Smartwatch demand surged 47 percent this spring

The smartwatch market doesn’t appear to be cooling down any time soon — if anything, it’s heating up. Strategy Analytics estimates smartwatch shipments grew by a whopping 47 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021, with 18.1 million of the wearables shipping this spring. Demand (at least from retailers) has returned to “pre-pandemic levels,” […]