Wearables Week in Review
The week when:
- BMW joins the smart glasses race
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is coming
- Haptic gaming
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The week when:
- BMW joins the smart glasses race
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 is coming
- Haptic gaming
The week when:
- Nothing?
- Hey Google! You’re back!
The week when Apple made its annual announcements.
- Widgets are back
- And of course, the Vision Pro
The week when:
- Smart ring competition
- Garmin preps a new launch
The week when:
- Oura hits the High Street
- Amazon’s Halo loses its shine
The strong emphasis that the manufacturers place on the health and fitness functionality is of questionable value to us mere mortals. To expand the market to a broader consumer base, they need to evolve their approach and, perhaps, take some bold steps.
The quarterly Wearable Marketplace report provides a detailed listing of the latest consumer wearable products that are in market, or expected to launch soon. The report tracks a wide variety of wearable product metrics and also provides useful infographics on the various wearable devices and device categories.
The week when:
- Apple sets date for WWDC23
- Bigger is better?
The latest Wearables Profile Report has been published. This report provides a side-by-side view of different consumer profiles, offering an easy way to view differences among the consumer base. The report leverages the same data as the Ownership and Usage reports.
As we saw in the Ownership report, the consumer base for smartwatches has stalled at 38 percent in the past six months, after a previous surge in ownership. This flattening has happened despite the fact that 40 percent of activity tracker owners said they plan to upgrade to a smartwatch.