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Driven by record shipments of hearables and watches, the India wearables market posted 144.3 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2020, exiting the year with 36.4 million unit shipments, industry tracker International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Thursday. With 46.7 per cent of the share, Xiaomi continued to lead the category in 2020. realme, which entered the segment in 2020 finished second with a 12.3 per cent category share. Watches saw a 139.3 per cent YoY growth with 2.6 million unit shipments in 2020. Smartwatches, which can run third-party applications on the device itself, accounted for a 24.5per cent share in the watch category, and Apple continues to lead the smartwatch category with a 51.0% share in 2020.