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Neil Mawston
| 6月 10, 2022
India has potential to be one of the biggest smartglasses markets in the world. There are millions of affluent consumers, a tech-savvy culture, a...
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Neil Mawston
| 6月 10, 2022
Apple’s new watchOS 9 platform -- released this month -- is a health and fitness powerhouse.
The AFib heart and running upgrades are particularly impress...
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Neil Mawston
| 6月 10, 2022
Updated research this month from our Wearables tracker shows the global smartwatch industry is now polarizing around three major software platforms.
1. Apple w...
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Neil Mawston
| 5月 03, 2022
In a record first-quarter for Apple, WatchOS shipments worldwide rose a decent +11% YoY in Q1 2022.
The premium Series 7 led sales, with cheaper SE and legacy ...
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Neil Mawston
| 5月 03, 2022
We note Garmin's new Instinct 2 Solar smartwatch is getting quite a bit of attention online.
It is a rugged GPS smartwatch with extensive fitness features...
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Neil Mawston
| 5月 03, 2022
The drumbeat of rumors for a new Google Pixel Watch is getting louder.
A commercial launch may (or may not) be getting closer.
The Internet now claims:
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 27, 2022
Global fitnessband sales fell -21% in 2021 and are excepted to further dip -7% in 2022.
Xiaomi Mi Band and others are struggling against smartwatches. What wil...
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 27, 2022
The untethered virtual reality (UVR) headset market continues to deliver solid growth in 2022.
Smartphone-based VR is declining sharply, as standalone now...
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 27, 2022
New research (here) finds smartwatch shipments in Indonesia are quietly getting bigger than many folks realize.
We calculate Indonesia to be the world's 10th l...
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 13, 2022
We often get asked why there are so few rugged (toughened) smartwatches on sale worldwide today.
The answer is three-fold.
First, extra rugged hardware can be...
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 13, 2022
New research (here) from our Wearables team predicts a healthy 5 million smartwatches will be sold in India this year in 2022.
This makes India one of the worl...
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Neil Mawston
| 4月 13, 2022
We forecast global smartwatch sales will grow a healthy +19% in 2022.
Despite Covid, inflation and wars, the smartwatch industry will still have a good year. D...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 31, 2022
HarmonyOS -- a rival to Wear OS and watchOS -- hit a record high of 4% global smartwatch shipments marketshare in the second half of 2021.
Coming from zer...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 31, 2022
New research (here) from our Wearables (WDE) team shows fitnessband shipments slumped -40% YoY worldwide in the final quarter of 2021.
The fitband market is ta...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 31, 2022
Huawei may have taken a knock in smartphones, but it is alive and kicking in wearables...
New research this week from our Wearables (WDE) team shows Huawei ove...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 17, 2022
When you think "Huawei", you think "smartphone"...
Few people realize Huawei is actually a very popular smartwatch brand -- among the top-5 worldwide.
Hu...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 17, 2022
Good to see Xiaomi this week promoting two important smartwatch models to its growing wearables portfolio.
The Watch S1 has been on sale already sinc...
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Neil Mawston
| 3月 17, 2022
We note this week that Ray-Ban Stories smartglasses are quietly expanding their retail footprint across more countries in Europe.
First launched in 6 mark...
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David Kerr
| 3月 03, 2022
On March 2, Fitbit voluntarily recalled Ionic smartwatches sold between 2017 and 2021 due to over 115 reports of overheating and subsequent burn hazards.
The ...
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Neil Mawston
| 1月 20, 2022
New research from our Wearables (WDE) tracker predicts global smartwatch sales will grow a healthy +22% in 2022.
Smartwatches, like Apple Watch, are a high-val...
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