Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Last September, with the popularity of Huawei's Mate50 series, "satellite communications" became well known. As the "cool techs" of Huawei's Mate50 series, the technology allows Huawei Mate50 phones to keep in touch with the outside world even when they lose terrestrial network coverage.

For example, in the environment of no man's land in the desert, going out to sea, earthquake rescue and so on, users send text and location information for help, and support one click to generate a track map, so, when Huawei uses "poke up the sky" to describe Beidou satellite communications, it is no exaggeration, after all, it can really save lives when it is critical!

At present, only some of Huawei's mobile phones and iPhone14 are equipped with satellite communication functions, but the satellite communication functions of the latter are only opened in North American countries such as the United States and Canada. What domestic users can really use is the satellite communication functions of Huawei Mate50 series and Huawei Mate Xs 2.

After Huawei took the lead in launching "satellite communications", more and more people realized the importance of this technology. For example, Qualcomm announced at the 2023 World Mobile Communications Congress (MWC) in Barcelona that it was working with Honor and Motorola to develop smart phones with satellite communications capabilities. It has been rumored that Apple's new Apple WATCH will be the first to support satellite communications technology in 2023. But for more than half a year, Apple doesn't seem to have made any move in this regard.

Fortunately, the answer has now been officially revealed.

Just today, @ Huawei Terminal official Weibo released a warm-up poster showing that Huawei will launch a new watch line Huawei WATCH Ultimate at the 2023 Huawei Spring launch event, while looming satellite images show Huawei launching satellite communications functions on smaller wearable devices.

So not surprisingly, Huawei WATCH Ultimate Watch will become the world's first Volkswagen smartwatch to support satellite news.

The data show that satellite communication is a communication carried out by using satellite as a relay. Compared with the traditional mobile communication, the communication range of satellite communication is very large, as long as it is within the range covered by the radio waves transmitted by the satellite. Communication can be carried out between any two points, and it is not easy to be affected by land disasters and has higher reliability.

In the past, satellite communications were mostly used in professional fields such as outdoor exploration and deep-sea scientific research, and it is difficult for ordinary consumers to get in touch with this aspect, but the demand does exist all the time. for example, in some uninhabited areas, deep mountains and forests, or remote areas with rare human tracks, due to the backwardness of signal base station construction, there is often the problem of mobile signal loss, at this time the mobile phone is in a state of disconnection, unable to get in touch with the outside world.

For example, if you are a mountain climber, you must have experienced a situation in which your cell phone does not have a signal when you climb a mountain. In fact, this is all caused by the lack of base station signal coverage. With satellite communication technology, it is difficult to "lose contact". In fact, there have been similar mobile phones that have supported satellite communications before, but they are not popular smartphones and are too targeted to be suitable for daily use. And Huawei Mate50 series, it really popularizes satellite communication technology to every ordinary user.

Previously, with Beidou satellite communications technology, Huawei Mate50 series also successfully "saved" an outdoor hiker. According to Beijiang News Network, a regional media in Inner Mongolia, outdoor photographer Xu and two hikers were suddenly caught in a blizzard when they were collecting customs in the Gongge grassland in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and one of their teammates, Li, got lost. As Li was in a remote location at that time, there was no ground network signal. In a hurry, he relied on the Beidou satellite message function of Huawei's mobile phone to send coordinate information to his teammates, who were successfully contacted and rescued. Li's adventurous experience made his relatives and friends and the outside world sweat for him, which once again reminded us that we must pay attention to personal safety and communication protection when we are away from home.

Having said so much, in fact, the author's core idea is to emphasize the importance of "satellite communication" technology. Even if you don't have a hobby for outdoor travel, you may not be able to use it every day, but it can really save lives at critical times.

If Huawei watches will also usher in this technology, it will undoubtedly become an epoch-making revolution for smartwatches. In the author's opinion, the significance of "satellite communications" in smartwatches is even greater than that of smartphones, because a large proportion of smartwatch buyers have outdoor sports interests such as outdoor walking, mountaineering and fishing. In other words, the outdoor scene application of smartwatch is much higher than that of smart phone, and the risk of disconnection will increase, but when they wear watches that support satellite communications. It is obvious that the safety of outdoor travel will also be greatly improved.

Write at the end:

If Huawei WATCH Ultimate series smartwatch is really ahead of Apple and other manufacturers to release satellite communications technology is also expected, not to mention Huawei Mate50 series, Huawei Mate Xs 2 take the lead in satellite communications function of the background, just look at Huawei in the field of smart wear innovation and leadership, you will understand.

Over the past period of time, Huawei has brought many innovative and revolutionary products in the field of smart wear, such as Huawei WATCH D, which supports blood pressure monitoring, Huawei WATCH Buds, which combines TWS headphones and smartwatches, Huawei WATCH GT Cyber, which is a "modified" smart tide watch, and Huawei WATCH GT series, which opens sports health and long-range races. Huawei WATCH digital series, which supports independent communication of watches, etc., these excellent products prove Huawei's strength in smart wear form innovation and experience innovation. Huawei dominates with a market share of 26%, according to research data released by Canalys in the fourth quarter of 2022 in China's wearable market report.

As the first watch factory in China, Huawei continues to lead the new trend of wear development, and is one of the most innovative and dynamic brands in the industry. Therefore, Huawei WATCH Ultimate series smartwatch will open a new chapter of smart wearable communication if it is not unexpected to launch "Satellite Communications".

Of course, as for what other surprises this product will bring, we'd better wait and see and let Huawei reveal it in person at the press conference on March 23.

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