Chromebooks are here to stay thanks to COVID, even though shipments crashed: IDC
Chromebook shipments in Q2 2022 fell by 51.4 percent compared to the same period in 2021, according to analyst outfit IDC, but the slump does not reflect the reality that Google has built a sustainable niche for its browser-based hardware.
"While Chromebook shipments have trended down in the past few quarters, there's still opportunity to be had as the pandemic has brought about positive changes to Chrome adoption," said Jitesh Ubrani, research manager for IDC's Mobility and Consumer Device Trackers. One big change is that COVID—19 lockdowns saw schools accelerate their plans to provide one device for each student.
"This ratio will likely continue to hold in the future and even if PC shipments decline in other categories, Chrome will continue at these elevated levels," Ubrani said in commentary on preliminary data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. That survey found Dell is the planet's leading purveyor of Chromebooks, with 25.5 percent market share and 1.5 million units shipped in Q2 2022. Acer held 22.6 percent of the market, ahead of Lenovo's 19.4 percent share and HP Inc's 15.6 percent. Samsung snuck into IDC's top five with 6.2 percent market share.
Total shipments of six million were markedly down from the 12.3 million from the same period in 2021, but IDC noted this year's number was still larger than Chromebook shipments before the COVID-19 pandemic and also reflects that existing inventory"is still being cleared out."
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