Vivo Watch Passes Through 3C; May Launch next Month
Jun. 16, 2020Vivo’s long-rumored smartwatch –Vivo Watch has now passed through 3C certification. The existence of the product was first tipped this April, followed by alleged patent images.
It is in the air thatVivo could unveil the Vivo Watch sometime next month. The timeline could turn out to be true considering this 3C certification. We will have to wait to see what Vivo has to offer with its first smartwatch. It is highly likely that the company might have a custom skin instead of Wear OS in terms of software.
If the company indeed has plans to launch Vivo Watch next month, we could expect official teasers in the coming weeks. Also, it remains unclear if Vivo would immediately bring Vivo Watch outside China.
It will be interesting to see how the company positions itself in the wearables segment. The company will either launch Vivo Watch as a budget offering to compete againstMi Watchand other similarly priced smartwatches or would aim to be on par with Oppo Watch and premium smartwatch offerings of established players like Apple and Samsung.
Taking the increased demand for wearables into consideration, it doesn’t really come as a surprise that more companies are working on their own iterations of smartwatches to enter the wearable ecosystem.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
