Xiaomi showcased in Singapore a slew of smart appliances for the smart home. The company boasts AIoT technology that enhances smart living in the modern home. Early bird promotions below.
The Smart Home Solutions showcase is a partnership between Xiaomi and M.SPACO, a one-stop home solutions provider and experiential gallery. Here’s the new Xiaomi TV A2 58-inch AIoT television.
The AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) devices which Xiaomi showcased in Singapore include the following.
The usual retail prices and the early bird prices from 6 August are listed below.
Xiaomi TV A2 Series
58” (UP: S$999)
43” (UP: S$499, 6 Aug: S$429)
32” (UP: S$329, 6 Aug: S$279)
Xiaomi TV P1E Series
UP: S$1,299, 6 Aug: S$999
MI Smart Air Fryer 3.5L (S$139)
UP: S$139, 6 Aug: S$109
Xiaomi Smart Pet Feeder
UP: S$169, 6 Aug: S$139
Xiaomi Smart Pet Fountain
UP: S$99, 6 Aug: S$89
Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4 Compact
UP: S$159
The highlights of the showcase were the 58-inch Xiaomi TV A2 and the 65-inch Xiaomi TV P1E.
The A2 serves as a home hub with fully voice-automated AIoT connectivity, high-end audio and visual specs, and built-in access to the latest content worldwide.
Barely two weeks after MSI unveiled its latest gaming and creator laptops for CES, the company brought the 12th Generation machines to Singapore for a sneak preview to a select crowd.
The Creator series for content creators is one of the laptops in MSI’s CES lineups.
This Pulse GL66 gaming laptop is one was one of the gaming laptops showcased as part of the MSI‘s 12th Gen lineup unveiled during CES2022.
MSI Smart Auto will auto switch the suitable modes depending on usage, while Ambient Silent AI will detect ambient noise level (dB) to adjust the fan speed, providing better performance with a relatively silent fan.
I have included a summary from MSI of the various lineups below.
The telco hopes to offer consumers a taste of its network’s ultra-fast mobile speeds with 5G-powered WiFi.
UNBOXED Lite features next-generation self-service kiosks powered by mmWave 5G and Singtel’s AI assistant Stella. Photo credit: Singtel.
Singtel is giving its payphone booths at Tong Building on Orchard Road a new lease of life with 5G connectivity.
“UNBOXED Lite 5G experience zones will allow more consumers to try out Singtel 5G and understand how super-fast speeds and quick response times can elevate their mobile data experience. With 5G set to go mainstream with more devices and applications available in the coming months, we will launch UNBOXED Lite experience zones progressively across the island to bring richer experiences enabled by 5G, AR and VR closer to the consumers,” says Gan Siok Hoon, Managing Director of Sales and Marketing, Consumer Singapore, Singtel.
Named UNBOXED Lite, the payphone booths have been transformed into next-generation multimedia kiosks, providing round-the-clock access to a wide range of Singtel services and complimentary 5G-powered WiFi.
UNBOXED Lite will give all consumers a taste of Singtel’s ultra-fast 5G experience, providing WiFi connections powered by Singtel’s triple-band 5G which utilises 3.5Ghz, 28Ghz and 2100Mhz frequencies.
Consumers with any smartphone can connect to the 5G-powered WiFi for free to experience Singtel 5G’s fast speeds, as well as smooth streaming of exclusive 4K content from Love Nature.
To provide a safe and secure environment for everyone, all touch surfaces in UNBOXED Lite are disinfected frequently and coated with a long-lasting anti-microbial solution.
UNBOXED offers customers a 24/7 contactless experience for prepaid card purchases and top-ups, Singtel mobile, fibre broadband and TV subscription sign-ups, instant SIM card replacements and more.
OPPO unveiled the OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset, OPPO AR Glass 2021, and OPPO CybeReal AR application, as the company rolled out its 3+N+X technology development strategy.
The OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset.
OPPO says that the three concept products demonstrate all-new possibilities of human-tech interaction and exploration of future technology.
OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset
OPPO AR Glass 2021
OPPO CybeReal AR application
The OPPO X 2021 rollable concept handset features a flexible display and structural stacking, offering users a more natural interactive experience.
The concept handset features OPPO’s three proprietary technologies.
