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CONNECTED WEARABLES INDEX Index Table of Contents Table of Contents... i List of Figures... vi Executive summary... 1 1 Introduction to wearable technology... 3 1.1 Introduction... 3 1.1.1 Background.

1 CONNECTED WEARABLES INDEX Index Table of Contents Table of Contents... i List of Figures... vi Executive summary Introduction to wearable technology Introduction Background Definitions Market segments Infotainment & lifestyle Fitness & wellness People monitoring & safety Medical & healthcare Enterprise & industrial Government & military Technologies and platforms Mobile operating systems and platforms Battery and processor technologies Wireless technologies Sensors Display technologies and user interface Value chain and vendor landscape Enabling technologies Hardware component vendors Mobile operating system vendors Devices Smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturers Apparel and accessories companies Specialist vendors STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES i

2 INDEX CONNECTED WEARABLES 2.3 Connectivity services and IoT platforms Wireless operators and managed service providers IoT platform providers Apps and content Software application developers and content providers Smartwatches The smartwatch market Market size and major vendors Established smartphone vendors and watch brands enter the market Smartwatches and wireless connectivity Bluetooth is the most common connectivity option today Major players pave the way for cellular connectivity in smartwatches Company profiles and strategies Samsung: Multi-platform and multi-device strategy Pebble: From crowdfunding to mass market success Sony: Smartwatch veteran gets new life from Android Wear Apple: Enough scale to bet on its own platform Shanghai Nutshell Electronic: Focus on China LG Electronics: First to release a cellular Android Wear watch Smart glasses The smart glasses market Limited availability and experiments with features and use cases Imaging glasses, 3D viewing glasses and wearable VR/AR solutions Growth opportunities in the professional market segments Smart glasses and wireless connectivity Company profiles and strategies Recon Instruments: Focus on sports and an active lifestyle Vuzix: Wearable display specialist turns to the enterprise segment Epson: Aims at both professional and consumer segments Google: Glass Explorer Program showcased a plethora of use cases Kopin: Provides technology solutions to the smart glasses market Connected fitness and activity trackers ii STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES

3 CONNECTED WEARABLES INDEX 5.1 The connected fitness and activity tracking market Market size and major vendors Fitness and activity tracking bands Bluetooth connected sports watches Other form factors Fitness and activity trackers and wireless connectivity Company profiles and strategies Jawbone: Wearable pioneer now offers a family of activity trackers Fitbit: Activity tracker market leader completes IPO Microsoft: Ventures in AR glasses, activity band and cross platform service Garmin: GPS sports watch giant grows with connected features OMsignal: Clothing with embedded sensors People monitoring and safety devices Family locator and consumer oriented locator devices Child locator devices Wearable locator devices for adults Lone worker protection and offender monitoring devices Lone worker protection devices Offender monitoring devices Next-generation telecare and mpers Mobile telecare and mpers devices Telecare activity monitoring solutions Company profiles and strategies Filip Technologies: Developer of the Filip child locator wristwatch hereo: Start-up offers the hereo family locator watch and app Everon: Developer of GPS wristwatches for telecare and lone workers Numerex: Enters people monitoring markets through acquisition of Omnilink Limmex: Swiss telecare watch vendor ramping up sales globally LOSTnFOUND: Swiss asset tracking vendor entering the telecare market Medical devices and miscellaneous Medical devices The mhealth and home monitoring market STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES iii

4 INDEX CONNECTED WEARABLES Regulatory environment Wearable medical devices and implants Additional connected wearable devices Wearable industrial computers Military devices Authentication and gesture control devices Other wearable devices Company profiles and strategies Medtronic: Connected wearables for ECG monitoring and CRM patients Dexcom: Connected continuous glucose monitoring Proteus Digital Health: Innovative wireless ingestible sensors and wearables Zephyr Performance Systems: Betting on connected wearables Withings: Connected health specialist targets consumers and companies Zebra Technologies: Wearable computers for the enterprise market Market forecasts and trends Global market outlook Market segments Regional market data Cellular connections Market forecasts smartwatches On the verge to reach mass market adoption Connectivity strategies Market forecasts smart glasses Opportunities in the professional and niche consumer segments Connectivity strategies Market forecasts fitness and activity trackers Wrist worn activity trackers will face fierce competition from smartwatches High growth in other form factors Market forecasts people monitoring and safety devices Wearables will be the most common form factor in family locators Great potential in next-generation telecare and mpers Modest growth in offender monitoring and lone worker devices iv STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES

