There is no doubt that smart speakers are the latest trend in the technology industry. Nowadays, AI assistants such as Google Assistant and Siri are gradually being incorporated into more and more smart speakers. According to the latest forecast report released by eMarketer, a market research company, according to the rhythm, intelligence The popularity of speakers is likely to exceed wearables this year.
The forecast report pointed out that between 2016 and 2020, the US smart speaker users will achieve an annual growth rate of 47.9%, which means that the United States will have 76.5 million smart speaker users in 2020.
According to a survey earlier this year, one-sixth of Americans have at least one smart speaker, so eMarketer's forecast report is not surprising. In terms of manufacturers, because Amazon is a smart speaker market The pioneers, their Echo series of smart speakers have the largest user base. But then follow-up Google is also catching up. Recent survey reports show that for the first time in the past quarter, Google's smart speaker shipment exceeded Amazon. Echo. The third-ranked apple is reported to be launching a lower-priced Beats smart speaker for consumers. It is expected that Apple will announce this product at WWDC 2018 next week.
