The shipment of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) devices, or Extended Reality (XR), devices in China surpassed 1.1 million units in 2022. According to Counterpoint Research, VR remains the leading segment within XR, accounting for more than 95% of total sales in 2022. The Chinese market has significant untapped potential but is expanding […]
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China’s IoT spending to reach US$298 billion by 2026
In 2021, the global enterprise-level investment in the Internet of Things was about US$681.28 billion, which is expected to increase to 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2026, with a five-year compound growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8%. Affected by the epidemic, IDC slightly reduced the total spend forecast of China’s Internet of Things market in 2022. […]
China Internet of Things market forecast 2021-2026
In 2021, the global Internet of Things (enterprise-level) expenditure reached $690.26 billion and is expected to reach $1.1 trillion in 2026, with a five-year (2022-2026) compound growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7%, according to data from IDC. Among them, China’s enterprise market will reach US$294 billion in 2026, with a compound growth rate (CAGR) of 13.2%. […]
China smart device market overview 2022
Smart Home is the largest smart device segment in China with over 185 million monthly active users, followed by Wearable, Smart Automobile, Smart Accessories, and Smart Health. Huawei Sports is the top smart device app with over 69.07 million MAU, followed by Xiaomi’s Mijia app (86 million MAU). Huawei has the largest smart device share […]
Top 10 forecasts of China’s smart home market 2022
In 2021, China’s smart home market starts upgrading and adjusting in the pressure and transformation on both sides of supply and demand, and gradually optimize the problems exposed after the market surge. Facing the vast opportunities to be explored ahead, in 2022, China’s smart home market will deeply focus on platforms, applications, technologies, and scenarios, […]
China smart speaker market overview 2021
In 2020, the smart speaker market in China sold 36.76 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%; among them, smart speakers with screens accounted for 35.5% and sales increased by 31.0%, according to data from IDC. Baidu leads the smart speakers (with screens) market, followed by Alibaba and Xiaomi. The overall market share this time […]
More than half Chinese consumers used smart home devices during COVID-19
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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.