{"id":14305,"date":"2016-02-15T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2016-02-15-gartner-274m-wearable-devices-to-be-sold-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:12:09","slug":"2016-02-15-gartner-274m-wearable-devices-to-be-sold-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2016-02-15-gartner-274m-wearable-devices-to-be-sold-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner: 274M Wearable Devices To Be Sold In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Apple-Watch-Sport-sensorss-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Wearable fitness device trackers\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Technology research firm Gartner is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2016-02-02-gartner-says-worldwide-wearable-devices-sales-grow-18-percent-in-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecasting that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016<\/a>, an increase of 18.4% from 232.0 million units in 2015. \u00a0Sales of wearable devices will generate revenue of $28.7 billion in 2016. \u00a0Smartwatches are predicted to comprise $11.5 billion of the total wearable device spend.\u00a0 The total will be distributed across a number of product categories, and within each product category, a number of brands and devices will continue to fight for market share.<\/p>\n<p>The diversity in devices being purchased can be seen through recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canalys.com\/newsroom\/media-alert-apple-shipped-two-thirds-all-smart-watches-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a> from Canalys, which shows Apple Watch accounted for over 12 million units sold in 2015.\u00a0 This represents two-thirds of all smartwatch shipments.\u00a0 \u201cBasic bands\u201d exceeded 37 million shipments for the year. \u00a0Fitbit set a quarterly shipments record as it comfortably led the category. \u00a0Xiaomi held second place, shipping 12 million Mi Bands during 2015.<\/p>\n<p>To embrace the diversity of devices being purchased by consumers, employers must implement a <a href=\"https:\/\/wellable.co\/resources\/ebook\/byod-for-wellness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy for employee wellness programs<\/a>.\u00a0 This allows employers to save money by not having to pay for devices as well as allow their employees to use the devices that they have already come to love.\u00a0 This is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/wellable.co\/resources\/ebook\/consumer-wellness-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumer wellness strategy<\/a> that focuses on enabling employees to take ownership in their own health from the very beginning by being able choose the technologies that make the most sense for them.\u00a0 Each individual is different and consumer wellness technologies allow those differences to be respected in all elements of a corporate wellness program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gartner: 274M Wearable Devices To Be Sold In 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts-and-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.6 (Yoast SEO v24.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gartner: 274M Wearable Devices To Be Sold In 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