Newshot NearLink Smart Home Appliance OpenLab Officially Launched: Co-built by Nine Parties, Covering the Full Chain from Chips to Complete Devices
IT Home, November 14 news: The International NearLink Alliance announced today that the NearLink Smart Home Appliance (Shanghai) Innovation Laboratory (abbreviated as NearLink Smart Home Appliance OpenLab) previously passed acceptance with a high score and was officially awarded a plaque, becoming the fourth officially authorized OpenLab of the International NearLink Alliance and the first open innovation platform for the smart home appliance field. The laboratory is now officially in operation.
NearLink, as a new-generation wireless short-range communication technology, features low latency, high reliability, precise positioning, interference resistance, and multiple concurrency. According to official statements, in the smart home appliance field, NearLink's data transmission, sensing, positioning, and flexible networking capabilities have already given rise to a batch of new scenarios:
- Around TVs, NearLink pointing remote control brings a brand-new immersive experience to all-area audio-visual entertainment;
- Around white goods, NearLink's integrated sensing and communication makes whole-house appliances smarter;
- Around routers, a single wide-and-narrow network makes whole-house connectivity more convenient.
According to the introduction, the NearLink Smart Home Appliance OpenLab is constructed and operated by the Shanghai Qingpu NearLink Promotion Center. The promotion center was jointly initiated by 9 entities: Midea, Shanghai HiSilicon, Hangzhou Yongxie, Shanghai National Engineering Research Center of Digital Television, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hefei Hengxinji, Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Baoye, Shanghai Bilu Electronic, and the Yangtze River Delta AI+ Joint Innovation Center, covering every link of the chain from "chips — modules — complete devices — university research — local industrial platforms."
IT Home has learned that, in order to promote the large-scale implementation of NearLink technology in the smart home appliance field, the laboratory has formulated a three-step development roadmap:
- Ice-breaking period (until the end of 2026): complete organizational building and institutional setup, advance capability building and basic business operations, and incubate solutions together with ecosystem partners;
- Platform period (2027–2028): build a platform integrating technology innovation and application services, testing capabilities, and industrial promotion, and drive the application of NearLink technology in East China and the implementation of industrial policies;
- Sustainable period (from 2029): form a stable R&D service team, sustain innovation and project incubation, and achieve sustainable operational development.
At present, the laboratory has formed a team structure combining full-time and part-time staff: more than 10 technical backbone members from various member units participate part-time in three business lines—solution development, testing laboratory, and industrial ecosystem development—all with experience in chip, product, or solution development; it plans to have 7 full-time personnel in place by the end of 2026.
At the same time, relying on the expert resources of member units, the laboratory has invited Professor He Dazhi, Professor Guan Yunfeng, and other experts from Shanghai Jiao Tong University who have long participated in standards development to deeply engage in technological innovation and industrial implementation.
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