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CTOnews.com Sept. 7, the latest Canalys statistics show that global shipments of personal smart audio devices reached 98.1 million units in the second quarter of 2022, down 1.7 percent from the same period last year.

India, the world's third-largest market for personal smart audio devices, bucked the trend this quarter, with shipments rising by 55.0%, the report said. But India's growth was not enough to offset the overall decline in global markets, with the US down 1 per cent and China down 13 per cent. TWS is the only category of personal smart audio devices that has grown, growing by 8% to 63 million.

CTOnews.com learned that the top five TWS shipments in the second quarter of 2022 were Apple (27.8%), Samsung (9.3%), Xiaomi (5.3%), boAt (5.2%) and Skullcandy (4.1%).

Canalys said Indian consumers were rapidly turning to TWS, slowing growth in the category of wireless neck-hanging headphones to 11.1 per cent. TWS shipments in India rose 217.9% to 7 million units, accounting for 11% of the global market share, an all-time high. BoAt leads India's TWS market with a 47 per cent market share, while Noise and OPPO, including OnePlus, are in the top three, with triple-digit growth of 508 per cent and 583 per cent respectively.

In addition, Apple continues to lead the global TWS market. Although shipments of AirPods TWS products slowed to 2% to 15.3 million units, the performance of Apple's audio brand Beats by Dre improved, helping Apple achieve an overall shipment growth of 13.1% in the second quarter.

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