Wearable AI Market by Type, and Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2019-2026

Executive Summary

This report titled, 'Wearable AI Market by Type, and Application: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2019-2026,” projects that the global wearable AI market size is estimated to reach $69.51 billion by 2026. In 2019, North America dominated the market, contributing more than 35% share of the overall revenue, followed by Europe. Emerging advancements of wearable devices, penetration of residential, commercial, and industrial automation, rise in the use of compact wireless electronics in the consumer electronics industry fuels the global wearable AI market growth.

Wearable AI are devices that mostly use wireless connectivity and AI software that assist the users for various applications such as health monitoring, operations on voice comm and, and others. There are various types of wearable AI devices, namely, smart watch, smart glasses, smart earwear, smart glove, and others. Factors such as growth in adoption of AI assistants, increased penetration of AI in the healthcare industry, and advancement of IoT and integration of wireless technology in wearable electronic devices drives the market growth. Whereas, short life of smart wearables hampers the market growth. Further, AI assistance for animal and advancement in personal computing is expected to create lucrative opportunities during the wearable AI market forecast period.

Smart watch is an intelligent computer in the form of wrist watch that keeps the user connected to the other smart devices. The innovations of smart watch by the key players drive the smart watch market. For instance, Xiaomi officially launched the Mi Smart Watch in Beijing, China. Watch comes with various smart as well as fitness features. The connectivity features such as GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC, accept or reject calls, read or send messages and emails, play or pause music, among other things.

Consumer electronic refers to home electronics devices. These devices are developed with a intent for everyday use. The rise in investment in R&D on wearable AI is lucrative to create future opportunities. For instance, hearables, or wireless in-ear computational earpieces, are an example of intelligent amplification devices that have been adopted recently and rapidly.

Among various regions, Asia-Pacific is expected to be the major revenue generator in 2019 and maintain its dominance in the future. This is attributed to rapid transformation from automated devices to autonomous devices due to the integration and advancement of IoT and AI technologies.

According to Shantanu Sachan, Lead Analyst, Semiconductor and Electronics,“As per the wearable AI market analysis smart glove and earwear are gaining wide acceptance and their market share is on the rise, due to their advancements with decline in cost. Although the smart watch segment dominated the global market. Furthermore, the demand for these types of gadgets is experiencing growth due to investments in AI & IoT technology and a rise in disposable income in developing and developed countries. In addition, increase in wearable AI market trend in the consumer electronics vertical across the globe is expected to fuel market demand.”

Asia-Pacific is projected to grow at the fastest rate for the wearable AI market throughout the analysis period, China in this region witnessed the highest demand for wearable AI, due to wide presence of semiconductor companies in the country. Moreover, enhancement in electronic device autonomy and an increase in expenditure in the emerging markets such as Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa to meet the demand for exponentially growing economies in these countries, which have strengthened the market growth. Furthermore, technological advancements for cost-effective and high accuracy applications such as health monitoring, animal health assistance, and others, offer lucrative opportunity for the expansion of the market.

The market is segmented into type, application, and region. By type, it is categorized as smart watch, smart glasses, smart earwear, smart glove, and others. By application, it is divided into consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive, military and defense, media and entertainment, and others. Region-wise, it is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA. In 2018, the smart watch segment dominated the market in terms of revenue, owing to its development for advanced features and cost-effectiveness.

The key players in the wearable AI market that are analyzed in the report are Amazon.com, Inc., Fitbit, Inc., Garmin Ltd., Google Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., International Business Management Corporation (IBM), Motorola Mobility LLC, TomTom International B.V., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Sony Corporation.

KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

• The smart watch segment accounted for the highest wearable AI market share in 2018 with $2.82 billion, growing at a CAGR of 22.9%from 2019 to 2026.
• The consumer electronics in wearable AI industry generated the highest revenue, accounting for $3.32billion in 2018.
• North America is expected to dominate the market, garnering 22.80% of the share during the wearable AI market
• forecast period.

Companies Mentioned

• Amazon.com Inc.
• Fitbit Inc.
• Garmin Ltd.
• Google Inc.
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
• International Business Management Corporation (IBM)
• Motorola Mobility LLC
• TomTom International B.V.
• Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Sony Corporation

Methodology

The analyst offers exhaustive research and analysis based on a wide variety of factual inputs, which largely include interviews with industry participants, reliable statistics, and regional intelligence. The in-house industry experts play an instrumental role in designing analytic tools and models, tailored to the requirements of a particular industry segment. The primary research efforts include reaching out participants through mail, tele-conversations, referrals, professional networks, and face-to-face interactions.

They are also in professional corporate relations with various companies that allow them greater flexibility for reaching out to industry participants and commentators for interviews and discussions.

They also refer to a broad array of industry sources for their secondary research, which typically include; however, not limited to:

• Company SEC filings, annual reports, company websites, broker & financial reports, and investor presentations for competitive scenario and shape of the industry
• Scientific and technical writings for product information and related preemptions
• Regional government and statistical databases for macro analysis
• Authentic news articles and other related releases for market evaluation
• Internal and external proprietary databases, key market indicators, and relevant press releases for market estimates and forecast

Furthermore, the accuracy of the data will be analyzed and validated by conducting additional primaries with various industry experts and KOLs. They also provide robust post-sales support to clients.