China says BeiDou support has reached mass scale across everyday consumer devices, with 1.4 billion smartphones now able to use the domestic satellite navigation system. According to the newly released 2026 China BeiDou Spatiotemporal Industry Development White Paper, that means roughly 98% of smartphones in the country now support BeiDou positioning.
The report also says more than 160 million wearable devices support the system, while over 100 million passenger vehicles have onboard equipment with BeiDou navigation capability. Together, those figures show how satellite positioning has moved well beyond specialist use and become part of ordinary daily infrastructure.
Official figures cited in the source report put the total value of China’s BeiDou spatiotemporal industry at 1.3323 trillion yuan in 2025. The China Satellite Navigation and Positioning Association says the country has already built a full industrial chain covering chips, modules, antennas, terminals, system integration, and application services, with domestic supply control continuing to improve.
On the international side, BeiDou-related services and products have reportedly reached more than 140 countries and regions. Chinese companies have also set up over 20 overseas service centers along Belt and Road markets through localized partnerships, a sign that the system’s commercial footprint is still expanding.
The same white paper says total domestic sales of BeiDou terminal products topped 410 million units in 2025, while the total installed base of BeiDou-capable devices across categories has exceeded 2.2 billion units. Looking ahead, industry officials expect the next five-year period to push smartphone navigation and other BeiDou applications further into consumer services, autonomous driving, the low-altitude economy, and robotics.
