Wear OS becomes the 2nd largest wearable platform thanks to Samsung

Terminal updated: November 22nd, 2021 at 15:34 UTC+01:00

Wear OS is now the 2nd-largest smartwatch platform afterward Apple tree's Spotter Bone, and it all seems to be thank you to Samsung'southward contributions. Vesture OS had a market share of only four% in the second quarter of the twelvemonth, just the platform captured a whopping 17% market share by the finish of Q3.

Habiliment Os 3 was adult in collaboration with Samsung, and equally many of you know, the Galaxy Watch four series is powered by this operating system rather than Tizen Os. Samsung joining the Wear OS camp meant that every new Galaxy Watch iv model sold would heave the marketplace share of Habiliment OS, and it did.

Apple's wearable software platform (Watch Os) had a 22% market share at the terminate of Q3 — five% higher than Vesture Bone. However, Watch Os lost significant market share throughout the year and dropped from xl% in Q4 2020 to 33% in Q1 2021, slipping further to 28% in Q2.

Apple tree lost 10% YoY smartwatch market share merely could soon recover

Apple's lost software marketplace share is reflected by the company's poorer Apple Spotter sales figures. While Samsung increased its global smartwatch market share year-on-twelvemonth from Q3 2022, Apple'southward share dropped by a pregnant 10% YoY. This, forth with Huawei losing more than basis, allowed Samsung to strengthen its concord over the global smartwatch market place and rank 2nd by the finish of the third quarter.

However, the twelvemonth is non over, and Samsung could be facing stronger opposition in Q4. Counterpoint Research notes that the Apple Watch Series 7 got delayed until Q4, which meant that the latest wearables didn't count toward the company'south market share in Q3. Hence, Q4 could have a dissimilar outcome. The vacation shopping season is hard to predict, especially during a global semiconductor shortage, and so time will tell if Samsung and Clothing OS will be able to keep their momentum.

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