Wearables popularity soars in 2020 – and Huawei is the big winner

Smartwatches grow but fitness trackers hold firm

Wearable tech shipments grew by 24% in 2020, as the segment enjoyed rampant growth in face of the global pandemic. And while smartwatch popularity continues, fitness trackers are still on the rise.

That’s the main finding of the latest wearables forecast by analyst firm CCS Insights, which found that a focus on working out at home, health features and kids wearables fuelled 193 million wearables shipped worldwide.

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