OPPO has officially established a new AI hardware lab, led by Jiang Yuchen, former Director of Smart Product R&D for ColorOS. The lab aims to extend personalized, proactive intelligence from phones to a broader range of hardware forms, accelerate the development of an AI-native terminal system, and drive the extension of AI capabilities cultivated within the phone operating system to standalone hardware products. Jiang Yuchen previously founded the large-model startup Wave Intelligence and joined OPPO after the company acquired it in October 2024. When OPPO integrated its AI business into "Super XiaoBu" in December 2025, he oversaw related product R&D. Earlier, OPPO launched its first AI-native wearable device, the Xinli Ball, in an attempt to bring AI from the phone screen into daily life. With the establishment of the new lab, OPPO is expected to launch more forms of AI-native hardware products in the future.
