EXPANDS QORVO¡¯S ADDRESSABLE MARKET TO INCLUDE ANDROID® SMARTPHONE ECOSYSTEM
Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced it is supplying Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology for Google¡¯s Pixel 6 Pro flagship smartphone. The Qorvo DW3720 UWB solution enables a breadth of new use cases from ¡°find my stuff¡± applications and indoor location/indoor navigation to secure peer-to-peer financial transactions and other location-based ¡°secure association¡± applications. UWB provides ultra-precise distance and location information, enabling context awareness to connected devices for seamless, secure and intuitive user experiences.
Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo Mobile Products, said, ¡°Qorvo is proud to support the Pixel 6 Pro with our DW3720 UWB solution as well as other cellular and connectivity products. The Pixel 6 Pro is the first Android® smartphone to feature Qorvo¡¯s UWB technology, reflecting close collaboration with Google and Qorvo¡¯s UWB hardware and software teams. We look forward to continued collaboration with Google and other industry leaders establishing UWB as a must-have technology across connected devices in mobile, automotive and IoT.¡±
Qorvo¡¯s UWB solution developed for Pixel includes the DW3720 transceiver and full software support for the Android operating system. The software stack developed by Qorvo for the Pixel 6 Pro is compatible with other Android devices.
Qorvo¡¯s UWB solutions are compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4z standard and are developed in accordance with the FiRa consortium PHY - MAC specification and Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) specifications. As a member of FiRa and CCC, Qorvo is committed to ensuring device interoperability and growing the UWB ecosystem. Qorvo¡¯s UWB solutions significantly enhance the end user experience and make automotive, smartphone, and consumer and industrial IoT applications simple, smart and secure.