SA report: shipments of Q3 global smartwatch market grow 15% year on year in 2022, SA Wear OS reaches the highest level in seven years

CTOnews.com, December 7 (Xinhua)-- after a downturn in Q2 in 2022-growth fell to zero due to the recession, shipments of the global smartwatch market recovered sharply in 2022, up 15% from a year earlier, according to a Strategy Analytics research report.

The industry has returned to growth thanks to a wave of new models from top brands such as Apple, Samsung and Fitbit. New Wear OS device models, such as the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5, are clearly popular with users.

Google Wear OS platform's share of the global smartwatch market reached its highest level in seven years in the most recent 2022 Q3, according to new research by the Strategy Analytics wearable Devices (WDE) team. This is a milestone. Wear OS is seeing a new spark of life.

CTOnews.com learned that Wear OS, driven by the popular Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 4 models, cemented Google's second operating system share, second only to Apple's watchOS.

At the same time, Fitbit OS resumed share growth thanks to the launch of Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4, while Huawei Hongmeng's HarmonyOS share increased as it shifted to newer HUAWEI Watch 3 and GT3 / GT3 Pro models.

"shipments of SA:2022 Q3 global fitness bracelets fell by another 40% year on year, and consumers tend to buy smartwatches."