MediaTek and Android Wear: smart watches are easier and more affordable

    MediaTek, the world's second largest developer of hardware platforms for mobile devices, showed the first prototype of smart watches based on Android Wear operating system and MediaTek MT2601 chipset .

    The MT2601 chipset includes two Cortex-A7 cores operating at a frequency of 1.2 GHz, an ARM Mali-400 MP graphics accelerator, as well as a set of all the necessary wireless interfaces. The area of ​​the printed circuit board is less than 480 mm 2 . This allows you to create a wide range of wearable devices based on the chipset - from basic fitness trackers to full-fledged flagship products based on Android Wear.

    The watch prototype with Android Wear and MT2601 demonstrates MediaTek's maximum level of readiness to enter a new market segment. The wearable device has a screen with a resolution of 240x240 pixels and a complete set of all the sensors basic for the watch: proximity, movement, pressure, heartbeat, as well as a gyroscope.



    The key difference between smart watches with Android Wear operating system based on MT2601 will be economical energy consumption and lower cost of finished products. Thus, the energy consumption of the latest chipset is reduced by 41.5% compared to existing solutions, sharpened for Android Wear. And with MT2601's support for low screen resolutions, end device manufacturers will be able to create entry-level models at an affordable price.

    The latest MT2601 chipset has already been launched into mass production. The first production samples of smart watches with Android Wear on the MediaTek platform can be demonstrated in a week within the framework of MWC 2015 in Barcelona.

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