Smart Speakers and Headphone Market Shares Expanding Streaming’s Addressable Base

The rise of digital pushed music out of the home stereo and into the earbud. Over recent years this has created a booming market for headphones, but speakers are fighting back – driven in large part by tech majors using smart speakers as a Trojan horse for expanding into the home. With so many different technologies and brands competing for prominence, the smart home is one characterised by multiple content ecosystems and device brands.

Companies and brands mentioned in this report:   AirPods, Amazon, Amazon Music HD, Apple, Apple Music, Bang and Olufsen, Beats, Bose, Echo, Google, Google Home, HomePod, Jabra, Panasonic, Sennheiser, SiriusXM, Skull Candy, Sony, Spotify, TaoTronics, YouTube