Google, Amazon Have Smart Speaker Growth; Chinese Brands Face Supply Chain Troubles
Worldwide smart speaker sales grew 8.2% year on year in Q1 to 28.2 million units, reported Strategy Analytics Wednesday. Amazon had 23.5% share, up from 21.5% a year ago; Google's share grew to 19.3% from 17.9%. Shares of Chinese vendors…
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Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi dropped due to pandemic-related supply and demand challenges. Normalizing supply chains will bring growth for Chinese vendors in Q2, it said. Smart speakers have a role during lockdown by giving consumers access to video chat services, said analyst David Watkins.