OPPO announced three initiatives to co-build a new intelligent service ecosystem with developers and partners

BEIJING, CHINA�- Media
OutReach - 20 December 2019 – OPPO today kicked off its 2019 OPPO
Developer Conference (ODC) in Beijing under the theme of “Innovation and
Intelligence”, unveiling a range of initiatives to co-build a new
intelligent service ecosystem with developers and partners. The three new
initiatives announced at the conference include the enhanced developer support
program “Gravity Plan 2.0”, for which OPPO will allocate RMB 1 billion (about
USD $143 million) in 2020, the “Five System-level Capability Exposure Engines”
and the “IoT Enablement Plan”.

 

In the past year, OPPO has made remarkable
progress in building a new ecosystem, boasting more than 320 million monthly
active users globally on its ColorOS operating system and accumulating a
massive number of users across its applications, services, and content
ecosystem. To date, more than 120,000 developers have joined the OPPO open platform
where its open capability service has been used more than 3 billion times per
day.

 

RMB 1
Billion towards “Gravity Plan 2.0” in efforts to connect developers and users.

At the 2018 Developer Conference, OPPO
officially launched the “Gravity Plan”, an RMB 1 billion program to
support outstanding developers worldwide. Since then, the plan has provided
resources for more than 2,000 applications, resulting in 9.2 billion
impressions and more than 180 million downloads.

 

Henry Duan, Vice President, Internet
Services, OPPO, said in his keynote speech at today’s event that with the help
of ColorOS, which is available in more than 140 countries and regions around
the world, the “Gravity Plan 2.0” will build on last year’s plan to provide sustained
and all-round support to partners
in the four major fields of applications, services, content and going global,
Duan said.

 

Enabling
Multi-scenario Convergent Experiences through Launching “Five System-level
Capability Exposure Engines”

 

In order to enable developers to connect
to OPPO’s system-level capability more smoothly and quickly, and continue to
bring better user experience to users, OPPO also launched “Five System-level
Capability Exposure Engines” officially, which include Hyper Boost, Link Boost,
CameraUnit, MediaUnit, and ARUnit capabilities. In this way, OPPO will improve
user experience together with developers and partners.

 

Andy Wu, Vice President, Software
Engineering, OPPO, said in a keynote speech that, “With the launch of the “Five
System-level Capability Exposure Engines” , OPPO will help developers leverage
creativity, explore scenarios, maximize value and build a world of intelligent
connectivity in which reality and the virtual realm integrate” .

 

 ”IoT Enablement Plan” and HeyThings IoT
service platform to accelerate  convergence of technology and service

 

Anticipating the integration and
convergence of things to be the future, OPPO announced that it will launch the
“IoT Enablement Plan”, a capacity opening program aimed at opening OPPO’s
HeyThings IoT protocol, HeyThings IoT service platform and audio connectivity
protocol for IoT partners. The newly-upgraded HeyThings IoT service platform is
expected to be deployed through OPPO’s open platform in Q1, 2020 while the
first phase of the audio connectivity protocol is expected to be in service in
June 2020.

 

Bobee Liu, Vice President, Intelligent
Mobile Devices, OPPO, also revealed that OPPO will soon debut its first smart
watch, OPPO Watch, as well as a health platform, which will be positioned as a
strategic device that OPPO will use to create a robust ecosystem with its
partners.

 

Tony Chen said on this year’s OPPO INNO
DAY that OPPO has been “more than just a phone maker from the outset.” OPPO
plans to invest RMB 50 billion (USD 7 billion) into R&D spending in the
next 3 years to develop core technologies in hardware, software and system in
addition to 5G, AI, AR, big data and other frontier technologies. By actively
collaborating with partners across the industry for a future of shared success,
OPPO is forging a new ecosystem of smart services in the era of the intelligent
connectivity.