The Global Market for Wearable Electronics 2021-2031

Published December 2021 | 446 pages, 102 figures, 66 tables | Table of contents

Wearables are body-borne computational and sensory devices which can sense the person who wears them and/or their environment. Wearables can communicate either directly through embedded wireless connectivity or through another device (e.g. a smartphone). The data collected by the wearable device about the user or its environment is processed in a processing unit located locally or in an external server, and the results are ultimately provided to the wearer. Smart wearables may have control, communication, storage and actuation capabilities. The number and variety of wearable electronic devices has increased significantly in the past few years, as they offer significant enhancements to human comfort, health and well-being.

There is increasing demand for wearable electronics from industries such as:

Medical and healthcare monitoring and diagnostics.
Sportswear and fitness monitoring (bands).
Consumer electronics such as smart watches, smart glasses and headsets.
Military GPS trackers, equipment (helmets) and wearable robots.
Smart apparel and footwear in fashion and sport.
Workplace safety and manufacturing.

Wearable and mobile health monitoring technologies are important due to the rapidly aging global populations and the drastically increasing demand for in-home healthcare. Commercially available and near commercial wearable devices facilitate the transmission of biomedical informatics and personal health recording. Body worn sensors, which can provide real-time continuous measurement of pertinent physiological parameters noninvasively and comfortably for extended periods of time, are of crucial importance for emerging applications of mobile medicine.

Advancements over the last few years in electronics have also led to the development of electronic (E-textiles) or smart textiles. Smart textiles and garments can sense environmental stimuli and react or adapt in a predetermined way. This involves either embedding or integrating sensors/actuators ad electronic components into textiles for use in applications such as medical diagnostics and health monitoring, consumer electronics, safety instruments and automotive textiles.

Report contents include:

In-depth market review of current products and technology development in Smartwatches, sports and fitness trackers, sleep trackers and wearable monitors, Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers), military, Industrial and workplace monitoring, flexible and stretchable electronics, e-textiles and smart clothing, artificial skin, skin patches, wearable health alert and monitoring devices, Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), hydration and sweat sensors, wearable drug delivery, cosmetics patches, smart footwear, smart contact lenses, smart wound care, exoskeletons and hearables.
In depth product assessment including products, producers, functionalities and prices.
Global market revenues, historical and forecast to 2031 for wearable electronics, medical wearables, electronic textiles and smart clothing and sub markets thereof.
Over 300 company profiles. Companies profiled include BeBop Sensors, dorsaVi Ltd, Enhanlabo Co., Ltd., Equivital Inc., FeelIT, HP1 Technologies Ltd., miomove s.r.o, Neosensory, Abbott Laboratories, Add Care Ltd., AerBetic, Inc., Avanix srl, Biobeat Technologies Ltd., biolinq Inc, CareWear, Cosinuss GmbH, Seventh Sense Biosystems, Cogwear, WearOptimo, Rhaeos, Neurava and many more.

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 28

1.1 The evolution of electronics 29
1.2 The wearables revolution 31
1.3 Wearable market leaders 35
1.4 From rigid to flexible and stretchable 35
1.5 Flexible and stretchable electronics in wearables 37
1.6 Stretchable artificial skin 40
1.7 Organic and printed electronics 40
1.8 Wearable electronics in the textiles industry 41
1.9 New conductive materials 43
1.10 Foldable smartphones and tablets 46
1.11 Entertainment 49
1.12 Growth in flexible and stretchable electronics market 50
- 1.12.1 Recent growth in Printed, flexible and stretchable products 50
- 1.12.2 Future growth 50
- 1.12.3 Nanotechnology as a market driver 50
- 1.12.4 Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics 51
1.13 Innovations at CES 2021 53
1.14 Investment funding 2019-2021 53

2 THE WEARABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MARKET 56

2.1 Market drivers and trends 56
2.2 Recent developments 59
2.3 Smartwatches 60
- 2.3.1 Recent innovations 60
- 2.3.2 Health monitoring 60
- 2.3.3 Energy harvesting for powering smartwatches 60
- 2.3.4 Main smart watch producers and products 61
2.4 Sports and fitness trackers 62
- 2.4.1 Wearable devices 63
- 2.4.2 Skin patches 63
- 2.4.3 Products 64
2.5 Sleep trackers and wearable monitors 66
- 2.5.1 Built in function in smart watches and fitness trackers 67
- 2.5.2 Smart rings 68
- 2.5.3 Headbands 68
- 2.5.4 Patches 69
- 2.5.5 Masks 70
2.6 Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers) 70
- 2.6.1 Products 70
- 2.6.2 Virtual Reality (VR) devices 74
- 2.6.3 Augmented (AR) headsets and smart glasses 75
- 2.6.4 Mixed Reality (MR) smart glasses 76
2.7 Military wearables 77
2.8 Industrial and workplace monitoring 78
- 2.8.1 Products 78
2.9 Global market size 78
- 2.9.1 By product type, 2015-2031, billions USD 80
- 2.9.2 Market share by product type 83
2.10 Market challenges 83
2.11 Company profiles 85 (68 company profiles)

