New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- In a year packed with incremental upgrades and spec-sheet flexes, there are products that make even the most jaded of tech observers and consumers pause, smile, and say "wait, it can do that?" From phones that reimagined photography, to others that changed expectations around prevalent form factors, to laptops and smart accessories that married powerful with purposeful. Here's a look at the gadgets that defined the year and conversations around them-stuff that didn't just impress, it wowed.

Smart glasses are having a moment this year, boosted by new devices like the Meta Ray-Ban Display and the sheer number of folks picking up the Ray-Ban Meta 2 and the Oakley Meta and using them as they go about each day. Our pick ...