Huawei formally launched its HUAWEI Health Lab in Xi’an, China on 10 December 2020 as part of its commitment to innovate and enhance R&D capabilities in health technology.
In this facility, over 40 Huawei researchers, engineers and developers from a wide range of professional backgrounds and disciplines will jointly explore the innovation and application of new sports and health technology, with the results guiding their smart wearable strategy.
“Smart wearables are tiny gadgets, but they bear big thoughts which guide consumers to a more scientific workout experience and a healthier life,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group.
In 2020, Huawei introduced seven smart wearables to the market. Smart watches such as HUAWEI WATCH GT 2, HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro, and HUAWEI WATCH FIT have been recognised for their professional fitness and health tracking functions, the company said. According to market consulting firm IDC, Huawei's wrist wearables ranked No. 1 in Q220.
The HUAWEI Health Lab includes an experimental smart wearable product testing area, and a sports health innovation area. Here, Huawei smart wearables undergo repeated and rigorous testing before being introduced to the market. Using more than 20 professional research devices, Huawei’s product testing engineers use national and international standards of product hardware and software to simulate extreme usage scenarios, and conduct durability tests on Huawei's wearable products.
When the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro’s Golf Driving Range Mode was under development, engineers used an indoor golf simulation device at the lab to collect more than 2,500 sets of professional data from 20,000 swings. These algorithms were later tuned and tweaked to ensure that this mode provided consumers with the best possible experience.
In order to accurately capture health data such as maximum oxygen uptake, running posture, heart rate and calories burnt when running, researchers at HUAWEI Health Lab designed a core data collection system by including tools such as a foot pressure treadmill, cardio-metabolic mask, heart rate belt, optical gesture capture system and professional treadmill. In 2020 alone, Huawei researchers collected 10,900 hours of running data and a running mileage of around 105,000 kilometres*. This data is continuously verified and optimised by data algorithms based on the actual physique of people when they are running, and eventually applied to Huawei's wearable products.
“Together, this multidisciplinary group of researchers and developers have combined and exchanged their expertise to create an innovative new research methodology, turning this laboratory to an innovative workshop to help consumers exercise scientifically and live a healthier life,” Rico Zhang, President of Smart Wearable and Health Product Line in Huawei Consumer Business Group, said.
“In the future, Huawei will continue to increase the investment in the field of sports and health, and build another sports health laboratory in Songshan Lake, Dongguan which will collaborate closely with more than 10 of Huawei’s global science institutes, sharing R&D resources with the aim of building an innovative, industry-leading, and open Huawei sports health ecosystem. We also aim to provide consumers easy to use, professional and accurate health and fitness products.”
*Data from HUAWEI Health Lab.
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