The global
wearables market reached a new all - time high as shipments reached 33.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, with Fitbit leading as it shipped 6 million units.
Not exact matches
Taiwan - based Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center predicts the global
wearables market will
reach $ 20.6 billion by 2018.
A Soreon Research report expects the
market for
wearables, which is still in its infancy, to
reach $ 41 billion by 2020, driven by growth in devices aimed at combating diabetes, sleep disorders, and cardiovascular disease.
Overall, the global
wearables market will grow over 65 % to
reach 219.4 million shipments in 2022, up from an estimated 133 million in 2018.
Statista.com predicts that the
wearable device
market will value about $ 12.64 million, while MarketWatch still predicts that Google Glass, which many consider to have been a failure, will still
reach a projected $ 1 billion in sales by 2020.
That said, the
wearables market is expected to
reach well over # 110B annually by 2026, so clearly this technology isn't going anywhere.
The Takeaway: The
market for
wearable tech is set to explode for pets; sales in this sector are expected to
reach $ 2.6 billion by 2025.
Fitbit led the
market with shipping 3.9 million
wearable devices and Chinese company Xiaomi
reached to the second position with shipping its highly affordable Mi Band fitness tracking device.
The
wearable market is continuing to grow, to be clear, but it's struggling to
reach the mainstream.
The research «forecasts that the total smart
wearables market will
reach nearly 350 million devices shipped by 2020».
With the pundits predicting a surge in the
wearables market in 2014, things look promising for Fitbit and expanding its
reach to other ecosystems via new apps is a step in the right direction for the company.
Wearables: The total health, fitness and sports tech
market — including fitness activity trackers, other health and fitness devices, hearables, over-the-counter hearing devices, smartwatches and, for the first time, sports tech (such as a smart basketballs or baseball bats)-- is expected to
reach sales of 49.3 million units in 2018 (four % increase) and earn US$ 6.4 billion (one % increase).
Amazon Alexa is one of the most popular digital assistants currently on the
market and it's about to
reach smartwatches, headphones, fitness trackers, and more
wearables this year.