Samsung is preparing to launch a new generation of branded smartwatches. In the meantime, your information begins to accumulate on the network.
If you believe in the technology insider Ice Universe, whose track record is quite worthy of respect, the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch Active 4 models will be announced shortly.
Apparently, the company will not wait for the traditional flagship smartphone presentation in August. According to Ice Universe, the Korean manufacturer will introduce the new smartwatches as early as the second quarter of 2021, starting in April and ending in June.
The main question regarding Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch Active 4 is whether they will remain on the Tizen software platform or migrate to Wear OS (formerly Android Wear). There have been reports on the Internet that the company is preparing a smartwatch that will use Android instead of Tizen. They even mentioned their codenames – Wise and Fresh. Perhaps it will be other watch models that will be presented in addition to the Galaxy Watch line, but it is also possible to transfer the Galaxy Watch series itself to Wear OS.
It was also previously reported that the new generation of Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch Active 4 watches will be able to determine the blood glucose level.
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The smartwatches market grew only 1.5% in 2020
Counterpoint Research analysts summarized the last quarter of 2020 in the smartwatch market. As this is the last quarter of the year, the report includes data for the year as a whole.
Therefore, in the fourth quarter of 2020, the smartwatch market declined slightly on an annualized basis. Analysts attribute this to a new wave of pandemic, which has negatively affected sales. Overall, the market grew only 1.5% in the year.
Not all manufacturers have experienced the impact of negative factors to the same extent. Thus, Apple, the market leader, increased shipments from 28.4 million units in 2019 to 33.9 million units in 2020, that is, 19%. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple held 40% of the market. In the previous year, Apple’s share was 34%.
Samsung is in second place in the quarter with 10%. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the South Korean giant’s share was 9%. Throughout 2020, Samsung sold 9.1 million devices. This is about 1% less than in 2019. At the end of the year, Samsung ranked third.
The third place in the quarterly ranking belongs to Huawei. Huawei’s share is 8%, in the fourth quarter of 2019 it was 9%. In 2020, the company shipped 11.1 million devices, increasing shipments compared to 2019, when 8.7 million devices were shipped, 26%. As a result, at the end of the year, Huawei ranked second.
The first five – for the quarter and the year – also include BBK and Fitbit. However, they have nothing to brag about: the first dispatched 6.6 million smartwatches in one year, which is 9% less in annual terms, and the second – 5.9 million, which is 4% less. Quarterly, Fitbit holds 7% of the market, BBK – 6%.
