What They Say
Counterpoint Research posted its result for Q1 2021 in the global smartwatch market. Apple grew its share by 3 points to 33.5% and although Samsung grew by 27% YoY, it lost share from 10.1% to 8.4%.
These volumes include basic smartwatches with low-level proprietary OS or RTOS (like from Xiaomi and OPPO), kids smartwatches (like from BBK, Huawei and Vodafone Neo) and high-level smartwatches (like from Apple, Samsung and Garmin).
Counterpoint also looked at share by OS (which is similar as most brands have their own OS). The firm pointed out that WearOS has suffered from a lack of features, battery optimization and chipset support. This has limited its share to a mere 4% of the global smartwatch market.
What We Think
If you needed some data support your thoughts about the WearOS/Tizen merger, these two charts really do it! (BR)
Counterpoint Research Global Smartwatch Market Shipments Share Q1 2021 – Click for higher resolution
Counterpoint Research Global Smartwatch Shipments Share by Operating System. Click for higher resolution
