This number makes the failure clear
Android smartwatches are anything but bestsellers – everyone knows that by now. But how badly do these smart watches really sell? With an overwhelming number, chip manufacturer Qualcomm has now indirectly shed light on the darkness. This gives even more weight to a significant announcement from the recent past.
Android smartwatches are being scrapped on both sides. In the affordable price segment of less than 100 euros, fitness trackers like the Xiaomi Mi Band make life difficult for watches, whereas in the more expensive upper class, the Galaxy Watches from Samsung dominate the picture. So it is not surprising that Android smartwatches have sold more badly than rightly in recent years.
Qualcomm admits: only 40 million Android smartwatches sold in 5 years
Qualcomm announced in a press release that the California-based chip manufacturer has been only 40 million chips for Android smartwatches sold has (source: Qualcomm). Since most smartwatches based on Wear OS have a Qualcomm processor on board, this number should also more or less exactly reflect how many Android smartwatches went over the counter in total.
The Android camp does not even come close to the front runner Apple, but Samsung is also likely to be far ahead of the competition in a year-on-year comparison. The South Koreans alone have 2020 brought more than 13 million smartwatches to man – one manufacturer in a year.
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Galaxy Watch 4 will show how good the new operating system is
In light of this terrifying numbers the recently announced restart of Android smartwatches makes even more sense than it already does. At the developer conference I / O 2021, Google and Samsung announced that they now want to work together on smartwatches. The new operating system, called Wear, was developed by Google, Samsung and Fitbit and is supposed to bring a breath of fresh air to the smartwatch industry.
Only time will tell whether this will succeed. The new Galaxy Watch 4 could be a first indicator of this. The Samsung watch will be the first smartwatch based on the new Wear operating system and will be officially presented on August 11th.
