The best touchscreen gloves in 2025

The North Face's popular Etips are great winter gloves overall. They're made from a blend of polyester and four-watch stretch fleece with a conductive polymer coating for touchscreen compatibility.

What really makes these gloves special is that you can use all of your fingers on a touchscreen, not just your index fingers and thumbs like most other tech-friendly gloves. This, along with radiometric articulation technology, which keeps your hands in their relaxed resting position, and ample grip, makes the Etip Gloves feel very natural to wear. Just about anything you can do without gloves on, you'll be able to do while wearing The North Face Etip Gloves. 

These aren't the warmest tech-friendly gloves you can buy, but the balance between wearability and comfort still makes them the best. Having gloves that are marginally less warm but not at all bulky makes up for the difference. 

Read my full review on The North Face Etip Gloves.

Keep things minimal and clean with a stretch-heather knit pair of touchscreen-enabled gloves from the alpine gear purveyors at Gordini. The lined fingertip design allows for enhanced grip and easy comfort when using your device, while the stretch fabric is insulating and yet soft.

Refined leather gloves are a prime finishing touch to many a winter ensemble — and you can still use your phone all the while with this sleek pair from Isotoner. The geniune leather stretches, while the tech-ready utility is a bonus. Despite being a thicker material, these gloves work surprisingly well on touchscreen devices. Once you get to the lack of a tactile feel while using your device without gloves, you'll be impressed with how responsive Isotoner's gloves are. These are an especially great choice if you're planning to wear these to work and need to look a bit dressier.

Four size options and proprietary NB Heat technology ensure the right fit for every runner, along with seamless functionality on the course or at the track. The 3D stretch fabric delivers comfort, while touchscreen-enabled fabric at the thumb and index finger makes communication seamless on the go — even in the cold. Being a thinner glove, these are naturally easier to use. If

The hi-lite green color makes them great for visibility, but you'll find basic colors if that's what you prefer.

Finding the right balance between stretch fabric and warmth is sometimes tricky, but not when it comes to this pair of the best touchscreen gloves. The thicker knit delivers warmth for your digits, and grippy markers extend across the palm of the glove - alongside fingertip touchscreen tech where you need it the most, of course.

Vessi's made-for-everyone Forecast Gloves use proprietary waterproof technology and fabric, then update even that innovative design with touchscreen-friendly fingertips at the thumb and index finger. Even the palm is ultra-grippy, so you needn't worry about losing your smartphone in wintry weather.

There's a tricky middle ground between a touchscreen glove that's too thick or too thin — Helly Hansen solves that problem by creating a pair meant to work either as a liner inside its alpine gloves or on their own. The result is streamlined and versatile enough for casual outings or for staying connected during alpine sporting pursuits.

How do touchscreen gloves work?

Touchscreen gloves work seamlessly thanks to conductive technology, which uses special material to transmit energy and electricity from your fingertips through the glove itself.

Why should I choose a pair of touchscreen gloves?

Touchscreen gloves make it easier to stay both connected and warm on the go, as touchscreen gloves make it so that you can operate your phone without having to remove the glove itself. Most importantly, touchscreen gloves keep your digits warm, and they protect your phone screen from exposure to your cold fingertips during winter's worst weather.

While this list includes a variety of gloves with different materials, weights, and uses, they each need to do well in with touchscreen functionality. To test the gloves, I came up with a short message to type while wearing them:

Hi, my name is Amir Ismael! My phone number is [ten digit phone number]. My address is [street town state and zip code]. My favorite color is blue and my favorite emoji is ????.

The simple message includes a good variety of upper case letters, lower case letters, punctuation, numbers, and the ever-important emjoi.