Wearables Week in Review
The week when:
- Prime wearables
- Orange counter-culture?
Public access
Home Automation Week in Review
The week when:
- Z-Wave Reaches 4,000 Certified Devices
- Insteon Hubs Start Coming Back Online
Mobile Week in Review
The week when:
- New ad delivery, at a Glance
- Consumer Cellular expands plans and debuts devices
TV & Video Week in Review
The week when:
- Xperi edges closer toward Smart TV OS with purchase
- Discovery+ goes sky high
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
SpaceX has taken the next big step with its Starlink satellite solution, gaining FCC approval to offer the service to vehicles in motion.
Promotions Marketplace -
NPD Connected Intelligence’s new Promotions Marketplace report is a monthly updated tracker providing insights into a wireless carrier and national distributor's promotional incentive practices. The report provides a detailed list of all promotional activities captured via NPD’s retail and online store visits conducted on a periodical basis. Captured promotions are categorized (i.e., service plan, accessories, device discounts, BOGOs, Gift Cards, etc.) and dated (start date/end date) for easy navigation and analysis purposes.
Service Plans Marketplace - June 2022
The NPD Connected Intelligence Service Plans Marketplace Report provides a complete view of all mobile broadband service plans offered by the nationwide postpaid and prepaid carriers. This report features each carrier's service plans on smartphones and mobile broadband products in separate tabs, which provides sectional navigation to postpaid and prepaid plans. The data is gathered from multiple sources (online and retail store surveys) during the last week of each month.
Key Highlights from the June 2022 Marketplace Reports:
Mobile Device Marketplace - June 2022
NPD Connected Intelligence's Device Marketplace report provides a comprehensive view of the US mobile device landscape through the online tracking of mobile phones and other cellular-powered products such as tablets and mobile hotspots. The monthly updated report provides device spec and pricing information on the afforementioned products available through all major postpaid and prepaid service providers' digital channels as well as national distributor outlets (including Best Buy, Walmart, Target online stores) and manufacturer direct online store of Apple.
Marketplace Report - June 2022
The Home Automation Marketplace quarterly report provides guidance on product design and product strategies. It provides item level product detail – including product attributes and average selling prices – of the home automation products currently selling at retail. Eight product categories are included: security cameras, smart entry, smart lighting, sensors, system controllers, smart power, item trackers, and kits.
Ownership of Smart Speakers Grew Nearly 40% Since 2020 in the U.S.
In the last two years, adoption of connected devices in the U.S. saw steady growth with ownership of smart speakers up nearly 40% and home automation products more than doubling, according to The NPD Group.