smart hardware

China’s smart speaker market insights Q3; users to exceed 34 million in 2018

December 5, 2018 By CIW Team

Chinese smart speaker users were expected to surge by 885% to 34.2 million by the end of 2018, representing 4.2% of overall internet users. China and America combined accounting for 70% of global smart speaker market in terms of sales. The top four vendors were Amazon, Google, Alibaba, and Xiaomi. Baidu’s DuerOS is potential to subvert the smart […]

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Consumer robot expected to reach US$1.6 billion sales in China in 2018

June 7, 2018 By CIW Team

Chinese consumers aged between 15 and 49 years have a stronger passion for high tech products than those aged over 50, according to a report from Gfk. For 28% of consumers who aged between 15 and 19 years, having the latest household electronics is of equal importance as luxury cars or a second car. That […]

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VR devices reached 15% penetration rate in China 2016

December 20, 2016 By CIW Team

Currently, the penetration rate of virtual reality devices in China is only 15%, lower than computers (93%), mobile phones (87%), tablets (53%), and wearable devices (47%).

Baidu Duwear: A Smart Watch OS

April 17, 2015 By CIW Team

Baidu launched a smart watch OS based on Android called Duwear, providing UI, interactivity and various applications.

China Wearable Smart Device Insights 2014

February 10, 2015 By CIW Team

The wearable device awareness in China is 54.6%, mostly smart watches, smart glasses and small bracelets. But, the usage rate is only 2.9% according to a Tencent survey.

Baidu Launched First Smart Watch Client-side

January 7, 2015 By Cecilia

Baidu launched its first client-side for smart watch — Baidu Watch V1.0 at the end of December 2014. Baidu Watch v1.0 is the search client-side developed for Google’s Android Wear according to the official news. In terms of Baidu Watch’s functions, it is mainly used with voice search and the search results can be optimized for […]