BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SMART SPEAKER MARKET DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD

[136] The global smart speaker market size is expected to reach USD 15.6 billion by 2025 from USD 7.1 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 17.1%. The growth of the smart speaker market can be attributed to the growing demand for smart speaker display, the increasing number of smart homes, rising disposable income, and the rapid proliferation of multifunctional devices.

Download PDF Brochure @

https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=44984088

Alexa is expected to hold a major share of the smart speaker market during the forecast period

Amazon launched the Alexa IVA smart speaker Echo in 2014. Since then, the platform is used in Amazon’s Echo device series and smart speakers offered by most companies. Alexa speaker is offered in more than 80 countries, thus covering a wide audience from which the company gathers usage data and continually improves its service. The increasing sales of electronic devices are expected to drive the growth of the segment.

The smart home segment to be the largest contributor to the smart speaker market during the forecast period

Smart home is the major application of smart speakers owing to their features and usability. Smart speakers can control smart devices with the user’s voice, thus making day-to-day tasks easy. With a voice command, the user can control all smart devices by connecting the device to the Internet. Smart speakers understand the natural way of speaking and are less complicated to operate than other smart devices. The changing lifestyles, increasing per capita income, and the inclination of smart home owners toward luxurious entertainment systems have spurred the demand for smart speakers in smart homes.

The increasing penetration of smart devices in APAC countries, along with the rising market share of Chinese players such as Baidu, Alibaba, and Xiaomi, who have launched smart speakers with local language support, is expected to fuel the demand for smart speakers in the region.

The software segment to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period

In the coming years, smart speakers will expand their operations. To perform these operations, more data would be sensed or processed by smart speakers. To process this large volume of data, advanced software would be needed. Hence, there would be a requirement for advanced software that can work on a complex set of databases.