LG Connect 2018 Asia is a showcase of the company’s innovations to enhance end-user experience across the retail, hospitality, transport and residential sectors targeting citizens of smart nations at work and play.
LG 55″ transparent OLED signage, with razor-thin bezels. With 40% transparency, this display will be launched end this year or next year.
The LG Connect 2018 Asia was held at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore.
“Buoyed by an all-encompassing suite of solutions, LG is excited to partner with businesses in Asia to help expand their portfolios of offerings. Together, we can build technological infrastructures that are future proof and can bring immense benefits to end-users across all the retail, hospitality, transport and residential industries,” says Steve Song, Asia Regional Chief Executive Officer of LG Electronics.
Among the impressive lineup of commercial displays showcased were the Open Frame OLED digital signage, the 55-inch Transparent OLED signage, the In-Glass OLED Wallpaper, OLED Wallpaper Hotel TV, Ultra HD smart displays, 0.9mm even bezel video wall, IPS Interactive Digital Boards, and 88-inch Ultra Stretch displays.
Solutions using these displays in various commercial settings were also exhibited, eg. Pro:Centric smart platform for hotels, and All-in-one Collaboration Solution for business centers, as well as SmartThinQ ecosystem for home appliances and ThinQ AI for LG’s Signature OLED TV W8.
One of the more impressive showcases at IFA this year was an OLED tunnel put up by LG, measuring 5m tall, 7.4m wide and 15m in length – and comprising 15m of OLED panels and 450 million pixels.
The awesome OLED tunnel provided a stunning and immersive viewing experience with deep black and vibrant colours.
A total of 216 separate 55-inch curved OLED signage displays were assembled to create the structure comprising 447,897,600 pixels – that’s nearly half a billion – to display a collection of breathtaking scenes including Iceland’s Aurora Borealis, underwater ecosystems and deep space footage.
A video titled “From Black to Black” was produced by LG to include footage that accentuate the lifelike colors and the ability to recreate the miniscule details of life which LG’s OLED technology delivers.
The footage includes the black ocean with effervescent jellyfish and the gentle movement of whales, as well as scenes from deep black space and the brilliant northern lights on a black sky.
I call it N Wow! Microsoft Singapore demonstrated how it has transited from a traditional fixed-room-and-desk office layout, to a Starbucks-style working environment where employees can work at ANY available desk in its six floors of office space at One Marina Boulevard in Singapore.
No more assigned desks. Click to enlarge to see more of the new way of work.
What happens to the personal paraphernalia that adorn the typical office cubicle or room?
Well each employee, including Managing Director Jessica Tan, gets a locker to store their personal effects.
Plenty of collaboration spaces.
Each desk comes with power-sockets, a wireless mouse and keyboard, and a Samsung monitor that comes with a privacy screen.
Nothing else – not even a phone.
A single cable from the monitor plugs into the employee’s laptop.
In addition to connecting the display to the monitor, the same cable also provides Internet connection to the laptop, as well as control over the wireless mouse and keyboard.
Every floor has a “landing area” at the entrance – a convenient rendezvous point.
Why isn’t there a phone?
Employees rely on Microsoft’s Lync telephony and collaboration solution which allows them to communicate using the Internet.
It is now as easy to work from home as it is to work in the office.
Yet more employees prefer to come physically to the office than to work from home – because of the more open and spontaneous collaborative environment the revamp has facilitated.
For a start, there’re no walls and cubicles between employees.
Workers can choose a private booth to dock-in if they really need to work on or discuss about something really confidential.
But by-and-large, most work in the open, at one of the docking desks.
Overview of rooms and workstations. Reminiscent of Metro UI?
Microsoft Singapore invited the regional media to walk around their operational offices to see this concept live.
I suppose this is Microsoft’s way of demonstrating how their technology can help enterprises and businesses adapt to the latest trends of work, where people tend to collaborate more in the course of work.
Instead of a concept demo, Microsoft is showing how they walk the talk – in fact, they’ve been working this concept in Amsterdam for the past five years..
And it was an impressive walkabout – to see what many organisations have only talked or dreamed about.
Samsung SUR40Pixelsense. Seen at Microsoft Technology Centre at One Marina Boulevard in Singapore.
