Nintendo Submitted a Mysterious New Wireless Device to FCC

TapTechNews September 23rd news, according to TheVerge report, Nintendo submitted a mysterious new wireless device to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last weekend, and this device is not the Switch2 game console that is expected to be released before April next year.

The device model is CLO-001, and its specific purpose is unknown, but considering that it uses the same 001 code as the first-generation Switch (HAC-001) and DS (NTR-001) game consoles, so it seems to be a completely new product line.

TapTechNews noticed that the device is only marked as a wireless device, not a wireless game console or any controller similar to Joy-Con. The basic schematic in the document shows the location where the FCC label will be displayed in the recessed area at the bottom, and the device has a square outline and rounded corners.

The document also shows that the device is not a wearable device, and it has no battery and can only be used by plugging in, powered by USB-C.

CLO-001 does not support 5GHz or 6GHz Wi-Fi, nor does it have Bluetooth, only 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and 24GHz millimeter-wave sensor. The 24GHz millimeter-wave sensor may be a radar sensor used for tracking movement, such as tracking gestures or automatically turning on when detecting someone approaching the device.

Given the limited information, it is currently difficult to guess the specific purpose of this device.