3 MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLES 130

3.1 Market drivers 130
3.2 Current state of the art 133
- 3.2.1 Wearable medical device products 134
- 3.2.2 Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring 137
3.3 Wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation 138
- 3.3.1 Companies and products 139
3.4 Electronic skin patches 144
- 3.4.1 Applications 144
- 3.4.2 Materials 146
  - 3.4.2.1 Nanomaterials-based devices 147
- 3.4.3 Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) 149
  - 3.4.3.1 Minimally-invasive CGM sensors 150
  - 3.4.3.2 Non-invasive CGM sensors 153
  - 3.4.3.3 Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring companies and products 155
- 3.4.4 Cardiovascular 158
  - 3.4.4.1 ECG sensors 158
    - 3.4.4.1.1 Companies and products 159
  - 3.4.4.2 PPG sensors 161
    - 3.4.4.2.1 Companies and products 161
- 3.4.5 Pregnancy and newborn monitoring 161
  - 3.4.5.1 Companies and products 161
- 3.4.6 Wearable temperature monitoring 163
  - 3.4.6.1 Companies and products 164
- 3.4.7 Hydration sensors 165
  - 3.4.7.1 Companies and products 165
- 3.4.8 Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports) 166
  - 3.4.8.1 Companies and products 168
3.5 Wearable drug delivery 169
- 3.5.1 Companies and products 170
3.6 Cosmetics patches 171
- 3.6.1 Companies and products 172
3.7 Smart footwear for health monitoring 173
- 3.7.1 Companies and products 173
3.8 Smart contact lenses 174
- 3.8.1 Companies and products 174
3.9 Smart woundcare 175
- 3.9.1 Companies and products 177
3.10 Wearable exoskeletons 178
- 3.10.1 Companies and products 178
3.11 Medical hearables 180
- 3.11.1 Companies and products 181
3.12 Global market size 182
- 3.12.1 By product type, 2015-2031, billions USD 182
- 3.12.2 Market share, by product type 185
3.13 Market challenges 185
3.14 Company profiles 187 (149 profiles)

4 ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL 292

4.1 Market drivers 292
4.2 Performance requirements for E-textiles 295
4.3 Growth prospects for electronic textiles 296
4.4 Materials and components 297
- 4.4.1 Conductive and stretchable yarns 297
- 4.4.2 Conductive polymers 299
  - 4.4.2.1 PDMS 300
  - 4.4.2.2 PEDOT: PSS 300
- 4.4.3 Conductive coatings 301
- 4.4.4 Conductive inks 302
- 4.4.5 Nanomaterials 304
  - 4.4.5.1 Nanocoatings in smart textiles 306
  - 4.4.5.2 Graphene 309
  - 4.4.5.3 Nanofibers 311
  - 4.4.5.4 Carbon nanotubes 312
4.5 Phase change materials 315
- 4.5.1 Temperature controlled fabrics 315
4.6 Smart clothing products 316
4.7 Electronic textile products 318
4.8 Temperature monitoring and regulation 319
- 4.8.1 Heated clothing 319
- 4.8.2 Heated gloves 320
- 4.8.3 Heated insoles 321
- 4.8.4 Heated jacket and clothing products 321
- 4.8.5 Materials used in flexible heaters and applications 322
4.9 Stretchable E-fabrics 323
4.10 Wearable therapeutic products 324
4.11 Sports and fitness 325
4.12 Smart footwear 326
- 4.12.1 Companies and products 326
4.13 Military 327
4.14 Flexible and wearable display advertising 328
4.15 Textile-based lighting 329
- 4.15.1 OLEDs 329
4.16 Smart diapers 329
- 4.16.1 Companies and products 329
4.17 Automotive 331
4.18 Powering E-textiles 331
- 4.18.1 Batteries 332
- 4.18.2 Supercapacitors 333
- 4.18.3 Energy harvesting 334
  - 4.18.3.1 Photovoltaic solar textiles 334
  - 4.18.3.2 Energy harvesting nanogenerators 335
  - 4.18.3.3 TENGs 336
  - 4.18.3.4 PENGs 336
  - 4.18.3.5 Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting 337
4.19 Global market size 337
- 4.19.1 E-textiles investments and funding 2020-2021 337
- 4.19.2 By product type, 2015-2031, billions USD 338
- 4.19.3 Market share, by product type 340
4.20 Market challenges 340
4.21 Company profiles 342 (119 profiles)

