The new survey conducted by Strategy Analytics puts the year far ahead of other platforms in the streaming device wars, at least in the United States. The company estimates that over 41 million devices were used in the first quarter of 2019.
Second, surprisingly were the Sony PlayStation consoles 31 million phones and Microsoft Xbox 29 million, Samsung televisions 27 million, the Google Chromecast device and Android TV 24 million, the Amazon Fire device TV 22 million, Nintendo Consoles 18 million, Apple TV 13 million and LG WebOS.
The Strategy Analytics report
The Strategy Analytics report is worthy of attention because it compares the adoption of the platform on smart TV and independent multimedia streaming players. Now you can clearly see how great the plant of the year is for integration with the smart TV.
As Engadget notes, Apple is not a great player outside the United States, which could explain why Amazon claims to have more active accounts around the world. Amazon said in May it had 34 million active accounts, compared to 29.1 million registered in the same year.
Smartness and Effectiveness held up Apple high in the US
Despite this, Apple was much more effective in integrating its software into TVs from vendors like TCL and Sharp. The company claims that over a quarter of the smart TVs sold in the United States have their own software on board and an analyst estimates that about half of the live accounts of the year come from televisions.
Report Prediction
The new research conducted by Strategy Analytics is far ahead of other platforms in the wars of streaming devices, at least in the United States. The company estimates that in the first quarter of 2019, over 41 million devices were used. Secondly, Sony PlayStation consoles (31 million phones) and Microsoft Xbox (29 million) were surprising, Samsung TVs (27 million), Google Chromecast and Android TV (24 million), Amazon Fire TV (22 million), Nintendo Console ( 18 million), Apple TV (13 million) and LG WebOS).
Roku is doing great outside the US
As Engadget points out, Roku is not a big player outside of the United States, which might explain why Amazon claims to have more active accounts around the world. Amazon said in May that it has 34 million active accounts, compared with 29.1 million in the same year. Nevertheless, the year was much more effective in integrating the software with televisions from suppliers such as TCL and Sharp. The company claims that more than a quarter of smart TVs sold in the United States have their own software on board, and one analyst estimates that about half of the live accounts come from televisions.
Final Words
The Strategy Analytics report deserves attention because it compares the adoption of the platform on smart TV and independent media streaming players. Now you can clearly see how perfect the plan of the year is for integration with a smart TV.
