{"id":140771,"date":"2025-10-23T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140771\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:08:13","slug":"huawei-dethrones-apple-in-global-smartwatch-shipments-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/140771\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei dethrones Apple in global smartwatch shipments for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The global smartwatch market saw <b>two major shifts<\/b> in Q2 2025, according to Counterpoint Research\u2019s Global Smartwatch Shipments Tracker. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">For the first time, <b>Huawei overtook Apple<\/b> in smartwatch shipments, posting a whopping 52% YoY increase. Counterpoint Research credits the Chinese company\u2019s success to its \u201cdiverse product portfolio, robust domestic momentum, and competitive pricing across mid-to-premium tiers\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">In the same period, <b>China also surpassed North America<\/b> for the first time to be the world\u2019s largest market for advanced smartwatches, driven by strong sales of domestic brands. This surge also played a key role in <b>8% YoY growth<\/b> of global smartwatch shipments, marking a rebound after five consecutive quarters of decline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Looking ahead, Counterpoint Research projects the global smartwatch market to grow 7% for the full year. The big question is whether Apple can reclaim the top spot with the expected launch of new Apple Watch models next month, while Chinese brands continue to set the pace in scale, affordability and integration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Source: <a class=\"_externalLinks_8nc2s_81\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/global-smartwatch-market-q2-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Counterpoint Research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The global smartwatch market saw two major shifts in Q2 2025, according to Counterpoint Research\u2019s Global Smartwatch Shipments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[311,18,282,5218,19,17,1812,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-140771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-huawei","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-smartwatch","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115424113877986876","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}