Apple Watch took roughly 90% of Edge AI smartwatch shipments in Q1, making wearables’ hottest AI niche a one-company fight.
Key takeaways
- Roughly nine out of every ten Edge AI-capable smartwatches shipped in Q1 2026 were Apple Watches. That is the real signal inside Counterpoint Research’s latest wea...
- According to 9to5Mac , global Edge AI-capable smartwatch shipments grew 70% year over year in Q1 2026, reached 25% market penetration, and **Apple accounted fo...
- Apple Watch turned a 70% growth category into a one-company market
- The headline number says Edge AI wearables are breaking out. The ownership number says something sharper: Apple is defining the category before most rivals have a ...
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