5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 433

6 REFERENCES 434

List of Tables

Table 1. Types of wearable devices and applications. 32
Table 2. Types of wearable devices and the data collected. 34
Table 3. Wearable market leaders by market segment. 35
Table 4. Applications in printed, flexible and stretchable electronics, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof. 38
Table 5. Advanced materials for Printed, flexible and stretchable sensors and Electronics-Advantages and disadvantages. 44
Table 6. Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE). 45
Table 7. Foldable smartphones and tablets, on or near market. 46
Table 8. Wearable electronics at CES 2021. 53
Table 9. Wearables Investment funding 2019-2021. 53
Table 10. Market drivers and trends in wearable electronics. 56
Table 11. Wearable health monitors. 60
Table 12. Main smart watch producers and products. 61
Table 13. Wearable sensors for sports performance. 64
Table 14. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance. 64
Table 15. Example wearable sleep tracker products and prices. 66
Table 16. Smart ring products. 68
Table 17. Sleep headband products. 69
Table 18. Smart sleep mask products. 70
Table 19. Smart glasses companies and products. 70
Table 20. VR headset products. 75
Table 21. Augmented reality (AR) smart glass products. 76
Table 22. Mixed Reality (MR) smart glass products. 76
Table 23. Wearable electronics applications in the military. 77
Table 24. Wearable workplace products. 78
Table 25. Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2031, by product type, billions $. 81
Table 26.Market challenges in wearable electronics. 83
Table 27. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables. 130
Table 28. Examples of wearable medical device products. 134
Table 29. Medical wearable companies applying products to COVID-19 monitoring and analysis. 137
Table 30. Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof. 146
Table 31. Wearable bio-signal monitoring devices. 148
Table 32. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection-advantages and disadvantages. 150
Table 33. Commercial devices for non-invasive glucose monitoring not released or withdrawn from market. 153
Table 34. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products. 155
Table 35. Companies developing wearable swear sensors. 168
Table 36. Wearable drug delivery companies and products. 170
Table 37. Companies and products, cosmetics and drug delivery patches. 172
Table 38. Companies and products in smart footwear. 173
Table 39. Companies and products in smart contact lenses. 174
Table 40. Companies and products in smart wound care. 177
Table 41. Companies developing wearable exoskeletons. 178
Table 42. Companies and products in hearables. 181
Table 43. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2031, billions $, by product. 183
Table 44. Market challenges in medical and healthcare sensors and wearables. 185
Table 45. Market drivers for printed, flexible, stretchable and organic electronic textiles. 292
Table 46. Examples of smart textile products. 294
Table 47. Performance requirements for E-textiles. 295
Table 48. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications. 300
Table 49. Typical conductive ink formulation. 302
Table 50. Comparative properties of conductive inks. 303
Table 51. Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof. 305
Table 52. Nanocoatings applied in the textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications. 306
Table 53. Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel. 309
Table 54. Properties of CNTs and comparable materials. 313
Table 55. Commercially available smart clothing products. 316
Table 56. Electronic textile products. 318
Table 57. Example heated jacket products. 320
Table 58. Heated jacket and clothing products. 321
Table 59. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications. 322
Table 60. Companies and products in smart footwear. 326
Table 61. Wearable electronics applications in the military. 328
Table 62. Companies developing smart diaper products. 329
Table 63. Comparison of prototype batteries (flexible, textile, and other) in terms of area-specific performance. 332
Table 64. E-textiles investments and funding 2020-2021. 337
Table 65. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing market 2017-2030, revenues (billions USD). 338
Table 66. Market challenges in E-textiles. 340

