December 20 news, BYD officials recently issued a recruitment order, looking for a smart new product experience officer, registration deadline December 24. Among them, Han EV/DM, Tang DM-i, 2021 Tang Fuel/EV/DM, Song Plus, Song Pro and many other models are adapted to this product, and certified car owners can apply for experience.
It is understood that BYD announced last month that it will launch a smart watch in the future, which should be the product to be experienced this time. Officials said that the watch supports smart ignition, smart locking, lifting and lowering the window, opening the tailgate and other related functions, which can replace the original car key of the current BYD car. At the same time, this device also supports the relevant functions of ordinary smart watches, such as exercise step counting, heart rate monitoring, call reminders, etc.
According to the previously exposed warm-up poster, BYD smart watches adopt a round body design, equipped with metal bezel, sapphire glass, rubber strap, etc., and are close to Huawei Watch GT in appearance, biased towards business style. However, Xiao Lei feels that the function of BYD's watch should not be as powerful as Huawei's watch, and may pay more attention to battery life, which can bring BYD owners a more lasting experience.
BYD should be the first to use smart watches instead of car keys, which may attract many BYD car owners. In fact, many cars nowadays support mobile phone control, and functions such as unlocking, locking, and starting can be achieved by using specific Apps. Tesla App also launched the "unlock" function a while ago, which can open the lock on the mobile phone in advance, which is convenient for the car to drive directly into the parking space for charging, and there is no need to get off the car to unlock.
However, using a mobile phone App to control sometimes encounters unexpected situations, such as a server crash that will cause the phone to be unable to connect to the car, and there will be an embarrassing situation of locking people out of the car. Tesla has suffered many similar failures, causing many car owners to complain. Using a smartwatch instead of a car key may be a better way, and I hope that BYD's move will have some impact.
The smart watch used as a car key is estimated to be as powerful as a high-end smart watch in terms of function, such as electrocardiogram, blood oxygen and so on. However, it should strengthen its GPS positioning capabilities, Bluetooth connectivity and battery life performance. More details about the product still need to wait for the release before it can be revealed, Xiao Lei is more curious, BYD smart watch is given away with the car, or do the owner pay for it separately?