Benefiting from swift growth in the intelligent home sector, the smart speaker has become a pivot to control other smart devices at home through one's voice.

According to a recent report from Canalys, a leading global technology market analyst firm, shipments of smart speakers around the world exceeded 100 million in 2019.

The smart home market including the smart speaker has become the world's largest consumer tech market after smartphones.

Let's look at the top five smart speaker vendors.

No 5: Xiaomi

Shipments in 2019: 14.1 million

Market share: 11.3 percent

The Xiaomi logo is seen outside the brand's store in central Kiev, Ukraine, Aug 7, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

No 4: Alibaba

Shipments in 2019: 16.8 million

Market share: 13.5 percent

The logo of Alibaba Group is seen during Alibaba Group's 11.11 Singles Day global shopping festival at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Nov 10, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]

No 3: Baidu

Shipments in 2019: 17.3 million

Market share: 13.9 percent

Visitors check out Baidu's image recognition technology at the Fifth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Nov 7, 2018. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

No 2: Google

Shipments in 2019: 23.8 million

Market share: 19.1 percent

No 1: Amazon

Shipments in 2019: 37.3 million

Market share: 29.9 percent