor and control Loo Too from anywhere in the world using the Leo’s smartphone app, which allows them to access and adjust setting and view activity reports anywhere they have an internet connection. Leo’s Loo Too easily integrates with both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, meaning that users can turn the little box off and adjust key settings with the voice assistant.

The litter box offers: a state-of-the-art radar system that forms a protective wall; four weight sensors that detect when a cat or kitten is inside the drum; and an aerospace-grade anti-pinch sensor at the top of the waste drawer. The Leo’s Loo too Self-Cleaning Litter Box is available on the Smarty Pear website for $549.99.

Upright GO 2 Posture Trainer

The ramifications of poor posture increase with age, and it’s never too late to start sitting up straighter. The Upright device is placed on the grandparents’ neck using a necklace or adhesive, and grandparents can set up their own posture goals using the Upright mobile app. Users get real-time posture feedback for instant posture correction, and can track their progress using the Upright mobile app.

Grandparents get daily posture analysis and progress reports in the Upright mobile app and should expect to see substantial results that stick in less than two weeks. Upright said its technology improves sitting discomfort by 46 percent, reduces back pain by 54 percent, and leads to an 86 percent posture improvement.

The Upright GO 2 strengthens back and core muscles for better spinal support, is simple to use since it doesn’t require any straps or belt, and builds healthy posture habits that last even when grandparents aren’t wearing the device. The GO 2 is available on Upright’s website for $63.95.