Smartphone Speakerphone Use Up During COVID-19: Cirrus Logic

An estimated 40% of consumers increased use of smartphone speakerphones during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cirrus Logic found. The chipmaker hired SAR Insight & Consulting to canvass 1,722 consumers in China, Germany, South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S. Younger respondents especially rely "more on a variety of smartphone applications that require better audio, indicative of behavior that we expect to continue beyond the pandemic,” said SAR analyst Peter Cooney.