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As we near 2035, technology is evolving rapidly, shaping how we live, work, and play. Our research explores consumer expectations for future tech—focusing on wearable and portable devices, smart home innovations, and entertainment advancements. Using a mixed-methods approach (800 quant, 100 qual), we examine attitudes toward recent developments, brand favourability, and future product demand, including an ad test for the Apple Vision Pro. This month, we’re diving into wearable and portable tech.

By way of rounding off 2024 and in the spirit of self-reflection, we’ve compiled some lessons and observations from a year watching politics and opinion polling.

Focaldata has conducted a nationally representative poll with 3,005 German voters and a poll with 2,046 individuals who indicated that they will or considering voting for the CDU/CSU in February 2025

2024 has been a milestone year! We launched Focaldata AI, transforming consumer research for brands like Estée Lauder and Virgin Media O2, earning an MRS award nomination and joining the 2024 Upscale cohort. Our political and social research, including UK election insights and a study with King’s College London, made a real impact. We also grew our team with experts like Marco Pasqualina and Nick Graham.