Huawei’s Consumer Business Group has officially opened their largest Huawei Health Lab to date. It is a 4,680sqm facility located in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, China. It represents a CNY 200 million R&D investment project by the brand to support more than 80 types of tsting requests in fields such as professional research, ecosystem co-development, and health and fitness scenario incubation to help improve its smart wearable devices.
Its official reveal showcased its CNY 3 million plateau simulation laboratory, which replicates high-altitude environments up to 6,000 meters above sea level to simulate how oxygen saturation affects the human body. The lab contains the necessary facilities for researchers to measure changes in the human body under different altitudes and climate conditions for accurate high-altitude data for analysis.
The lab also sports professional optical motion capture systems that include 28 high-speed infrared camera which support a peak sampling rate of 10,000Hz. This allows Huawei to record a wide range of subjects including moving bullets with millimeter-level accuracy. Studying the movement of the human body along with altitude data, Huawei hopes to develop new and innovative features for its smart wearables.
The exercise physiology research area of the lab also comes with cardiopulmonary function and metabolism meters, heart rate belts, and high-performance treadmills. Researchers can use these to monitor VO2 max, calorie consumption, and workout heart rate.
Huawei’s Health Lab will also serve as an incubator for scenario-orientated experiences and service packages that consumers can directly enjoy, including micro-physical examination, home fitness, and digital sports.
The brand has invested heavily into research in digital health and fitness technologies as well as active partnerships with related industry authorities and ecosystem partners. At present, more than 5 million users have joined the Huawei Research Program and over 230 million users have benefitted from Huawei health and fitness services. There are currently over 83 million global average monthly active users of the Huawei Health app.
