Oppo did not announce a new flagship phone at MWC but instead focused on its range of smart devices. We had the opportunity to test the Oppo Air Glass 2 Assisted Reality Glasses as well as the company’s zero-energy brand and Wi-Fi 6 EasyMesh router.
Oppo Air Glass 2
Oppo’s Air Glass 2 are a pair of AR glasses – meaning they show information about the user’s point of view without obstructing their vision or perception of the world around them. Air Glass 2 was announced at Oppo Inno Day 2022 back in December, and features Oppo’s self-developed SRG-resin reflection waveguide lens with vision correction support. Air Glass 2 packs a pair of microLED displays located in the sides of the frames and beam information at up to 1,000 nits of brightness per eye.
Frames are further customizable to suit the wearer’s needs. The Oppo Air Glass 2 weighs just 38g – a fraction of most AR/VR headsets and actually looks like a regular pair of reading glasses. These glasses act as a companion for your smartphone as they can be used to make calls, show navigation routes and read notifications all without the need for any wired connection during use. Oppo has also added the ability to translate between languages and convert audio to text for the hearing impaired.
The glasses are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4100 platform which is used in most high-end smartwatches. Their 200mAh battery is rated for up to 3 hours of use and recharges via magnetic pins located on the back of the frames.
You get a pair of buttons on each side of the bezels that are used to control the interface as well as speakers to let you hear what’s going on. The interface design is fairly simple – you get weather, maps and calendar apps as well as a remote control which would be really useful for presentations and a translation app. All menus are displayed in a bright green font giving you that powerful Matrix look.
Oppo Air Glass 2
The Oppo Air Glass 2 is still in the concept stage, so it remains to be seen when Oppo will actually move on to a commercially available pair.
Oppo Zero-power tag
The second product we got to spend some time with at the Oppo MWC booth is the Zero Energy brand. This is a really interesting prototype that aims to solve one of the few downsides to smart trackers – batteries. Being a zero-power device means there is no battery inside the Oppo tracker which instead relies on harvesting radio frequency energy from the area around it to transmit location data.
Oppo Zero-power tag
The card-sized device can be attached to your bag or other objects and used to track their location. On paper, it should have the benefits of a smart tracker but in a much larger size compared to something like the Air Tag.
The upside is that you won’t need to charge or replace its battery every few months, which is a win for the environment. We hope to see more zero-power devices from Oppo and other manufacturers as soon as possible.
Oppo WiFi 6 router
Oppo also showed off its latest Wi-Fi 6 router which has a truly groundbreaking design with a transparent case and long antennas extending to the top of its casing. This router supports EasyMesh network support with multiple access points designated to cover larger areas.
Oppo WiFi 6 router
The system should ensure stable performance in large offices or homes without having to invest in Wi-Fi extenders or additional routers for different areas. Oppo has developed an easy-to-follow web interface for setting up and controlling the router as well as the Oppo Connect companion app for your smartphone.
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