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Wearables Global Shipments Grew In 2023, Higher Demand Expected In 2024

Ashley Riordan March 22, 2024 No Comments

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed the wearables devices market has declined 0.9% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2023. Despite the economic conditions, markets in the…

ACCC Takes Fitbit To Court

Nathan Jolly October 24, 2022 No Comments

The ACCC has brought Federal Court proceedings against Fitbit for allegedly misleading customers about their consumer rights after their wearables malfunctioned. The ACCC claims that between May 2020 and February…

Wearables Market Down 6.9% After Two-Year Boom

Nathan Jolly September 20, 2022 No Comments

The wearables market has hit its first major roadblock after two years of hyper-growth, with global shipments declining 6.9 per cent year-on-year. According to new data from the International Data…

IFA: Lenovo’s Micro OLED Glasses Offer Immersive 1080p Cinema

Nathan Jolly September 2, 2022 No Comments

Lenovo has debuted its new Lenovo Glasses T1, a wearable private display that gives immersive 1080p visuals, designed for on-the-go work or gaming. The micro OLED displays give 1920 X…

EXCLUSIVE: Motorola Bringing Four Smartwatches To Market This Year

Nathan Jolly August 12, 2022 No Comments

Motorola will be launching four smartwatches into the Australian market by the end of the year, according to the head of the company. Kurt Bonnici, Head of Motorola Australia and…

Qualcomm’s New Chips Increase Wear OS Battery Life By 50%

Daniel Croft July 20, 2022 No Comments

US chipmaker Qualcomm has announced the released of two new chips for smart wearables that it claims can increase battery life by 50%. The Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and W5…

Wearables Market Declines For First Time

Nathan Jolly June 8, 2022 No Comments

The global wearables market declined for the first time ever following a sluggish first quarter. Unit shipments during the first three months of 2022 totalled 105.3 million units, a drop…

Wearables market booms throughout Q4 and all of 2021

Daniel Croft March 10, 2022 No Comments

The fourth quarter of 2021 saw the wearables market grow 10.8% over the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable device Tracker. Shipments…

Watches Replace Wristbands As Wearables Jump 10%

Nathan Jolly December 7, 2021 No Comments

Global shipments for wearables grew 9.9 per cent during the September quarter, with the poorly-named ‘hearables’ category (wireless earbuds) leading the charge with 26.5 per cent growth year-on-year, accounting for…

Samsung Edge Closer To Apple For Smartwatch Sales

Luke Anisimoff November 24, 2021 No Comments

With global smartwatch shipments rising 16 per cent YOY in Q3 2021, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 series has shown strong results against Apple, who once seemed unbeatable in the…