2022 Top Toy Trends: Tech Takeover

This learn-to-read program combines speech recognition with physical books and an iOS app. It includes an app, four books, an interactive wand, and an Osmo base and reflector. Monthly subscription available for additional books.

Kids can practice STEM skills by assembling puzzle cards into a map, drawing a coding challenge card, and coding the vehicle to complete the mission. The set comes with three vehicle shells, 15 challenge cards, and accessories.

Kids can fly the Force Hover Drone without a remote control. The drone's smart sensors detect its surroundings, so kids can toss it into the air and control it with their hand movements.

Use the light-up magic wand and say the magic words to make the crystal ball fill with mist, which clears to reveal an interactive, fortune-telling Magic Mixie. Features more than 80 lights, sounds, and reactions.

Kids can train Digital Monsters on this wearable band by completing active missions, such as shadowboxing, squatting, walking, and more. As kids move, the Digital Monster will evolve. Kids can battle them solo or with friends.

Go beyond the world of 2D drawing with PiKA3D. Kids can build their PiKA character and then construct elements to expand its world. With the PiKA3D Super 3D pen, they'll start by creating simple, 3D shapes that serve as the building blocks to more complex design thinking.

Available in Toy Story, Cars, Mickey and Friends, and Frozen designs, these tablets come with themed games, apps, and more. The tablets feature parental controls and include a year of free access to Gamestore Junior.

Kids can listen to music and guided activities with these Bluetooth-compatible headphones that do not require web connections, downloads, or account setups. They come with a 14-page guidebook to accompany the audio adventures, pairing soundscapes with illustrations.