Huawei and Apple have continued to rule the Chinese smartwatch market in Q1 2026. A new report reveals that both tech vendors still hold the dominant positions in the wearable department in China, launching some of the best wrist-gadget creations.
An online report has recently been spotted, revealing Huawei and Apple’s Q1 2026 smartwatch sales market performance. Both companies stand in the top two positions on the ranking, revealing how they are dominating the wearable shipment ground.
Looking into the ranking, Apple owns the first spot with 40.2% sales share. It has shipped over 157,339.72 smartwatch units in the first quarter of this year, as well as secured the top seat.
On the other hand, Huawei has ranked second in the listing with 32.64% of the sales share. The company has sold 126,608.14 units, including the Watch FIT series.
Together, Apple and Huawei have nearly 72.9% of the Chinese smartwatch market in the first quarter of 2026, where the former owns 17.1% retail share volume, and the latter comes with 21.2% of its retail value share under a price of 2500 units.
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Some other rankers on the list include OPPO, Redmi, and Xiaomi. While the OPPO and Redmi smartwatches mainly cover the mid-to-high-end market in China, Xiaomi mostly looks at the premium wearable segment with dynamic wrist gadgets.
In terms of pricing, these brands account for the following segments:
- Apple – sold watches at an average rate of 2444 yuan
- Huawei – sold watches at an average price of 1602 yuan
- OPPO – sold watches at an average price of 2074 yuan
- Xiaomi – sold watches at an average rate of 935 yuan
- Redmi – sold watches at an average rate of 560 yuan
Almost every wearable maker is now focusing on integrating more AI features into their smartwatches and boosting their performance duration with a new and improved battery life. Honor is the best example in this case with a watch of 35 days cell life.
How the upcoming smartwatches will make space among these top brands is worth looking at. Stay tuned.
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