IDC: Wearables industry surged in Q3 with soaring popularity of hearables

The International Data Corporation (or IDC) released a new report for the third quarter of this year, focusing on the increasing popularity of products falling under the wearables category of consumer tech. This year, the industry saw a massive growth of 94.6% for wearables in Q3 compared to 2018's third quarter. Huawei Freebuds 3 next to 2nd-gen AirPods Most of the growth is attributed to an expanding category of "hearables" which refer to wireless earbuds, most popularized by Apple with the every-growing trend set by AirPods and all the look-alikes from other...