Canalys: Google shipped more smart speakers than Amazon in Q1 2018

Despite the growing popularity of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers, Google’s global shipments of Home series speakers surged during the first quarter of 2018, surpassing Amazon’s shipments for the first time ever. According to Canalys, smart speakers remained “the world's fastest-growing consumer technology segment,” hitting nine million units for the quarter — up 210 percent over […]