Huawei’s HarmonyOS Ecosystem Integrates LIZHI Podcast
October 25 2021 - 7:30AM
LIZHI INC. (“LIZHI” or the “Company” or “We”) (NASDAQ: LIZI), a
leading online UGC audio community and interactive audio
entertainment platform in China, announced recently at the 2021
Huawei Developer Conference that its vertical podcast content
platform, the LIZHI Podcast App, has been integrated into Huawei’s
HarmonyOS ecosystem and will soon be launched on Huawei’s HarmonyOS
smart car cockpit operating system.
The launch coincides with LIZHI Podcast’s newest
app update, which rolls out new audio functions such as voice
search and voice-activated control – this provides car users with
an enhanced, interactive audio experience. The collaboration also
marks the debut of LIZHI Podcast’s “one-click seamless
connectivity” feature, which supports the cross-screen connection
and use of LIZHI Podcast between HarmonyOS-equipped devices for an
uninterrupted podcast experience.
On top of being the first Chinese podcast
platform to launch in-car Livestream Podcasts, LIZHI Podcast is
also the first Chinese podcast platform to achieve two-way seamless
connectivity between mobile devices and vehicles. LIZHI also
continuously innovates in the field of in-car podcasts, constantly
improving and fine-tuning drivers’ and passengers’ entertainment
experience such as by using an AI-powered recommendation system to
offer more personalized content recommendations, consequently
reducing the time taken by users to select their preferred content
and improving the user experience.
“LIZHI aims to provide an excellent user
experience, with a focus on in-car scenarios,” said Mr. Jerry Li,
Vice President of Technology of LIZHI, during his speech at the
Huawei Developer Conference.
He added, “With the capabilities and developer
support of the HarmonyOS smart car cockpit operating system, LIZHI
Podcast can more optimally integrate into vehicles in a short time.
The integration of HMS-A (Huawei Mobile Service Acceleration)
technology also enabled us to realize LIZHI Podcast’s ‘one-click
seamless connectivity’ feature, which offers users greater ease in
using the app between mobile phones and in-car entertainment
systems.”
In February this year, LIZHI announced that its
audio product has been launched in Mercedes Benz S-Class cars
through Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) for Car. LIZHI Podcast later
received the “Certification of Intelligent Vehicle Field” from the
Huawei Yaoxing (Shining Star) Program in August, as a testament to
the Company’s technological innovation and content curation
expertise. LIZHI went on to become one of the ecosystem partners of
Huawei’s “HMS Core Capability Access” app development
framework.
Mr. Jinnan (Marco) Lai, Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of LIZHI, said, “The successful launch of LIZHI
Podcast on Huawei’s HarmonyOS smart car cockpit operating system
brings us great pleasure as it gives full play to LIZHI’s
technological ingenuity, providing users with a uniquely
interactive in-car podcast experience. We also hope to leverage the
technological capabilities of HarmonyOS to reach a wider user group
and provide them with a more extensive variety of in-vehicle audio
content and services.
“Looking forward, LIZHI will explore
partnerships with more end users and for more usage scenarios. With
our innovative spirit and pioneering audio technology, we aim to
offer consumers a high-quality podcast platform that boasts
superior audio experiences.”
About LIZHI INC.
LIZHI INC. has built an audio ecosystem with a
global presence consisting of audio-based social networks, podcast
content portfolios and audio communities. The Company aims to bring
people closer together through voices by its product portfolios.
LIZHI's audio-based social networking product offering, including
TIYA App, caters to users' evolving interest in social interactions
in real time online and enables users to connect with friends
having similar interests, entertain, chat online, and share their
daily lives through voices. LIZHI also offers a vertical podcast
platform, LIZHI Podcast, that provides users with curated content
drawn from its extensive content library built over the years, as
well as new podcasts provided by selected content creators. Since
the launch of LIZHI App in 2013, the Company's flagship platform,
LIZHI has cultivated a vibrant and growing online UGC audio
community and interactive audio entertainment platform where users
are encouraged to create, share, discover and enjoy audio, and
experience immersive and diversified entertainment features through
audio. LIZHI envisions a global audio ecosystem – a place where
everyone can be connected through voices and across cultures. LIZHI
INC. has been listed on Nasdaq since January 2020.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.lizhi.fm.
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