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Apple continued to dominate the global smart personal audio market in quarter two

Apple has updated the firmware for all AirPods 2 models (both Lightning and USB-C versions).

Apple continued to dominate the global smart personal audio market in quarter two of 2024 with 17.1% market share, according to Canalys

The research group says the tech giant sold 18 million audio devices in that time period compared to 18.6 million (and 19.4% market share) in quarter two of 2023. In second place as of quarter two of 2024 is Samsung with 8.1 million in sales and 7.6% global market share. 

The smart personal audio category includes Apple’s AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, and the products from Beat, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple.

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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.