Apple continues to grow HomePod business but still lags far behind Amazon
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HomePod is playing the long game. What you need to know HomePod grew 65% year over year from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. Apple also grabbed a little more market share - from 4.1% to 4.7%. They still lag far behind Amazon and Google who continue to dominate the market. Apple continues to grow its units shipped and its market share with the HomePod, but it still can`t come close to the size and growth of the two biggest players in the smart home speaker game: Amazon and Google. According to a new report by Strategy Analytics, Apple shipped about a million more HomePods in Q4 2019 than it did last year. Whereas the company shipped an estimated 1.6 million units in Q4 2018, that number grew to around 2.6 million in Q4 2019. This resulted in a year over year growth of about 65% which handily beat the industry growth rate of 44.7%. That has also resulted in Apple grabbing a little more market share - rising from 4.1% in Q4 2018 to 4.7% in Q4 2019. This continued growth of the HomePod is a...