Category: Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics market research reports by IDC
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Leveraging "See What I See" Technology to Assist Frontline Workers
Leveraging "See What I See" Technology to Assist Frontline Workers This IDC Perspective examines See What I See Augmented Reality (AR) technologies. The easiest way to understand See What I See is as videoconferencing for frontline workers who need support from a remote colleague. This assistance m ... Read More
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Worldwide Smart TV Device Market Shares, 2021: Samsung, LG, and TCL Capture Half of the Total Market Volume
Worldwide Smart TV Device Market Shares, 2021: Samsung, LG, and TCL Capture Half of the Total Market Volume This IDC study examines the 2021 market shares of the major vendors in the worldwide smart TV device market."The COVID-19 pandemic served as a net boon to the U.S. smart home market in 2020 an ... Read More
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Microsoft Azure Platforms Key to Support New Ventures in 365 Business Applications, Metaverse, Cloud Gaming, and More
Microsoft Azure Platforms Key to Support New Ventures in 365 Business Applications, Metaverse, Cloud Gaming, and More This IDC Market Note highlights Microsoft's announcement of new products and services for wave 1 (April to September 2022) by taking into context the impact it will have on the Azure ... Read More
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Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2021: The Ninth-Generation Race Tightens
Worldwide Home Video Game Console Market Shares, 2021: The Ninth-Generation Race Tightens This IDC study examines and contrasts the major video game console platforms from several market share angles in particular in the 2012–2021 period, with an emphasis on the 2020-2021 dynamic. Global market shar ... Read More
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U.S. Smart Speaker Market Shares, 2021: Amazon and Google Maintain Dominance, But Market Shows Signs of Cooling
U.S. Smart Speaker Market Shares, 2021: Amazon and Google Maintain Dominance, But Market Shows Signs of Cooling This IDC study discusses the U.S. smart speaker market shares for 2021."The COVID-19 pandemic inflated demand in 2020 and 2021 as consumers shifted spending priorities in-house, but now in ... Read More
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Worldwide Smart Speaker Market Shares, 2021: Amazon, Google, and Baidu Maintain Dominance in a Rapidly Cooling Market
Worldwide Smart Speaker Market Shares, 2021: Amazon, Google, and Baidu Maintain Dominance in a Rapidly Cooling Market This IDC study discusses worldwide smart speaker market shares for 2021."The COVID-19 pandemic inflated demand in 2020 and 2021 as consumers shifted spending priorities in-house, bu ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented Reality Hardware Market Shares, 2021: Microsoft, Shadow Creator Grow Volumes Despite Market Slide
Worldwide Augmented Reality Hardware Market Shares, 2021: Microsoft, Shadow Creator Grow Volumes Despite Market Slide This IDC study provides a view of worldwide augmented reality hardware market shares by vendor for 2021."Growth remained uneven in the AR headset market during 2020," said Tom Mainel ... Read More
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Canadian Wearable Computing Device Forecast, 2022–2026
Canadian Wearable Computing Device Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study presents the Canadian wearable computing device forecast for the 2022–2026 period. IDC Canada's wearables forecast incorporates multiple metrics to determine the outcomes, including growth rates, average selling prices (ASPs), and ... Read More
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Wearable Devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa: Market Analysis and Vendor Highlights, 2021
Wearable Devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa: Market Analysis and Vendor Highlights, 2021 This IDC study covers market unit, value ($M), and share (%) data for wearable computing devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa from 2020 to 2021. It also identifies the top-performing ... Read More
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U.S. Smart Home Device Market Shares, 2021: Amazon and Google Lead in Volume, Samsung Leads in Value
U.S. Smart Home Device Market Shares, 2021: Amazon and Google Lead in Volume, Samsung Leads in Value This IDC study discusses the U.S. smart home device market shares for 2021."The COVID-19 pandemic served as a net boon to the U.S. smart home market in 2020 and 2021 as consumers shifted their spendi ... Read More
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U.S. Digital Media Adapter Market Shares, 2021: Amazon Edges Out Roku for Top Spot
U.S. Digital Media Adapter Market Shares, 2021: Amazon Edges Out Roku for Top Spot This IDC study examines the market share of the major vendors in the U.S. digital media adapters market in 2021."Despite the proliferation of smart TVs in recent years, streaming players remained broadly popular in 20 ... Read More
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GDC 2022 Postmortem: IaaS Stepped Forward
GDC 2022 Postmortem: IaaS Stepped Forward This IDC Market Note summarizes and contextualizes several game development–related sessions and meetings from GDC 2022, which took place in San Francisco in late March. "A prominent theme at this year's conference was the importance of supporting distribute ... Read More
