“Some users have held back on purchasing an Apple Watch until now as the use case has not seemed compelling enough.<\/p>\n “However, with its cellular connectivity, the Apple Watch Series 3 offers new use cases, such as music streaming during a workout at the gym, or leaving your iPhone at home, that will inevitably spur demand and boost sales on Black Friday and this holiday season,” she said.<\/p>\n Gartner said that it expects\u00a041.5-million smartwatches to be sold in 2017, with the Apple Watch remaining the most popular option among other offerings from\u00a0Huawei, LG, Samsung and Lenovo .<\/p>\n Google Home and other VPA-enabled speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n “If we look at the VPA-enabled speaker and smart headphone markets, vendors have lately made important additions to their product portfolios,” said Zimmerman.<\/p>\n “Google, for example, has recently ramped up its hardware portfolio with the Pixel Buds and the more affordable Google Home Mini, which is competing with Amazon\u2019s Echo Dot.<\/p>\n “We expect these two markets to develop rapidly over the next two to three years in terms of volume as well technology advancements,” she said.<\/p>\n According to Gartner’s latest forecast, the Bluetooth headset market is expected to reach 150 million units globally in 2017.<\/p>\n Sales of VPA-enabled speakers will grow to 11.8-million units in 2017.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Apple-Watch-Nike-2-e1473313963700.jpg\")
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