The Most Disappointing Gadgets of 2021

Some were ugly, some were flawed, and some were flat-out awful. These are the products that disappointed us this year.

Gizmodo Staff Published December 31, 2021 | Comments (0) |

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We review a lot of gadgets here at Gizmodo, and honestly, many of them are good. We detailed our favorites here. But we also see a lot of really bad products—some are just plain bad, while others are capable and well-designed but fatally flawed in one way or another (usually when it comes to privacy). Still others were announced this year but not released—and maybe we’ll never actually get a chance to see them in action because they’re so ill-conceived. There are a lot of ways for gadgets to be bad! Here are the gadgets that disappointed us this year.