Strategy Analytics: Google Home Mini leads the smart speaker market in Q2

Strategy Analytics has just released its report on the Q2 shipments of smart speakers across the globe. The numbers revealed that over 50% of the speakers are either by Google or Amazon, with Google Home Mini grabbing the lion share with a 20% of the market. The numbers reveal that although the market is still heavily concentrated around the pioneers in the smart speaker world, users still prefer the cheaper and more compact device. That--s why Google Home Mini and Amazon Echo Dot are stomping over the third placed Amazon Echo and fifth placed Google Home. The Alibaba Tmall Genie completes the top five.