List of Figures

Figure 1. Evolution of electronics. 30
Figure 2. Wove Band. 36
Figure 3. Wearable graphene medical sensor. 37
Figure 4. Stretchable transistor. 38
Figure 5. Artificial skin prototype for gesture recognition. 40
Figure 6. Applications timeline for organic and printed electronics. 41
Figure 7. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts. 42
Figure 8. Systemization of wearable electronic systems. 43
Figure 9. Intel Horseshoe Bend. 47
Figure 10. ThinkPad X1 Fold. 47
Figure 11. Motorola Razr. 47
Figure 12. Galaxy Fold 2. 48
Figure 13. Galaxy Z Flip. 48
Figure 14. Tri-fold phone-tablet hybrid. 48
Figure 15. TCL rollable phone. 49
Figure 16. Xiaomi MIX Flex. 49
Figure 17. Baby Monitor. 52
Figure 18. Wearable health monitor incorporating graphene photodetectors. 52
Figure 19. Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration. 63
Figure 20. Beddr SleepTuner. 69
Figure 21. Vuzix Blade. 75
Figure 22. NReal Light MR smart glasses. 76
Figure 23. Global market for wearables, 2015-2031, by product type, billions US$. 80
Figure 24. Global market for hearables, 2017-2031, by product type, billions US$. 82
Figure 25. Global market for wearables, 2020-2031, by market share of product type 83
Figure 26. RealWear HMT-1. 120
Figure 27. Wiliot tags. 127
Figure 28. Connected human body and product examples. 134
Figure 29. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products. 139
Figure 30. Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs. 145
Figure 31. Graphene medical patch. 147
Figure 32. Graphene-based E-skin patch. 148
Figure 33. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection. 150
Figure 34. Schematic of non-invasive CGM sensor. 154
Figure 35. Adhesive wearable CGM sensor. 154
Figure 36. VitalPatch. 159
Figure 37. Wearable ECG-textile. 159
Figure 38. Wearable ECG recorder. 160
Figure 39. Nexkin™. 160
Figure 40. Bloomlife. 162
Figure 41. Enfucell wearable temperature tag. 164
Figure 42. TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer. 165
Figure 43. Nanowire skin hydration patch. 165
Figure 44. NIX sensors. 166
Figure 45. Wearable sweat sensor. 166
Figure 46. Wearable sweat sensor. 167
Figure 47. Gatorade's GX Sweat Patch. 168
Figure 48. Sweat sensor incorporated into face mask. 168
Figure 49. Lab-on-Skin™. 169
Figure 50. D-mine Pump. 170
Figure 51. My UV Patch. 171
Figure 52. Overview layers of L'Oreal skin patch. 172
Figure 53. Digitsole Smartshoe. 173
Figure 54. Schematic of smart wound dressing. 176
Figure 55. REPAIR electronic patch concept. Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 177
Figure 56. Honda Walking Assist. 178
Figure 57. archelis wearable chair. 179
Figure 58. Nuheara IQbuds² Max. 180
Figure 59. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2031, billions $, by product. 183
Figure 60. Global market for medical and healthcare sensors and wearables, 2020-2031, by market share of product type. 185
Figure 61. KneeStim. 196
Figure 62. Structure of Azalea Vision’s smart contact lens. 200
Figure 63. Cogwear Headband. 213
Figure 64. KnowU™. 240
Figure 65. Modius Sleep wearable device. 254
Figure 66. Sylvee 1.0. 265
Figure 67. RootiRx. 267
Figure 68. Ultrahuman wearable glucose monitor. 282
Figure 69. Zeit Medical Wearable Headband. 290
Figure 70. Conductive yarns. 298
Figure 71. SEM image of cotton fibers with PEDOT:PSS coating. 299
Figure 72. Applications of graphene in smart textiles and apparel. 311
Figure 73. PCM cooling vest. 316
Figure 74. EXO2 Stormwalker 2 Heated Jacket. 319
Figure 75. Flexible polymer-based heated glove, sock and slipper. 321
Figure 76. ThermaCell Rechargeable Heated Insoles. 321
Figure 77. Myant sleeve tracks biochemical indicators in sweat. 324
Figure 78. Flexible polymer-based therapeutic products. 324
Figure 79. iStimUweaR . 325
Figure 80. Digitsole Smartshoe. 326
Figure 81. Basketball referee Royole fully flexible display. 328
Figure 82. ABENA Nova smart diaper. 330
Figure 83. Textile-based car seat heaters. 331
Figure 84. Micro-scale energy scavenging techniques. 334
Figure 85. Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper. 335
Figure 86 . 3D print piezoelectric material. 336
Figure 87. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing 2017-2030, revenues (billions USD).Source: Future Markets. 339
Figure 88. Global market for electronics and smart textiles, 2020-2031, by market share of product type. 340
Figure 89. LED hooded jacket. 346
Figure 90. Heated element module. 347
Figure 91. Graphene dress. The dress changes colour in sync with the wearer’s breathing. 359
Figure 92. Descante Solar Thermo insulated jacket. 360
Figure 93. G+ Graphene Aero Jersey. 361
Figure 94. HiFlex strain/pressure sensor. 369
Figure 95. KiTT motion tracking knee sleeve. 372
Figure 96. Electroskin integration schematic. 392
Figure 97. Vital Shirt from Nanoleq. 393
Figure 98. Nextiles e-fabric. 394
Figure 99. Prevayl sensor. 401
Figure 100. Smardii smart diaper. 413
Figure 101. Teslasuit. 418
Figure 102. YouCare smart shirt. 431

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Published December 2021 | 446 pages, 102 figures, 66 tables | Table of contents

Report contents include:

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 28

2 THE WEARABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MARKET 56

3 MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLES 130

4 ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART APPAREL 292

5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 433

6 REFERENCES 434

List of Tables

List of Figures

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