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Smart wearables lead the way in technology: MWC 2024 opening report.
Part I: MWC 2024 Opening Overview
MWC (Mobile World Congress) was born in 1995 and has gone through 29 years of glorious history as the Mobile World Congress. This year's MWC 2024 kicked off, and major tech giants made appearances, among which Honor and Xiaomi released the much-anticipated Magic6 series, MagicVS Porsche Design Edition and Xiaomi 14Ultra respectively on the first day. This marks the global tech community once again focusing on this annual technology event and looking forward to the field of mobile communications
Part 2: Smart Wearable Device Highlights
Samsung: Galaxyring smart ring.
Samsung's mysterious smart ring, Galaxyring, revealed at the launch of the Galaxy S24 series, was finally officially unveiled at MWC 2024. This ring-shaped smart wearable device has a built-in ECG sensor and blood flow sensor, which has attracted great attention. Although it is not yet a hands-on experience, the main focus of the galaxyring is to provide users with a comprehensive health report in four dimensions: activity, sleep, nutrition, and stress. Samsung officially said that the GalaxyRing not only focuses on battery life and wearing experience, but also is a member of the GalaxyAI family, pointing out a new direction for the smart wearable market.
oneplus：onepluswatch2
After three years, OnePlus has finally launched its second smartwatch, OnePlusWatch2。The equipment is designed with sapphire glass and stainless steel materials to meet military-grade standards. One of the most striking features is its ultra-long battery life, with a built-in 500mAh battery and up to 100 hours in smart mode. In terms of design, it is equipped with a piece of 1A 43-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 466x466, a Snapdragon W5Gen1 chip, 1GB of RAM, and a WearOS4 system. This smartwatch performs well in thinking about practical scenarios, and for users who wear smart wearable devices for a long time, the improvement in battery life is a practical improvement.
Xiaomi: Smart wearable devices such as XiaomiWatch2.
Xiaomi held its first overseas launch event at MWC 2024 on the first day of the event, and released six products in one go, three of which are smart wearable devices. Among them, xiaomiwatch2 adopts a round dial design and is equipped with a piece of 143-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 466x466. Different from the products released in China, XiaomiWatch2 is equipped with Snapdragon W5+Gen1 chip, 2GB memory, and runs WearOS4 system. Although it is similar to onepluswatch2 in terms of configuration, it is worth noting that Xiaomi surging OS is still not deployed in Xiaomi smart wearable devices, although this brings it more powerful application scalability, but in today's people's car ecology, Xiaomi's layout progress in overseas markets seems to be slightly slow.
Part 3: Smart Wearable Device Market Prospects
The prospect of the smart wearable device market has attracted much attention, especially at this MWC, Samsung's Galaxyring leads the concept of environmental awareness ecology. Originally conceived as a purely smart health device, the Galaxyring's Ambient Awareness feature on display in the latest official description is an eye-opener. The device can be linked with products in the smart home to comprehensively judge the health status of the user. With the goal of environmental awareness, Galaxyring not only provides individual health data, but also enables users to better enjoy life by interacting with the data of the smart home。This indicates that smart wearable devices are not only a monitoring tool for individual health, but also developing in the direction of more comprehensive life assistance.
Secondly, the application of AI large models has also become a major attraction at MWC。The Zeppflow released by Huami is a smart watch system with a deep integration of large models, which mainly provides more natural language interaction, more accurate voice recognition and more efficient operation feedback on the voice assistant. Previously, vivo has released the Blue River operating system on vivowatch3, with a built-in blue heart model, which can provide functions such as AI creation of smart watch faces. The application of this AI model in the field of smart wearables has promoted the evolution of smart wearables to AI wearables. Compared with consumer electronics such as mobile phones and computers, the process of AI in the field of smart wearables is relatively slow, but the concept is promoted by brands such as vivo and Huami, which has accelerated the evolution of smart wearables to AI wearables.
Part IV: AI Hardware Trends for MWC 2024
In addition to product launches, MWC 2024 also focuses on the latest technologies in AI hardware. Major manufacturers have launched new products, focusing on the accelerated convergence of AI in mobile phones, PCs, automobiles, XR and wearable devices. The implementation of AI technology in the field of hardware has become the focus of attention in the scientific and technological community. This indicates that the technology industry is entering a more intelligent and integrated era.
Part 5: In-depth analysis of the market prospect of smart wearable devices
Overall, MWC 2024 brings new opportunities for the development of smart wearable devices. Samsung's Galaxyring aims to be contextually aware, opening up a broader field of application for smart wearable devices. OnePlusWatch2 has made substantial improvements in battery life and practical scenarios to meet the actual needs of users for smart watches. Although Xiaomi's layout in overseas markets is relatively slow, its share in the global smart wearable device market still occupies a place. The application of AI technology, especially the integration of large models, has accelerated the evolution of smart wearables to AI wearables. The entire smart wearable device market is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges, and who can take the lead in this field will become the focus of the technology community. In the future, we may witness the emergence of smart wearable devices in the global wave of technology and become an important leader in the development of science and technology.
Part 6: Looking to the future of smart wearables.
With the grand opening of MWC 2024, smart wearable devices have ushered in a brighter future. From Galaxyring's environmental perception to OnePlusWatch2's long battery life, to Xiaomi's layout in the global market, smart wearable devices have gradually surpassed a single health monitoring function and become an indispensable partner in life. The integration of AI technology makes these devices more intelligent, and the application of large models makes the interaction more natural and personalized. Smart wearable devices will no longer be just an auxiliary tool, but will gradually become an intelligent steward of individual life, serving the needs of users more comprehensively and deeply.
In the future, we may witness smart wearable devices emerge in the global technology wave and become an important leader in technology development. At the same time, major manufacturers will accelerate the evolution of smart wearables to AI wearables to create a more intelligent and personalized future. In the transformation of this era, smart wearable devices will continue to lead the trend of science and technology, bringing more convenience and fun to people's lives. With the continuous innovation and progress of technology, our expectations for smart wearable devices will also be more fruitful in the future.