Tech Resolutions 2025 – 7 Ways to Survive January and Upgrade Your Life with Technology This Year
New Year’s resolutions are exactly the kind of chores you don’t need after a week of leisurely excess – so this year we’re opting for ‘technical resolutions’.
These friendlier, less intimidating commitments involve using gadgets or apps to push your life in the right direction. Or they can just help you survive the harsh month of January. Best of all, they all involve technology.
The technical resolutions below don’t mean giving up indulgences or going to gyms. Instead, they’re a mix of ideas from the Ny Breaking team on how they’ll use gadgets, apps, or a combination of both to try new hobbies, save money, or simply enjoy new board game discoveries in early 2025.
There are guides on how to lower your streaming bills, set up your iPhone 16 to take better photos in 2025, and use Notion to plan your new year. But there are also fun side quests, like how to rediscover the joy of CDs and one writer’s advice on the best cheap gadgets to take your bread-making game to the next level.
Whatever part of your tech life needs a little New Year’s enthusiasm, here’s some valuable advice. And when it all inevitably goes wrong, you can always blame the gadgets…
The money savers
Our streaming bills have quickly become bigger than Elon Musk’s ego – it’s time to take action. Ny Breaking contributor Esat Dedezade has detailed how he will embrace ‘subscription shopping’ by 2025 to save hundreds of euros on his bills.
The tactic takes a bit of planning, but luckily we’ve got it all covered for you – including a ‘cheat sheet’ that highlights all the biggest shows coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus and more in the first few months of 2025. , so you can quickly create your own plan. Trust us, you’ll feel extremely smug afterwards.
Owning an electric car can be an expensive proposition, not least because of the annoying depreciation. But whether you bought new or used, there is one thing you have control over: how much you charge.
Ny Breaking’s EV expert Leon Poultney, who spends around 72% of his life in electric cars on the road, has listed all his top tips for saving money on electric car charging by 2025. And no, it is not about buying a solar park. .
YouTube Premium has so many hidden benefits that it may be the most affordable streaming subscription available. That is the convincing argument of Ny Breaking employee David Nield, who describes why this is the only digital subscription he will maintain for all of 2025.
As he describes, YouTube Premium isn’t just about getting respite from ads (although that’s a big benefit). It also brings a whole host of bonuses like YouTube Music – which might convince you to ditch a separate music streaming service.
The life improvers
Our PS5 Pro review was enough to convince Ny Breaking contributor Darren Allan to skip the console and make another game plan for 2025 – and that involves cables.
That’s because this particular Plan B is built around connecting a gaming PC in another room to a TV in the living room. Not an insignificant task, but one that means saving a lot of money on a PS5 Pro – and ultimately creating a better gaming setup.
Do you have a tower of dusty CDs at home that audibly grumble when you open Spotify? That includes Ny Breaking contributor and CD collector Tom Wiggins, but he has a plan to rectify that by 2025.
The Fiio DM13, a modern Discman tribute act, is the key to this particular technical resolution. And it means you can experience the comeback of the mid-90s and live like it’s the pinnacle of Britpop, with even better sound quality.
The technical optimizations
Do you want to take better photos with your iPhone in 2025? This guide from Ny Breaking’s former camera editor will help you with the installation.
While it’s mainly aimed at the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro (including their new Camera Control button), many of the tips also apply to older iPhones running iOS 18.
It is now possible to get the experience and results of a traditional compact camera from your iPhone. This is how you do it.
Yes, the time has finally come: Windows 11 may be a magnet for online criticism (in many cases rightly so), but Ny Breaking computer writer Darren Allan explains why he’ll be upgrading to Microsoft’s operating system at the start of the new year.
And no, it’s not just because time is running out for Windows 10; there are now positive reasons to upgrade, including some much-needed interface improvements.