Sound devices in the market

The everyday gadgets market is getting reformed to reflect the needs of the customers. A key factor that changes the consumers’ habits is their mood along with another and more stable aspect, their psychological status. For example, through music plenty of people find comfort, inspiration, get through a situation or even embrace one. A year like 2020 made people find comfort in music, video games and resort to teleconferences for socialization and work. Audio devices and specifically devices producing sound are in high-demand.

Why sound devices?

For many businesses, 2020 has been reconstructive. The ongoing pandemic made it a necessity that most employees work from home. Teleconferences became critical to facilitate the everyday operations of businesses. Prior to the pandemic, employees lost approximately 30 minutes per week due to negative sound quality, interruptive background noise, and signal issues on voice and video calls. Today in 2021 audio quality plays a key role in a successful operation of a business. Sound devices and in general audio technologies make the difference when it comes to effective distant communication.

As a sound device, we refer to laptops, speakers, cell-phones, TVs, headsets and numerous other devices producing sound. So, the key here is sound.

People set an image of their environment surrounding them from what they can hear. Where we are and what we hear affects our mood and our reaction to each situation. When “forcing” a different background of sounds, the mood also changes and is getting tuned accordingly.

While facing 2020`s challenges and difficulties along with social distancing and isolation, people changed their way of living and adapted to a different lifestyle that embraced technology. Embraced technology that mostly used sound and image-video.

Sound devices sales

Grand View Search  during 2019 stated :

“The global earphones and headphones market size was valued at USD 25.1 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.3% from 2020 to 2027. Rising consumer preference for enhanced audio experience, growing music industry, coupled with mobile technology and internet penetration, are some of the primary factors driving the market.”

According to statista there is a 23.8% increase in earphones and headphones market size during 2020 when compared with 2019. Meaning that the market increased rapidly under special circumstances because of covid-19.

Trends were formed during 2020 and late 2019, trends that had to do with the use of Bluetooth headphones, Bluetooth speakers and soundbars. It was until that time that Bluetooth was not so commonly used for standard headphones and ear-buds. Now, because of the need of using teleconferencing services with ease and without any distractions to users or to others around them people resorted to the use of personal sound devices instead of just the speakers of a laptop or cell phone.

Music, Gaming, Film Industry

Music, Gaming and Film industries are unbreakably related to the use of sound devices and sound technologies to provide a unique experience. Especially for the gaming industry this year was the year of returning to gaming consoles. Games become more realistic and interactive providing a totally different experience. Games music and movies help people relax, have fun and even be more productive.

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What lays ahead?

In 2021 we expect to see a lot of changes towards the sound experience customers receive from the products already on the market and the addition of many new features -or even sound technologies and Sound devices.

• speakers in screens
• speakers that can direct sound to one person
• immersive audio
• bone conduction headphones

The need for better communication through audio, more privacy and respect for people around us reform the future to embrace technologies that existed even 5 years -or more- ago. These already existing technologies now find a reason to be introduced commercially.

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