Apple leads true wireless buds market in India, Realme enters top 5

New Delhi: Apple dominated the true wireless stereo (TWS) hearables market in India in 2019, driven by strong sales of its second-generation AirPods, while Chinese brand Realme grabbed 5th spot in just one month of launching its first Buds Air, a new report said on Thursday.

Apple grabbed 27 per cent share of the India hearables market, followed by an upstart brand Noise at 12 per cent and JBL at 8 per cent. Samsung with 7 per cent market share was fourth.

The India TWS market posted a massive 700 per cent growth in 2019 and the top three brands contributed almost half of the total shipments, according to Counterpoint Research.