OPPO establishes new AI Hardware Lab headed by Jiang Yuchen

On November 13, 2026, a report from All-Weather Technology exclusively revealed that OPPO has formally established a new AI hardware laboratory, with a dedicated R&D team being assembled for AI-driven new hardware. The lab is led by Jiang Yuchen, former founder of Waveform Intelligence and Director of ColorOS Smart Product R&D. According to people familiar with the matter, the move is intended to extend proactive, personalized intelligence beyond smartphones into additional hardware form factors and to accelerate the build-out of an AI-native terminal ecosystem. OPPO's AI capabilities, developed in recent years around its mobile operating system, are now extending further into standalone hardware products.

Jiang's appointment is closely tied to OPPO's earlier AI moves. He founded the large language model startup Waveform Intelligence in 2023, a company focused on applying LLMs to long-form text generation. OPPO acquired Waveform Intelligence in October 2024, and Jiang joined the company shortly afterward, taking part in system-level AI product development. In December 2025, OPPO carried out another round of AI business reorganization, merging the Xiaobu Memory, Xiaobu Assistant, and Xiaobu Suggestion services into the unified Super Xiaobu offering, managed by the Smart Product R&D department, with Jiang coordinating related product work. That direction emphasizes AI continuously understanding users' daily behavior, historical information, and current context so it can proactively offer help at the right moments. As of now, the lab's formation and team setup have been disclosed only through the cited source, and no further official announcement from OPPO has followed.