Google Mini captures top spot

Washington : Google Home Mini has vaulted to the top spot in the global market for connected speakers, edging out a rival device from Amazon, a survey showed Wednesday. The Strategy Analytics report for the second quarter of 2018 showed the smallest device from Google captured 20 per cent of the market with sales of 2.3 million. That was slightly ahead of the Echo Dot, the similarly sized device from Amazon, with an 18pc market share.

Amazon retained its overall lead with a combined market share of 30pc for its Echo and Echo Dot, compared with 27pc for Google’s two speakers. Alibaba’s Tmall Genie sold in China was the fourth biggest seller with a 7pc market share. Apple’s HomePod was not among the top sellers but because of its high price tag, captured 16 percent of the revenue in the market.