Meizu, the Chinese language shopper electronics model, has formally introduced its exit from the Android smartphone enterprise. The corporate launched the Meizu 21 in China in November 2023, and it might now turn out to be its final conventional cellphone to hit the market. The model additionally revealed that it’s going to now deal with synthetic intelligence (AI) and develop software program and {hardware} options across the rising expertise. Particularly, that is the second time that Meizu has exited a longtime enterprise, with the primary coming in 2007 when it moved away from the manufacture of MP3 units.
The data first got here from a Weibo put up by Li Nan, Meizu's former advertising director, and was later confirmed by the corporate through a video on its web site. In the course of the announcement, the corporate's CEO Ziyu Shen stated that modifications within the smartphone market have been the principle purpose for the pivot. He famous that customers now take a median of 51 months or a bit over 4 years to improve a smartphone.
As well as, he highlighted that rival firms have additionally contributed to the added competitors, as many now provide comparable efficiency in fluidity, pictures and software program expertise. He added that now the Chinese language model needed to go “All in [on] AI”. Now it focuses on AI terminal units and provides options each when it comes to {hardware} and software program.
Going ahead, Meizu will modify its Flyme OS for smartphones into an working system for AI units. It is going to additionally develop a brand new cell working system that focuses on AI features, and can enable smartphones to combine AI. Shen additionally referred to units like Humane's AI Pin and Rabbit R1, hinting that he may attempt his fingers at completely different kind elements. Moreover, the announcement revealed that the Chinese language shopper tech model might unveil its first AI {hardware} later this yr. No particulars have been shared about what that could be.
Meizu additionally acknowledged that current smartphones in China will proceed to be supported, and offline retail shops will even stay unaffected. It’s not positive whether or not smartphones within the worldwide market will even be supported or not. This makes the Meizu 21 the final smartphone from the corporate, since it’s not identified if it should ever return to work on the speculated Meizu 21 Professional, or Meizu 22 collection.
