{"id":369251,"date":"2025-12-25T11:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369251\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T11:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T11:52:15","slug":"global-smartwatches-surge-past-150m-shipments-in-2025-huawei-leads-xiaomi-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/369251\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Smartwatches Surge Past 150M Shipments in 2025\u2014Huawei Leads, Xiaomi Soars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The global wrist-worn device market has shipped over 150 million units during the first three quarters of the year 2025. This category combines smartwatches<\/a> and fitness trackers. As per IDC\u2019s latest report<\/a>, this represents a 10% increase over the same period last year. Huawei<\/a> has been the leader for the past 9 months, while Xiaomi<\/a> was the fastest-growing smartwatch maker among the top 5 during the first three quarters of 2025.<\/p>\n

Xiaomi was the fastest-growing\u00a0smartwatch maker in the first three quarters of 2025<\/p>\n

The simple and affordable fitness trackers segment experienced a substantial increase<\/a> in demand, with a 21.3% year-over-year growth. A total of 32.86 million units were shipped during the period. As for Huawei, the Watch GT 6 and Watch GT 6 Pro drove the company\u2019s shipments. Though the company shipped a total of 28.6 million units globally, a vast majority of those (20.8 million) were from China. IDC reports that Huawei is working on expanding its overseas footprint.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Xiaomi that holds the top 2 spot and is apparently the fastest-growing manufacturer among the top 5 in 2025. It shipped a total of 27.9 million units and saw a strong demand for affordable models like the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 and other Redmi watches. Besides a strong demand in China, Xiaomi also had a notable presence in Southeast Asia and South America.<\/p>\n

Apple settled in the top 3 spot globally and the top 4 in China. The company has reportedly stabilized its position in the mid-to-high-end market. This year, the company\u2019s focus was on 5G cellular network capabilities and satellite messaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Samsung reversed its decline<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Samsung in the top 4 spot globally. The company has been on a decline during the first half of the year, but with the arrival of Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic wearables<\/a> in Q3, it was able to reverse this. The company achieved a year-on-year increase in cumulative shipments for the first three quarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

IDC predicts that China\u2019s wrist-worn device market shipments could reach 79.58 million units in 2026, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. IDC says that advanced connectivity, along with integrating AI applications and more sophisticated health-tracking features, will be the key drivers of growth for the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The global wrist-worn device market has shipped over 150 million units during the first three quarters of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[166,74],"class_list":["post-369251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}