Google, Amazon Could Launch AirPods Competitors Next Year
Dec. 7, 2018Kuo’s latest prediction is backed by information received from sources in the supply chain, and even names the companies that will act as suppliers for Google and Amazon’s respective AirPods competitors.
The new ear-device competition to break out soon: Google and Amazon to be Apple’s main competitors in the AirPod-alike market; Goertek and Unitech to be the sole suppliers for Google and Amazon’s AirPod-alike products.
The analyst mentioned that Google and Amazon’s motivation behind developing their own wireless earbuds is the success of the AirPods. Apple’s AirPods already have a lot of competition in the form of devices like theSony WF-SP700Nwireless earbuds, the JBL Freeearbuds,Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless earbuds, and theNokia True Wireless Earbudsamong others.
But despite the competition heating up, Kuo claims that Amazon and Google’s wireless earbuds will be the two main AirPods rivals because‘Google is the most influential brand in the Android ecosystem’, while Amazon has the benefit of offering the‘best voice assistant service’.
