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Global Smart Speaker, Smart Display Shipments Grow Despite Component Shortage in Q3 2021

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Global Smart Speaker, Smart Display Shipments Grow Despite Component Shortage in Q3 2021

According to a report by a market research company, despite the shortage of components, global shipments of smart speakers and smart displays increased by 10% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021, setting a record for the third quarter. It added that a total of 39.3 million units were shipped during this period. Amazon still maintains its top spot, but there has been no year-on-year growth in the most recent quarter. Due to the increase in shipments of Google Nest Hub, the company ranked second, followed by Baidu, Alibaba, Apple and Xiaomi.

According to the latest research on smart speakers and screen services by Strategy Analytics, the impact of global component shortages has begun to affect the smart speaker supply chain, and Chinese suppliers have suffered the most due to component shortages. Despite these limitations, the total shipments of smart speakers and smart displays have increased year-on-year. However, starting from the second quarter of 2021, quarterly growth has been basically flat, with global shipments of 39 million units (39.3 million units in the third quarter of 2021).

“China usually accounts for 30% to 40% of the global market every quarter, so the challenges experienced by Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi will be a measure of China’s management supply chain problems,” said David Watkins, Strategy Analytics Director of Smart Home.

The market research company said that the sales of smart speakers increased by about 7% year-on-year. Amazon ranks first in the overall smart speaker and smart display market rankings. Followed by Google, Baidu, Alibaba, Apple and Xiaomi. Driven by the HomePod Mini speaker, Apple achieved a year-on-year growth of 92%. Followed by Google (18%) and Baidu (15%). Compared with the third quarter of 2020, Amazon hardly saw any growth.

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As far as smart displays are concerned, it is reported that sales in the third quarter of 2021 have soared by nearly 19% to 11.2 million units. Strategy Analytics stated that 18 of the top 50 models sold this quarter were smart displays. Google’s Nest Hub is the best-selling smart display in the third quarter of 2021, with shipments of 1.5 million units. It is followed by Amazon’s second-generation Echo Show 5 and Baidu’s Xiaodu 1c.

Google’s Nest Mini smart speaker is the best-selling device, with shipments of more than 5 million units. In terms of shipments, Apple’s HomePod Mini and Amazon’s fourth-generation Echo Dot ranked second and third respectively.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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