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China IoT market forecast 2020-2025; devices to more than quadruple
The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) market in China has reached 380.8 billion yuan in 2019, with an increase of over 47%; and, China’s AIoT is estimated to grow to 750.9 billion yuan in 2022. The government-related AIoT market will grow dramatically and account for 51% of the total AIoT market in 2022 from 17% […]
Baidu launched cloud-based virtual smartphone
Baidu Smart Cloud officially released “Cloud Mobile Phone”. The so-called Cloud Mobile Phone is a virtual smartphone with all applications running on the cloud so that the performance of the mobile phones can no longer be limited by its hardware. Baidu Cloud Phone is a combination of ARM server, cloud computing, and Android OS. It […]
Xiaomi highlights in 2019; MIUI MAU up 28% to 310M in 2019
In 2019, Xiaomi’s total revenue was RMB205.8 billion, an increase of 17.7% year-over-year. Adjusted net profit was RMB11.5 billion, an increase of 34.8% year-over-year. For Q4 2019, Xiaomi recorded RMB56.5 billion in revenue, an increase of 27.1% year-over-year, while adjusted net profit was RMB2.3 billion, an increase of 26.5% year-over-year.
Xiaomi in Q3 2019; IoT platform saw 213 million connected devices
The number of connected IoT devices on Xiaomi’s IoT platform reached approximately 213.2 million in Q3 2019, up 62.0% YoY. The number of users who have five or more devices connected to Xiaomi’s IoT platform increased to 3.5 million, an increase of 78.7%. MAUof MIUI, Xiaomi’s Android-based operating system, reached 291.6 million. In September 2019, […]
China tablet market share in Q3 2019; Apple and Huawei have a combined 80% share
The tablet market saw 37.6 million units shipped globally for a year-over-year increase of 1.9% in the third quarter of 2019 according to IDC. The top companies by total shipment in Q3 are Apple, Amazon, Samsung, Huawei, and Lenovo. Apple leads the global tablet market with a 21.8% growth rate over last year, followed by […]
Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi in the top 5 global smart speaker brands by total shipment in Q3 2019
Global smart speaker market shipment reached 28.6 million units in Q3 2019 with an increase of 44.9% according to research company Canalys. Amazon led the market with 10.4 million smart speakers shipment.
Xiaomi launched new smartphones, smart watch, and smart TV for Double 11 2019
Xiaomi launched multiple smart devices this week including several smartphones (Mi CC9 Pro, Mi Note 10, Redmi Note 8T), smart watch Mi Watch, and Mi TV 5.
Xiaomi in Q2 2019: smart hardware, IoT, AI, internet services
Xiaomi’s monthly active users (“MAU”) of MIUI reached 278.7 million, an increase of 34.7% YoY. AI assistant “ Xiao’ai ” had 49.9 million MAU; Xiaomi ranked 4th globally in terms of smartphone shipments; and, global shipments of its smart TVs reached 2.7 million units.
Pricing and practical features top factors for China smart device users’ purchase
Over the recent years, smart products appeared in many daily life scenarios, smart home living, including smart TV, vacuum robot, smart lock, and smart speakers, are expected to receive good market recognition in 2019.
Introduction to Xiaomi’s e-commerce platform Youpin
Youpin is where Xiaomi’s aspirations for extending the boundaries of its core business lies. Its product categories have been extended from core products smartphone and TV to ecological chain companies – air purifier and self-balancing scooters kind of products. Now, it has become an independent quality e-commerce platform selling a variety of products including mattress […]
China overtook the U.S. as the largest smart speaker market in Q1 2019
China smart speaker market reached 10.6 million units with 51% market share by growing nearly 500% year-on-year in Q1 2019, becoming the largest smart speaker market according to data from Canalys. China overtakes the U.S. where 5.0 million smart speaker units were shipped during Q1 2019. The global smart speaker market has reached 20.7 million […]
Xiaomi performance highlights in Q1 2019
In the first quarter of 2019, Xiaomi recorded RMB43.8 billion in revenue, representing an increase of 27.2% over the corresponding period of 2018. Profit for Q1 2019 grew to RMB3.2 billion and Adjusted Net Profit grew 22.4% year-on-year to RMB2.1 billion.
China saw 1.1 billion active mobile devices in 2018
The monthly active devices of mobile internet totaled 1,131 million in December 2018, a net increase of 46 million compared with 64 million in the prior year period. The growth has declined from 17.1% in January 2017 to 6.2% in January 2018 and then the lowest point of 4.2% in December 2018. On average, each […]
China 5G, IoT, VR device shipment forecast 2019-2023
By 2022, China will see 100 million units 5G smartphone and 9.98 billion units IoT devices. China’s internet giants have been acting actively to industrial internet and paid more attention to B2B business from different aspects. 5G network is finally starting to feel real in 2019 with smart devices (including smartphones, smart autos, and VR/AR […]