Against this backdrop, Huawei announced on January 23rd three new health research projects in the field of sports and health, respectively, hypertension management research, smart body temperature health research, coronary heart disease screening research, and new explorations around the theme of "active health management". It is reported that Huawei will launch hypertension management research with well-known domestic organizations, with the goal of combining industry experts based on Huawei's wearable blood pressure measurement devices to explore innovative active health management of blood pressure from screening to early intervention.
In terms of smart temperature health research, Huawei has broken through the smart wearable-based continuous temperature detection technology, which is based on a high-precision temperature sensor that accurately measures the wrist skin temperature and uses an intelligent compensation algorithm to achieve continuous temperature detection. In addition, Huawei is also carrying out joint research on intelligent screening and early warning of coronary heart disease, with the help of Huawei's smartwatch medical-grade electrocardiogram acquisition capability, fusion of PPG and ACC data to realize intelligent screening and early warning of coronary heart disease, and to help consumers take the initiative to manage their health.
Some people may ask, "What is the significance of these explorations by manufacturers for our ordinary consumers? In fact, the function of wearable devices to buy, has been inseparable from the direction of the manufacturer's R & D. Standing at this point in time in 2021, from the point of view of the average consumer, to buy a wearable device is not difficult, the simplest is to follow the cell phone ecosystem, especially in the case of cell phone manufacturers such as Huamy OV have been the layout of the wearable.
But looking back at the development of wearable devices, you can see the direction of evolution of their core functions, from communication devices to sports assistants, to health monitoring and more comprehensive digital health management, the role played by wearable devices in our lives, is a process of continuous upgrading. Huawei, as an important force in the field of wearable devices, has been participating in and standing at the forefront of the industry, and has brought novel and perfect experiences to our smart life and sports health through different terminal devices.
Huawei is the earliest batch of cell phone brands to start the development of wearable devices, as early as 2014, Huawei released its own talking bracelet - Huawei TalkBand B1, and then the smartwatch line also followed suit with the launch of the new Huawei WATCH. at this stage, Huawei's wearable products are mainly At this stage, Huawei's wearable products were mainly developed in the direction of "small-screen cell phones", linking to mobile terminals via Bluetooth, allowing smartwatches and other products to realize the functions of call answering and SMS sending and receiving.
Later on, Huawei WATCH 2 Pro and other products, also launched the LTE version with eSIM function, Huawei hopes to use this to distinguish the smartwatch and cell phone, so that the wearable device is truly independent of the cell phone operation, to open up a new track.
Before and after 2017, Huawei set its sights on "sports and health," echoing the concept of "sports for all" in the country's "Healthy China 2030" program. Huawei hopes that wearable devices can become a professional sports companion by everyone's side, and that people can obtain a healthy life through sports, while wearable devices rely on algorithmic technology to feed sports and guide sports science.
Specifically, Huawei invited sports experts from different fields to join the team of engineers to "deconstruct" various types of sports in the lab, just like seeing motion capture inside a blockbuster movie, to collect data, build models, and then optimize them according to the algorithm, along with the terminal device's functions such as "heart rate monitoring", which ultimately allows the sportsman to understand his own physical condition in real time during exercise and get scientific sports guidance. understand and get scientific exercise guidance.
Because of the inextricable nature of sports and health, after the sports algorithms became more and more professional and mature, "health monitoring" then became an important development direction for wearable devices in the next stage.
In recent years, due to lifestyle changes, some diseases have shown a tendency to rejuvenate, coupled with the growth of chronic disease patients brought about by the aging of society, people have begun to realize the importance of body data for daily health management in medical practice, and proactive prevention will become the new normal for national health.
In this context, wearable devices, as the closest products to people, have undoubtedly become the best sensor carriers, especially in smartwatches, which have emerged with a number of health monitoring functions, including heart rate monitoring, sleep monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, and so on.
In the field of active health management, Huawei has always been involved in it, and has been working with authoritative organizations*** on the same research. In 2018, 301 Hospital initiated a PPG atrial fibrillation screening study based on Huawei's wearable devices to protect people's heart health, and subsequently brought atrial fibrillation premature beat monitoring, sleep apnea monitoring, and so on; in addition, Huawei has also joined hands with the National Center for Telemedicine and Internet Medicine to provide expert electrocardiography interpretation services; and more exploration in the field of health is still being carried out by Huawei's Sports and Health Science Laboratory at all times. The company's newest product is a new product that is being developed by the Huawei Sports and Health Science Lab.
On January 23rd, Huawei presented three new research projects in the field of active health management, namely the hypertension management research, intelligent temperature health research, and coronary heart disease screening research mentioned in the opening paragraph. This means that Huawei's digital health research is gradually covering a number of important vital signs in the human body, including pulse, blood pressure, body temperature, etc., and is no longer motivated by passive health feedback, but rather is beginning to explore active screening risks, thereby realizing the vision of guarding health through early intervention and optimal treatment. Some media predicted that in 2021 Huawei will release the latest Huawei WATCH 3 series or Huawei WATCH GT 3 series of smartwatches, and it is very likely to carry these three health research results, perhaps people will soon be able to measure high blood pressure, body temperature, coronary heart disease through the smartwatch, it is very much worth looking forward to.
Huawei's continuous deep plowing in the field of active health management has also been recognized by the market. According to IDC's "Quarterly Tracking Report on China's Wearable Device Market, Q3 2020", in the third quarter of 2020, Huawei's shipments in China's wearable device market exceeded 9.41 million units, a year-on-year increase of 60.5% compared with 2019, and accounted for 28.6% of the overall share of the wearable device market, which is stable in the industry first.
The more mainstream diagnosis, treatment and medical monitoring in the future must rely on the Internet hospital O2O model, wearable devices can quantify every behavior of our body through data monitoring, and will eventually become a daily link between the user and the hospital terminal.
In this field, Huawei is ahead of the game, through each stage of development, in the current health management is united with dozens of research institutions around the world research and development resources, coupled with Huawei has a cell phone terminal this very user sticky strong entrance, supplemented by Huawei in the field of intelligent wearable devices continue to plowing, I believe that Huawei can go faster and farther on the track, and really make technology The company's products and services have been widely recognized by the public and the public.