In-Car Entertainment

In-car entertainment continued to register double-digit retail volume decline at the end of the review period, with this trend set to continue over the forecast period. Competition from smartphones incorporating free navigation apps and music ...

Following the pattern seen over the review period, in-car entertainment posted another significant decline in retail volume terms in 2019. The major reason for this ongoing decline is competition from smartphones and fully-equipped cars. As Spain ...

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After a long, crisis-induced, freeze on car sales, new car registrations started to rise again towards the end of the review period, with this trend set to continue over the forecast period. However, this is not translating into growing demand for ...

In-car entertainment is increasingly at the mercy of the greater levels of technology being embedded into new cars, so that sales of newer car models directly affect the performance of this category. For example, the improved technology in new cars ...

New car sales increased in 2019. Moreover, there are serious talks to phase out diesel cars in the Oslo area by 2020, which would further increase the switch to electric cars, already at 5%, and thus further increase the number of new cars in ...

In-car entertainment is falling victim to a general trend in the automotive industry, with new cars being equipped with pre-installed in-car entertainment. Although previously the quality of pre-installed in-car entertainment was questionable, ...

In-car navigation, the largest in-car entertainment category by volume sales, is declining rapidly. This is owing to the ubiquity of smartphones, which come with pre-installed navigational apps such as Google Maps and Apple maps, thus negating the ...

In-car navigation continues to see steep declines in retail volume sales. Such systems are increasingly being replaced by multimedia player navigation apps or smartphone apps like Waze, which is the preferred navigation option in Israel. Smartphone ...

The proliferation of smartphones and apps, and their increasingly central role in consumers’ everyday lives represent a considerable threat to the development of in-car entertainment across categories. As a result, manufacturers are increasingly ...

The Taiwanese government continued to provide ongoing provision of incentives for new car purchases such as offering subsidies to consumers to encourage the scrapping of older vehicles in an attempt to reduce air pollution and improve road safety. ...

Overall, the growth rate of in-car entertainment is expected to record a negative CAGR over the forecast period as major car manufacturers continue to install premium in-dash navigation devices, media players and car speakers as original equipment in...

A trend of consumers shifting from in-car navigation to in-dash media players with GPS capability, combined with increased use of wireless headsets and smartphone navigation apps as substitutes, contributed to the further significant decline in ...

Growing use of smartphones in Morocco is affecting sales of in-car products. These increasingly prevalent devices can offer an experience almost similar to, if not better than, many in-car entertainment devices, including navigation systems and ...

Navigation systems included in smartphones and in new vehicles have impacted negatively on sales of in-car navigation. Due to the relatively similar size of screen and functionalities, smartphones have become a perfect substitute for in-car ...

Consumers in Hong Kong are increasingly using their smartphones as navigational tools, due to the greater accuracy of their GPS capabilities, replacing the need for specific in-car navigation devices such as Garmin and TomTom. Car chargers and ...

Sales of used cars continued to decline in 2019 as increasing disposable incomes and improvements to the road infrastructure encouraged many Romanians to purchase new cars. This led to a continuing decline in sales of in-car entertainment, as most ...

New private car registrations fell by almost 7% in 2018, according to Bil Sweden, the Swedish industry organisation for manufacturers and importers of passenger cars, trucks and buses. Consequently, demand for in-car entertainment is weakening, as ...

Smartphones and mobile devices continue to replace in-car entertainment products by offering similar features, such as Google Maps, and functions. Many pre-installed systems in cars offer excellent quality and therefore do not require replacement. ...

New car sales continued to decline in Canada during 2019 and this remains a major negative influence on sales in in-car entertainment. After 2018 saw annual new light vehicle sales decline for the first time in nearly a decade, 2019 brought further ...