5 CONNECTED WEARABLES INDEX 8.6 Market forecasts medical devices Cardiac Rhythm Management is the largest connected device category Connectivity strategies Market forecasts other connected wearables Market trends and drivers Wearables are at the intersection of fashion and technology The myriad of use cases is wearables killer app Long-term engagement: bringing it all together Connected wearables are part of the IoT revolution Wearables raise privacy and security concerns New M&A activities anticipated to take place in the wearables industry Glossary STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES v

6 INDEX CONNECTED WEARABLES Index List of Figures Figure 1.1: Market segments, applications and devices... 5 Figure 1.2: Wireless technologies characteristics Figure 2.1: The connected wearables value chain Figure 2.2: Smartphone shipments by OS (World 2014 and Q3-2015) Figure 2.3: Leading consumer electronics companies by revenue (2014) Figure 2.4: Smartphone shipments by vendor (World 2014 and Q3-2015) Figure 2.5: Major apparel and accessories companies (World 2014) Figure 2.6: Examples of specialist device vendors by segment Figure 2.7: Top global mobile network operators by subscriber base (Q4-2013) Figure 2.8: Examples of IoT platform providers Figure 3.1: Apple Watch, LG Urbane 2 and Samsung Gear S Figure 3.2: Smartwatch shipments by vendor (World 2014 and Q3-2015) Figure 3.3: Examples of introduced smartwatches Figure 3.4: Examples of smartwatches featuring cellular connectivity (Q3-2015) Figure 3.5: Connected wearables from Samsung ( ) Figure 3.6: Connected watches from Sony Figure 4.1: Smart glasses form factors Figure 4.2: Examples of announced smart glasses (November 2015) Figure 4.3: Examples of VR and AR solutions Figure 4.4: Examples of smart glasses from Epson Figure 5.1: Wearable fitness device form factors Figure 5.2: Connected fitness and activity tracker shipments by vendor (Q3-2015) Figure 5.3: Examples of Bluetooth connected activity wristbands Figure 5.4: Examples of Bluetooth connected sports watches Figure 5.5: Wireless connected activity trackers with alternative form factors (A-O) Figure 5.6: Wireless connected activity trackers with alternative form factors (P-Z) Figure 5.7: Jawbone fitness and activity trackers Figure 5.8: Selected connected fitness and activity trackers from Garmin vi STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES

7 CONNECTED WEARABLES INDEX Figure 6.1: Examples of wearable child locator devices Figure 6.2: Wearable child locator devices Figure 6.3: Everfind Safelet, PFO Shield and Cuff bracelet Figure 6.4: Lone worker protection devices Figure 6.5: Offender monitoring devices featuring cellular and GPS connectivity Figure 6.6: Mobile telecare and mpers devices Figure 6.7: Connected wearables from LOSTnFOUND and Limmex Figure 6.8: Connected wearable telecare devices Figure 7.1: Examples of wearable medical applications Figure 7.2: Examples of medical devices Figure 7.3: Cardiac rhythm and ECG monitoring devices Figure 7.4: Connected glucose and blood pressure monitors Figure 7.5: MC10 Biostamp and Orpyx SurroSense RX Figure 7.6: Examples of wearable industrial computers Figure 7.7: Wearable industrial computers from Zebra Technologies and Kopin Figure 7.8: Examples of wearable gesture and authentication devices Figure 7.9: Examples of various wearable devices Figure 7.10: Various connected wearables Figure 7.11: Dexcom G5 app and transmitter Figure 7.12: Connected wearables from Withings Figure 8.1: Connected wearables shipments by device category (World ) Figure 8.2: Connected wearables shipments by market segment (World ) Figure 8.3: Connected wearables shipments by region (World ) Figure 8.4: Cellular connections by device category (World ) Figure 8.5: Smartwatch shipments by region (World ) Figure 8.6: Smart glasses shipments by region (World ) Figure 8.7: Fitness and activity tracker shipments by region (World ) Figure 8.8: People monitoring and safety device shipments (World ) Figure 8.9: Wearable medical device shipments (World ) Figure 8.10: Other connected wearables shipments (World ) Figure 8.11: Connected wearables mergers and acquisitions ( ) STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES vii

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Table of Contents. Index CONNECTED WEARABLES

Table of Contents. Index CONNECTED WEARABLES Index Table of Contents Table of Contents... i List of Figures... vii Executive summary... 1 1 Introduction to wearable technology... 3 1.1 Introduction... 3 1.1.1 Background... 3 1.1.2 Definitions...