And according to IDC's market research report, Huawei's wrist wearable device market share in the second quarter of 2020 was the first in the world.
So for such a small watch or bracelet, it is from R&D to production, before handing over to the hands of consumers, what test links will be experienced? Titanium media came to the Huawei Xi'an Research Institute to find out.
Here is the main base for Huawei's wearable device testing and research, and on December 10th, the new Huawei Sports Health Science Lab was also put into use. The new Huawei Sports and Health Lab is divided into a sports and health professional evaluation experimental area and a wearable product reliability testing experimental area.
We first came to the sports and health professional evaluation lab to experience, take Huawei's latest WATCH GT 2 Pro smartwatch as an example, it supports dozens of sports modes, such as cross-country running, basketball, golf, swimming and so on. So how do you ensure that the data tested by the smartwatch is highly consistent and usable with the data tested with professional equipment?
In the sports health science laboratory, titanium media saw more than 20 kinds of professional testing equipment. Take the most common running as an example, the first is the screening of the tested personnel, are from around the athletes of the University of sports, before the test data collection, will sign a strict privacy protection clause to ensure that the data will not be leaked.
The testers will carry a testing device on their backs to test the maximum oxygen consumption value, heart rate changes, etc., and will also bring along Huawei's WATCH GT 2 Pro watch to compare the data obtained on the watch with that obtained on the treadmill's specialized equipment, so as to debug and correct the data.
In other words, the ultimate goal is to have a small smartwatch with testing capabilities comparable to those of professional equipment through a variety of tests.
At the scene, titanium media can also see basketball, golf, cycling and other training test equipment, and the test person, are all related to the field of sports professionals.
The indoor golf simulation equipment in the lab played an important role in the development of the "Golf Driving Range Mode" feature of the Huawei WATCH GT 2 Pro series. Professional golf coaches and students trained and tested here, and after 20,000 swings, more than 2,500 sets of professional data were collected, which ultimately assisted in the development of this feature.
The ECG version of the WATCH GT2 Pro, which will be available soon, was also demonstrated in relevant tests here. Heart rate, electrocardiogram, and blood oxygen level, all of which are closely related to our health, can also be compared to data obtained from professional medical devices, with the error rate controlled to less than 3%.
For the average consumer, Huawei Watch can monitor some of the body's metrics to detect signs of illness in advance, and through the Huawei Health App, upload an EKG for an online doctor to test to determine if further hospital visits are needed.
"At Huawei Sports Health Lab, it's not just the specialized research equipment that's important, but also our researchers and the innovative research solutions they find." Zhang Wei, president of Huawei's consumer business smart wearable and sports health product line, said that the professional backgrounds of Huawei's Sports and Health Science Lab researchers span the disciplines of computer software, engineering, physics, mathematics, sports, and medicine." They collide and merge their experiences in their respective fields of specialization, turning the lab into a healthy lifestyle innovation workshop, and 'training' Huawei's smart products to become reliable 'wrist fitness trainers' and 'active health stewards'. active health steward'. "
The Wearable Product Reliability Testing Experimental Area, on the other hand, focuses on various fatigue tests and destructive tests on products, utilizing a variety of test equipment to simulate situations we may encounter in our daily lives. The degree of detail is amazing, for example, will simulate the equipment placed in the jeans butt pocket position, and then sit down to be pressed scene, such a situation, in our life is often encountered, but here, the same scene will be used with more than one piece of equipment, at the same time, test thousands of times, to ensure that the reliability of the product.
For example, the rubber strap will be tested for twisting and stretching to see if it is strong enough, the watch body will be tested for high temperature and high salt spray corrosion, each button will be tested for tens of thousands of presses, and even different materials will be used to friction the watch casing to see the wear resistance.
Due to the strict confidentiality feature here, we were not able to take on-site photos, and the pictures were all provided by the official.
Titanium media also saw a whole side of the cabinet placed on one hundred smartwatches for firmware upgrade testing, simulating the process of upgrading the firmware to detect whether there will be system bugs and other problems.
For smartwatches, if the extension of life is an important topic, as small as a raise the hand to light up the screen will consume how much power, a screen show whether the smooth and smooth, will not drop the frame, the testers will be analyzed and tested item by item.
Another example is that the Huawei WATCH GT 2 can be worn for swimming in water depths of up to 1.5 meters, but in the test, it will actually undergo a pressurized test of up to 10 atmospheres. As you can see, the testing conditions in the lab are much higher than what the product promises users. More redundant testing gives consumers a more reassuring product experience.
Through this visit to Huawei's Xi'an Research Institute, I learned about all aspects of destructive testing for a wearable product, from how to improve the accuracy of motion statistics to how to test the product's resistance to pressurization. Although the product is small, the learning inside is really big.
Zhang Wei introduced to the titanium media, the future, Huawei will continue to increase investment in the field of sports health, plans to build another sports health laboratory in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, combined with Huawei's more than 10 scientific research institutes around the world, to build a global multi-location synergistic sports health integrated research platform, to create an innovative, leading, open Huawei sports health ecosystem. (This article was first published in Titanium Media App, author / Xiang Ou)