2025 Commercial Display Industry Trends: A New Era of Smart Interactive Terminals

As global digital transformation accelerates, commercial display devices are evolving from "display-only" to "interaction-centric" systems. In 2025, industry analysts predict that Android all-in-one terminals, industrial touch solutions, and AI-integrated POS systems will become the three core drivers of market growth.

With advantages like cost-effectiveness, system openness, and high integration, Android all-in-one terminals are rapidly replacing traditional Windows-based devices in retail, catering, government, and healthcare sectors.

Recent data from Statista and other research firms indicates that by the end of 2025, Android-based terminals will account for over 62% of the global all-in-one device shipments, with a year-over-year growth of more than 12%.

This trend is driven by the maturity of the Android ecosystem, lower development barriers, and the efficiency of ARM architecture. At Hopestar, we've also seen a rising demand for customized Android firmware, such as tailored UI designs, simplified OS builds, branded boot animations, and app whitelisting.

Traditionally used in factory automation and MES/HMI systems, industrial touch displays are now extending into broader "light-industrial" and commercial environments, including:

• Smart Warehousing: barcode scanning kiosks, inventory displays
• Smart Campuses: access control systems, visitor registration kiosks
• EV Charging Infrastructure: control panels and visual interfaces
• Urban Transit: bus station info boards, metro touchscreen terminals

Industrial touch devices--featuring high brightness, waterproof/dustproof design, anti-static coating, and electromagnetic shielding--are becoming essential for outdoor and industrial-grade deployments.

Hopestar offers a wide range of Android-based industrial touch PCs with VESA mounting, embedded installation, and wall-mount options, enabling seamless integration for system integrators and solution providers.

AI technologies are now being embedded directly into POS systems, enabling features such as:

• Real-time customer profiling for personalized recommendations
• Automated product layout optimization based on sales analytics
• Voice AI for multilingual support and automated checkout narration

This AI-powered shift reflects a broader demand for hardware-software integrated systems. Customers are increasingly seeking devices that are both reliable in hardware and flexible for custom development.

Hopestar supports edge-AI module integration and provides SDK compatibility for third-party AI applications, allowing clients to build smart retail experiences from the ground up.

Looking ahead, three dominant trends will shape the industry:

• Product design will move toward high integration: Android + touch + printer + camera all-in-one units will become the norm
• Client demand will favor industry-specific customization: including system, housing, interfaces, and boot logic
• Market growth will resonate globally: particularly in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

Hopestar is committed to advancing our capabilities in Android integration, industrial reliability, and global OEM/ODM support, helping our partners stay competitive in the next wave of digital display innovation.