In the first quarter of 2026, global shipments of smartwatches supporting on-device AI surged by 70% year-on-year, with a market penetration rate of 25%. The escalating demand from consumers for health and fitness analysis functions, coupled with advancements in low-power neural accelerator technology, collectively drove the widespread adoption of on-device AI in smartwatches. On-device AI enables smartwatches to perform computations locally on the device, offering real-time health alerts, improving response speed, and enhancing user privacy protection.