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Worldwide Wearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple's Market Share Slows While Smaller Companies Gain
Worldwide Wearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple's Market Share Slows While Smaller Companies Gain This IDC study examines the market share of the major vendors in the worldwide wearables market in 2021."2021 marked another strong year for the wearables market, although much of the volume and value we ... Read More
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Worldwide Hearables Market Shares, 2021: Smaller Vendors Erode Apple and Samsung Hearables Market Shares in 2021
Worldwide Hearables Market Shares, 2021: Smaller Vendors Erode Apple and Samsung Hearables Market Shares in 2021 Apple accounted for 36.2% of the hearables market by volume in 2021, sparking upgrade demand with the launch of its third-generation AirPods late in the year. Samsung followed next with i ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch Market Shares, 2021: Apple Loses Share, Samsung Gains Ground
U.S. Smartwatch Market Shares, 2021: Apple Loses Share, Samsung Gains Ground This IDC study examines the market shares of the major vendors in the U.S. smartwatch market in 2021."2021 was a year of retrenchment for the U.S. smartwatch market," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearab ... Read More
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U.S. Wearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple and Earwear Rule
U.S. Wearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple and Earwear Rule This IDC study examines the market shares of major vendors in the U.S. wearables market in 2021."2021 was a year of retrenchment in the U.S. wearables market," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director, IDC's Wearables team. "Hearables — wildl ... Read More
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U.S. Hearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple Pushes Market Share Above 60% in the United States
U.S. Hearables Market Shares, 2021: Apple Pushes Market Share Above 60% in the United States This IDC study provides vendor market shares for the U.S. hearables market for 2021"Hearables remained the most popular wearable device in the United States, thanks in large part to sustained demand from 20 ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartwatch Forecast, 2022–2026: CY 2Q22
Worldwide Smartwatch Forecast, 2022–2026: CY 2Q22 This IDC study discusses the forecast for the worldwide smartwatch market for 2022–2026."2022 is the start of a new era in the smartwatch market from an OS perspective," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC's Wearables program. "Apple will ... Read More
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Worldwide Smartwatch Market Shares, 2021: Apple Slips, While Samsung Gains
Worldwide Smartwatch Market Shares, 2021: Apple Slips, While Samsung Gains This IDC study examines the market shares of vendors in the worldwide smartwatch market in 2021."2021 was a year of mixed results, with the big getting bigger, other companies pivoting toward a different strategy, and still o ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch Forecast, 2022–2026
U.S. Smartwatch Forecast, 2022–2026 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for smartwatch shipments in the United States."Sustained end-user interest, a growing number of devices, and a constantly improving experience all point to continued growth in the U.S. smartwatch market," says Ramon T ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 1Q22
Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2022–2026: CY 1Q22 This IDC study provides an updated forecast for the worldwide augmented and virtual reality hardware market for the 2022–2026 period."The worldwide AR/VR market finished on a strong note in 2021 with renewed interes ... Read More
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Worldwide Virtual Reality Headset Market Shares, 2021: Oculus Dominates with 80%
Worldwide Virtual Reality Headset Market Shares, 2021: Oculus Dominates with 80% This IDC study provides a brief overview of the worldwide virtual reality headset market in 2021."The worldwide virtual reality head-mounted display market took a strong step forward in 2021, thanks in large part to Ocu ... Read More
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How Augmented and Virtual Reality Enable the Metaverse for the Future of Work
How Augmented and Virtual Reality Enable the Metaverse for the Future of Work This IDC Perspective discusses how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are preparing companies for the ever-evolving metaverse. It underscores several current use cases — virtual meetings, virtual training and ... Read More
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The Future Consumer Agenda: Mapping Out How Consumers Will Use Technologies That Drive Major Market Shifts
The Future Consumer Agenda: Mapping Out How Consumers Will Use Technologies That Drive Major Market Shifts This IDC Market Note outlines why executives fall short with conventional approaches analyzing for tech-driven consumer disruption. Leaders need to use the Future Consumer framework to plan for ... Read More
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Metaverse and Web3: Toward the Next Big Flip? Key Takeaways from IDC's CIO Advisory Board — February 2022
Metaverse and Web3: Toward the Next Big Flip? Key Takeaways from IDC's CIO Advisory Board — February 2022 This IDC Market Perspective assesses the rise of Web3 and the Metaverse in the context of the broader technology market. Drawing from a CIO Roundtable discussion held in February 2022 and modera ... Read More