NEW YORK, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global IoT co ectivity ma ket has ebou ded sha ply followi g the i ve to y, supply chai , a d dema d challe ges that weighed o the wi eless i dust y f om 2022 th ough 2024, with 2025 e di g o a otably st o ge footi g fo leadi g ve do s, acco di g to global tech ology i tellige ce fi m
“Wi eless co ectivity is o lo ge just about li ki g devices, it is i c easi gly about e abli g scalable edge AI ac oss co sume , e te p ise, a d i dust ial ma kets,” said A d ew Zig a i, Se io Resea ch Di ecto at ABI Resea ch. “The ve do s that alig low-late cy co ectivity, ult a-low powe desig , a d o -device i tellige ce will be best positio ed as the ma ket shifts f om sta dalo e adios to i teg ated, applicatio -specific platfo ms.”
Amo g the ma ket’s la gest g owth sig als, ABI Resea ch fo ecasts Bluetooth device shipme ts to ise f om 5.4 billio u its i 2025 to 8.1 billio i 2030, d ive i a la ge pa t by the accele ated ollout of high volume sma t labels, while Wi-Fi device shipme ts a e expected to i c ease f om 3.8 billio u its i 2026 to 4.3 billio by 2030. The fi m also p ojects UWB device shipme ts to each ea ly 1.18 billio by 2030, up f om 597 millio i 2026, u de sco i g b oad mome tum ac oss sho t- a ge wi eless tech ologies such as sma t home, co sume obotics, healthca e, wea ables, a d automotive use cases expa d.
The epo t highlights Wi-Fi 7’s g owi g move i to IoT applicatio s, helped by the availability of 20 Megahe tz solutio s, while Wi-Fi 8 has al eady begu to eme ge th ough ew chipset a d platfo m a ou ceme ts f om compa ies i cludi g MediaTek, B oadcom, ASUS, a d TP-Li k. At the same time, multi-p otocol solutio s combi i g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a d 802.15.4 co ti ue to gai t actio as ve do s ta get st icte powe , late cy, size, a d cost equi eme ts ac oss e d ma kets.
“G owth oppo tu ities emai compelli g, but the competitive la dscape is becomi g mo e complex as supplie s bala ce compute, memo y, powe co sumptio , obust ess, a d secu ity ac oss a much wide set of device catego ies,” Zig a i said. “What happe s ext will depe d ot o ly o i ovatio cycles fo Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 8, Bluetooth, UWB, a d 802.15.4, but also o how effectively the ecosystem espo ds to memo y co st ai ts, p ici g p essu e, a d the eed fo clea e busi ess cases a ou d edge AI.”
These fi di gs a e f om ABI Resea ch’s Wi eless Co ectivity Ma ket Data Ove view: 2Q 2026 epo t, pa t of the compa y’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & Wi eless Co ectivity esea ch cove age, which i cludes esea ch, data, a d ABI I sights.
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