Top iOS news of the week: iPad shipments, Apple Watch shipments, Siri on the desktop
iPad shipments expected to hit new low
A report indicates that iPad shipments could hit a new low in the first quarter of this year. One major industry analyst believes Apple will only ship around 40 million iPads in 2016, a 16 percent drop from last year.
Source: BNR
11.6 million Apple Watches shipped in 2015
Industry watcher IDC says Apple shipped 11.6 Apple Watches last year. This puts Apple in third place of the wearables market with just nine months. Fitbit leads the market with 21 million units shipped.
Source: The Verge
Siri is coming to the desktop
Apple plans to integrate Siri in OS X in version 10.12. The electronic assistant will work much the same on OS X as it does in iOS and WatchOS. Hey Siri will be implemented like on iOS if the Mac is plugged in.
Source: Techradar
5 million Apple Watches shipped in Q4
Apple shipped 5 million watches in the last quarter of 2015, according to industry trackers. This counted for a respectable 60 percent of the smartwatch market. This was the first quarter that total smartwatch shipments exceeded those of traditional Swiss watches.
Source: Benzinga