We've already passed a few big milestones for the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2025, including the deadline for submissions.
That means the contenders for our Best Buy trophies are all lined up and our reviewers have entered the testing bunker to start this year's hi-fi and home cinema battle royale, running them head-to-head to find which is the absolute best of the best.
Voting for our Readers' Award is also going to open very soon, which means you can have your say on which products and services you think deserve a hallowed What Hi-Fi? Award. Make sure to keep an eye on the site and have your say on the 15th September!
You can get all the details on the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2025 webpage. But, the short version is that our 43rd Awards will follow the same format as past events, which means there are a few key dates you need to keep an eye on.
These include:
- 17th June: our Awards 2025 page launches, with a portal for companies to submit products for consideration.
- 13th August: submissions close.
- 15th September: voting for our Readers' Award opens!
- 14th October: our Best Buy winners are announced.
- 13th November: our final Product of the Year winners are revealed at the What Hi-Fi? Awards black-tie ceremony.
As ever, our Best Buy winners are picked from products we’ve fully reviewed and recommend that are still on sale.
This is for every product that has been reviewed, not just submissions. Entering a product for submission just guarantees our team will consider it.
The Product of the Year winners are then picked from the Best Buy winners and revealed on the night of the ceremony.
On top of this we are also running special Awards categories, which work a little differently.
These include the Readers' Award and Temptation winners, a new entrant into the Hall of Fame, our Innovation of the Year, and the Outstanding Contribution Award.
The Readers’ Award winner is voted for and picked by you, our wonderful readers. The other special categories are decided by the team of experts at What Hi-Fi?
If you can’t wait for the reader vote to start, make sure to get involved with the discussion on our social media channels, forum and the comments section of this page.
We’ll constantly be checking them and endeavour to take a look at any big products you think we should review and consider for the 2025 Awards.
If you’re curious to see who won at last year’s event, you can find that out on the main What Hi-Fi? Awards page.
MORE:
Check out our What Hi-Fi? Hall of Fame
All of the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2024 winners
Find out more about the What Hi-Fi? Awards 2024 Outstanding Contribution winner
