Since March 2020, 70% of consumers have reported making changes in their living environment due to spending more time at home during the pandemic, and more than half (51%) have reported purchasing at least one smart device during that period, according to a new study by Xiaomi. Stay-at-home orders changed the very notion of how […]
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Top 10 forecasts of China’s smart home market 2021
In the past two to three years, China’s smart home market has experienced great changes from savage growth to the adjustment period. With the outbreak of smart speakers, voice interaction has come into the public view and gradually been accepted. The development speed of the smart speaker market is becoming stable, and it is facing […]
Baidu’s live streaming app saw 900 million monthly views in 2021
Baidu’s monthly live streaming views exceeded 900 million, according to an official report from Baidu last week.
China’s smart home device shipments decreased by 2.5% in Q3 2020
In the third quarter of 2020, China’s smart home device shipments reached about 51.12 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%, according to data from IDC. The market downturn was mainly affected by the decrease in the shipment of smart speakers and home video entertainment devices. In the third quarter, the shipment volume of the […]
Top Mobile Apps & Platforms in China 2020 [Updated]
The top mobile apps by MAU growth are QQ Browser, Taobao, Pinduoduo, DingTalk, and TikTok Lite in September 2020. The top lifestyle mobile platforms are led by Meituan, Meituan Delivery, and Alibaba’s Ele.me including mobile apps and mini programs. Douyin (TikTok) remains the top short video app in China, followed by Kuaishou. Taobao saw over […]
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, […]
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 […]