From reading messages to scrolling through favorite music playlists, we've tested the best touchscreen gloves to ensure they make the daily task of using a smartphone as easy as possible. More importantly, the best touchscreen gloves will also keep your hands warm in colder temperatures.
But with so many different styles and designs, it can often be tricky to find the best pair to suit your lifestyle. We looked for gloves that prioritize comfort as well as those made from premium materials. Depending on your preference, touchscreen gloves range from fabric and leather to anti-slip materials. We also evaluated how durable they are to maintain and clean.
Whether you're looking for something classy, fashionable or super practical, below we've rounded up a selection of the best touchscreen gloves to suit all tastes.
Tom's Guide compiles this list by examining the top well-reviewed pairs available. We've found suitable touchscreen gloves for everyone, from minimalists to fashionistas, as well as commuters and athletes alike. We've even found a few options sold in a ton of color options if you want everything to match.
1. Best overall: GliderGloves copper infused touch screen gloves
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These gloves feature a textured grip pattern for helping you keep a hold on the world around you. And not just the tips are smartphone compatible: the entire surface of the gloves work with your phones.
These gloves are some of the easiest to wear without losing dexterity, especially in your thumb and pointer finger, which you'll want free to use on your phone.
2. Best waterproof: Sealskinz Waterproof All Weather Insulated Glove
One hurdle you're going to encounter with most of the other gloves on this list is a lack of waterproofing. It's not easy to use a touchscreen when it's wet outside anyway, but it can be nice to have that waterproofing as a safeguard if dour weather is on the horizon.
I didn't believe this when I first ordered these gloves, but the touchscreen-friendly material on the thumb and forefinger is actually built into the leather. It can be a bit stiff when you first put them on, but after a few weeks of trying them on every day, I'm noticing that they've loosened up and flex more freely.
3. Best knit: C.C Unisex cable knit anti-slip gloves
While it may not look like it from a glance, these gloves from C.C have conductive material woven into the thumb and forefinger that will allow you to use your screen without any stiff, unwieldy pads. Better yet, their knit design is as warm as it is inconspicuous.
Made with a soft acrylic for a one-size-fits-most design, these gloves have smart-tips on the thumb and index fingers, to help you tap through whatever you need to get done in the cold. Plus, the faux-suede palm grip will help you keep your hold on practically anything.
4. Best lightweight: Achiou Winter Warm Touchscreen Gloves
Available in ten different colors, including the Rose Red design seen below, these touchscreen gloves are as snazzy as they are functional. Grippy silicone triangles on the palms aim to keep your phone in your hand -- and not in the snow below you -- while their knit wool fabric provides softness and warmth in the winter. Each glove features thumb, index and middle finger tips designed to activate touchscreens.
Oh, and don't worry about clammy palms, the Achious have a breathable material, keeping you dry and in the clear. With that combination of color options, warmth and extras, Achiou's made a pair to consider as the best touchscreen gloves. Available in medium, large and x-large.
4. Isotoner women’s stretch fleece smarTouch gloves
Isotoner, maker of umbrellas and other cold-weather accessories, also makes smartphone-friendly gloves. This pair is made with stretchy fleece, and features spill fringe, the lining material that extends outside of the glove.
Sold in black, multiple shades of gray, Really Red and leopard, these gloves look to fit into your personal style. Screen-activating sections placed on thumbs, index and middle fingers. One size fits all.
How to choose the best touchscreen gloves
While we're all trying to find the cheapest pair — it's bad enough our phones can't recognize regular gloves — there are reasons to consider the more expensive pairs on this list. For example, look for gloves with the activation material usage you're looking for.
Some gloves only can actuate screens with material used on the tips of the thumbs, index and middle fingers, while other gloves are entirely made out of that material that interacts with your phone screen. The latter might sound better, but think about accidentally activating your phone screen, and that leading to typos and unintentional phone numbers.
Lastly, as someone who shops for these gloves myself, I recommend you err on the side of a larger glove. All hands are different, but many gloves I've purchased over the years felt a bit too snug.
All the rest is between you and your sense of style and aesthetics.
How we found the best touchscreen gloves
On top of several winters of personal use in a variety of condition, we picked these gloves based on key, foundational specs such as their materials, weight, waterproofing, and how that all relates to the price. Though we haven't had our hands on (or in) all of these models ourselves, we relied on a combination of our experience with similar products and an internet's worth of user reviews to come to a holistically sourced conclusion.
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