Kenwood was the world's leading in-car audio brand in the early years, and later entered the walkie-talkie market, KENWOOD's walkie-talkies have passed 11 tests of MIL-STD810 US military standards, and its civilian walkie-talkies are the world's top products. In the 2017 Top 500 Asian Brands list announced in September 2017, KENWOOD ranked 334th.
 
According to different uses, Kenwood will be divided into two categories of commercial walkie-talkies and explosion-proof walkie-talkies, of which commercial walkie-talkies are mainly used in construction sites, hotels, communities, outdoor sports and other occasions, and explosion-proof walkie-talkies are used in specific working environments such as gas stations, mines, food processing plants, etc., compared with general commercial walkie-talkies, this series of walkie-talkies have passed the testing and certification of the American Explosion-proof Research Council (FMRC) and can be used in dangerous situations.
 
Compared with other head brands, KENWOOD's walkie-talkies have their own characteristics in terms of appearance design. On the basis of pursuing smaller weight and volume, some styles pay more attention to the overall beauty of the walkie-talkie, getting rid of people's stereotype that the traditional walkie-talkie is stupid and black. Taking Kenwood's classic TKU100D as an example, the overall thickness of the walkie-talkie is about 24.9mm, and the weight is only 205 grams, which is comfortable to hold and can be easily hung around the waist or even in the pocket of the jacket. TKU100D the whole machine is streamlined, the whole body is translucent, except for the simple lines at the speaker, there is no superfluous design, and the shape looks small and exquisite. TKU100D has dual working modes of digital and analog, and each channel can be optionally set up, either as a digital walkie-talkie to communicate with DMR digital walkie-talkie in pass-through mode, or as an analog walkie-talkie and traditional walkie-talkie to communicate.
 
KENWOOD's walkie-talkies have basically completed the transition from analog to digital, the walkie-talkies on sale in China are basically all digital and analog two-in-one professional walkie-talkies, the pricing is generally more than 1000 yuan, the overall price is high, with the domestic walkie-talkie various resources to the head brand collection, once able to be as famous as Motorola Kenwood walkie-talkie market share in China will be further reduced.