Following the resumption of work in businesses across China, many tech companies have begun implementing epidemic prevention measures in response to the novel coronavirus. For example, Xiaomi has added an epidemic radar feature to its MIUI 11 app. By collaborating with DXY to provide rapid epidemic reports and collaborating with the First Financial Business Data Center, users can quickly check the current epidemic situation on Xiaomi phones running the MIUI 11 operating system. This feature includes the number of confirmed cases in their area and the nearest confirmed area.
In addition, users can also check relevant news through the real-time dynamic cards of the pneumonia epidemic in MIUI 11 to keep abreast of the epidemic-related developments at any time.
Huawei's Huawei Cloud IoT Application Department is collaborating with Wanglong Intelligence to integrate the elevators, access control systems, surveillance camera systems, and Bluetooth connectivity devices within Huawei's headquarters campus with a back-end management platform. This system also connects with numerous subsystems and devices, allowing campus employees to operate these systems through mobile apps, WeChat Mini Apps, or their phones' Bluetooth connectivity. For example, they can use the elevator's floor-to-floor function remotely or automatically, avoiding viral infection from directly touching elevator buttons or prolonged exposure to cross-infection within the elevator's confined space.
As for Samsung, LG and other industry players, they have gradually resumed the operation of their TV and home appliance production lines in China, and Tesla's Shanghai factory has also begun to resume operations. Some of Apple's cooperative suppliers in China, such as Pegatron, have resumed work on February 2. As for Foxconn, it is expected to gradually resume the operation of its production lines in China from February 3, and it may also switch to assembly and production in other regions. Apple is expected to release a new phone next.
However, although Apple has resumed operations of its offices and customer service systems in China, its directly-operated stores in China remain closed to prevent cross-infection among the stores. Samsung also previously closed its stores in China in response to the epidemic and urged consumers to switch to online channels for purchasing products.
