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Smart Speaker Market Keeps Growing, Amazon Retains the Lead

Smart Speaker Market Keeps Growing, Amazon Retains the Lead

Consumer Electronics Feb 27,2020 0

The worldwide smart speaker market grew 52% in Q4 2019, with vendors shipping 49.2 million units in the quarter according to data relased from Canalys, and the last quarter of 2019 saw all five top vendors, Amazon, Google, Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi, break their all-time best shipment records.

Amazon led the market, shipping 15.6 million units, up 38%. Backed by an updated Nest Mini and business-to-business deals coming into effect, Google shipped 12.5 million units and jumped back to second place after flagging in the previous two quarters.

For full-year 2019, vendors shipped a total of 125 million smart speakers worldwide, 60% more than in 2018. Shipments in China more than doubled, from 21.9 million in 2018 to 52.0 million in 2019 and contributed 64% of all shipment growth in the year, thanks to Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi. Baidu stood out with its impressive 384% growth as its shipments grew from 3.6 million in 2018 to 17.3 million in 2019.


Worldwide smart speaker shipments and annual growth
Canalys smart speaker market pulse: Q4 2019

Vendor

Q4 2019 shipments (million)

Q4 2019

Market share

Q4 2018 shipments (million)

Q4 2018

Market share

Annual
growth

Amazon

15.6

31.7%

11.3

34.9%

+38%

Google

12.5

25.3%

8.8

27.2%

+41%

Baidu

5.7

11.6%

2.5

7.7%

+129%

Alibaba

5.6

11.4%

2.7

8.3%

+109%

Xiaomi

4.6

9.4%

2.5

7.8%

+82%

Others

5.2

10.5%

4.6

14.2%

 +13% 

Total 

49.2

100.0%

32.5

100.0%

+52% 

Source: Canalys Smart Speaker Analysis (sell-in shipments), February 2020


Worldwide smart speaker shipments and annual growth
Canalys smart speaker market pulse: 2019

Vendor

2019 shipments (million)

2019

Market share

2018 shipments (million)

2018

Market share

Annual
growth

Amazon

37.3

29.9%

24.2

31.1%

+54%

Google

23.8

19.1%

23.4

30.0%

+2%

Baidu

17.3

13.9%

3.6

4.6%

+384%

Alibaba

16.8

13.5%

8.9

11.4%

+89%

Xiaomi

14.1

11.3%

7.1

9.1%

+97%

Others

15.4

12.3%

10.8

13.8%

 +43% 

Total 

124.6

100.0%

78.0

100.0%

+60% 

Source: Canalys Smart Speaker Analysis (sell-in shipments), February 2020

In 2020, vendors are rapidly diversifying their approach to smart speakers in an effort to maintain growth. “There’s a need to hasten the product cycle to bring more interesting devices to consumers faster to stay competitive, as well as to introduce new go-to-market strategies to increase the penetration of smart speakers in more households,” said Canalys Senior Analyst Jason Low. “But the COVID-19 issue has temporarily derailed some vendors’ efforts, especially Chinese vendors, which are feeling the biggest impact of all. As consumers are being confined to their homes, the effect is most significantly seen in the offline operator channel, which has recently grown in importance as a viable channel to drive large shipments. Moreover, in this critical period, consumers are expected to focus on necessity purchases in the short-term and delay any non-essential purchases until later in the year.”

Canalys forecasts a 22% year-on-year decline for smart speakers in China in Q1 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the market expected to bounce back from Q3 onwards once the situation improves. Canalys lowered its 2020 China smart speaker market growth forecast from 19% to 8%, while lowering its overall global growth forecast from 20% to 13%. The global market is still expected to see continuous growth, albeit at a lower level.

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