Samsung will unseat Sony this year regarding the number of connected television devices

In its latest quarterly report, Strategy Analytics It emphasizes that more than one billion connected television devices are in use worldwide.

According to the latest quarterly research of Strategy Analytics, more than one billion television devices connected They are in use worldwide. Connected TV devices allow users to transmit the most important video content to the television screen and include smart televisions subcategories, intelligent Blu-ray players, video game consoles and Media Streamers.

Smart televisions have been gaining market share and currently represent almost 60% of total installed devices. Samsung has been at the height of Sony In the top positions of the classification in terms of connected television devices units installed and the Korean company is about to take the front in the second half of 2018.

The report Global Connected TV Device Vendor Share: Q2 2018 It provides detailed quarterly maid and base metrics installed for the eighteenth suppliers of more important connected television devices in the world.

David Watkins, Director of Strategy Analytics, emphasizes that “the popularity of connected television devices, in particular smart televisions and devices for media streaming such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast, has grown dramatically in recent years and has led to a fundamental change in the way consumers see and get involved with the content on the TV on the TV. managed to build enormously successful businesses selling dedicated streaming devices in the back of this trend towards online video consumption in the living room.

David Mercer, Vice President of Strategy Analytics, adds that “Sony has long been Samsung will replace Sony at the top of the device classification at the end of this year thanks to its dominant position in the world market of smart televisions. ”