ByteDance's PICO Developing Wearable Devices with AI

On June 21, TapTechNews. According to the Tech Planet report, ByteDance's PICO has been developing multiple wearable devices since the second half of last year, and these devices will be equipped with AI.

ByteDance is recruiting ID designers to be responsible for the industrial design of smart devices. The recruitment mentioned incubating achievements to promote landing, and the team is located in Shenzhen.

As TapTechNews reported earlier, the ByteDance management saw the potential of transforming wearable devices into a generative AI service platform. ByteDance acquired the earphone manufacturer Oladance in May with approximately 50 million US dollars, and the team is being integrated into the ByteDance system.

ByteDance officials also responded publicly, The Doubao business is exploring the combination with smart wearable devices to provide users with a more natural and convenient interactive experience.

Since the first half of this year, ByteDance's Doubao large model has successively cooperated with multiple hardware manufacturers and opened the Doubao capability to various hardware manufacturers. At the Volcano Engine FORCE Prime Mover Conference in May this year, three cooperative products of AI hardware were demonstrated publicly, including a robot dog, a learning machine, and a learning robot.