<story><title>Wyze $20 Smart Watch</title><url>https://wyze.com/wyze-watch.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>umeshunni</author><text>How is Wyze churning out so many new hardware devices so rapidly?&lt;p&gt;I hadn&amp;#x27;t heard of them till this year when I saw their camera on sale, but now they have a full suite of hardware products with ~50 employees.&lt;p&gt;Are they essentially rebranding some Chinese manufacturer?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>delfinom</author><text>This watch is potentially a rebranded Xiaomi Redmi Watch, with minor modification to the sensor plate maybe.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fdn2.gsmarena.com&amp;#x2F;vv&amp;#x2F;pics&amp;#x2F;xiaomi&amp;#x2F;xiaomi-redmi-watch-1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fdn2.gsmarena.com&amp;#x2F;vv&amp;#x2F;pics&amp;#x2F;xiaomi&amp;#x2F;xiaomi-redmi-watch-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise there other very similar looking watches in the Chinese market as well.</text></comment>
<story><title>Wyze $20 Smart Watch</title><url>https://wyze.com/wyze-watch.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>umeshunni</author><text>How is Wyze churning out so many new hardware devices so rapidly?&lt;p&gt;I hadn&amp;#x27;t heard of them till this year when I saw their camera on sale, but now they have a full suite of hardware products with ~50 employees.&lt;p&gt;Are they essentially rebranding some Chinese manufacturer?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>untog</author><text>When it comes to their webcam: absolutely yes. You can get the exact camera they sell on Alibaba. That said, the software on the Alibaba versions is awful. I think their business model makes sense here: buy commodity hardware, make your own, better, software.&lt;p&gt;(though to be honest their iOS app isn&amp;#x27;t great. But still)</text></comment>