{"id":715286,"date":"2026-06-20T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/715286\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:54:14","slug":"apple-watch-shipments-surged-21-during-q1-2026-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/715286\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch shipments surged 21% during Q1 2026, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/apple-watch-ultra-2-modular-blue.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46VomDB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> shipments comfortably outpaced the rest of the smartwatch market during the first quarter of 2026. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Watch helps segment keep growth momentum<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/global-smartwatch-market-q1-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> released today (via <a href=\"https:\/\/macmagazine.com.br\/post\/2026\/06\/18\/apple-puxou-crescimento-do-mercado-global-de-smartwatches-no-1o-trimestre-de-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MacMagazine<\/a>), Counterpoint Research says that while global smartwatch shipments grew 4% year-on-year during the first three months of 2026, Apple\u2019s shipments surged 21%, reaching a 23% share overall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"618\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/smartwatch-shipments-q1-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057523\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huawei remained in second place, with shipments rising 12% and its share of global shipments reaching 17%. Xiaomi followed with 9% shipment growth, while Imoo posted a more modest 2% increase, with both brands\u2019 shares remaining unchanged. Samsung, meanwhile, saw shipments plunge 28% and its share decline by two percentage points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Counterpoint Research\u2019s Principal Analyst Anshika Jain, \u201cNorth America contributed over half of the total shipments of Apple, China and Europe recorded the fastest growth for the brand.\u201d She added that Apple\u2019s \u201caddition of meaningful health upgrades and the affordable SE 3 attracted new buyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another interesting tidbit from the report was the 6% increase in the average selling price of smartwatches during the period. Counterpoint attributed the rise to \u201cthe integration of improved sensors and advanced technologies to support health monitoring and AI capabilities,\u201d as well as growing demand for more advanced models in emerging markets such as India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the report notes that, unlike in the smartphone market, where rising memory costs have become an increasingly significant factor, their impact on smartwatches is expected to be more limited, given their lower bill of materials costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To read the full report, <a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/global-smartwatch-market-q1-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43xbZva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781949254_339_MSI-9to5Mac_750x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, Apple Watch shipments comfortably outpaced the rest of the smartwatch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[166,74],"class_list":["post-715286","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\/715286","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=715286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}