Recently, the British analysis company Canalys released a new forecast report, saying that 2018 will be the "extremely crucial year" for smart speakers and expects global smart speakerphone sales to reach 56.3 million units by the end of this year, well above the About 30 million units in 2017 sales.
Amazon and Google will still dominate the smart speaker market in Europe and the United States, without exception, a few months later Apple HomePod will join the battle, and will be still blank high-end smart speaker market coverage. In China, due to network and language restrictions, it will still be based on local vendors such as Alibaba and Xiaomi.
