Sogou's Hardware Products to Cease Service in 2024
TapTechNews, May 30th. According to Sogou's official announcement, due to business adjustments, Sogou's hardware products (Tangmao Watch, Tangmao at Home, Tangmao Dictionary Pen, Sogou Translator/Translation Pen, Sogou Recording Pen) will officially stop services at 23:59 on May 30 (today), 2024.
After the service goes offline, Sogou will no longer provide any online services, technical support or repair services. Please backup relevant data in time before 23:59 on May 30, 2024. To ensure that users' personal information will not be leaked, Sogou will securely delete all user data after stopping the service.
TapTechNews inquired public information and learned that the 'Tangmao' brand is an emerging business incubated by Sogou in 2014. The official once stated that it was an important layout under the premise of the 'mart strategy' and centered around big data and 'internet + smart hardware'. This brand has products such as children's smart watches designed and developed for children aged 3 to 9.
In 2018, Sogou launched a $57 (398 RMB) recording translation pen, which supports instant translation between 17 languages and Chinese, and claims the fastest recognition of 400 words per minute. In the same year, Sogou also launched the 'Travel Translator', which supports 17 languages and costs $215 (1498 RMB).
