What’s this new mystery Nintendo device?

Nintendo has produceted a enigmatic new wireless device to the Federal Communications Coshiftrlookion (FCC) this weekend, and it isn’t the Switch 2 console we’re foreseeing to be uncovered before next April. The CLO-001 model number doesn’t uncover what it actuassociate is, but it ecombines to be an entidepend new product line given the “001” codes included on devices appreciate the distinctive Switch (HAC-001) and DS (NTR-001) consoles.

It’s tagged only as a “wireless device,” not a “wireless game console” or any charitable of deal withler appreciate a Joy-Con. A straightforward diagram wiskinny the write downs shows an summarize of where the FCC tag will be “disjoined in a depression area on the bottom” of someskinnyg with a squarish footprint and rounded-off corners.

The write downs also show that there’s no body-worn accessory included with the testing and that it doesn’t have a battery and can only run plugged in — it was fuseed to the same USB-C indictr that Nintendo ships with its Switch consoles in tests, but that only uncovers it can be powered by USB-C.

The CLO-001 is unforeseeedly weightless on wireless technology — there’s no 5GHz or 6GHz Wi-Fi radio and no Bluetooth, but it does sport a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio and a 24GHz mmWave sensor. 

The 24GHz mmWave sensor is the most engaging detail we have. It could be a radar sensor to track shiftment, appreciate seally complying gestures or acunderstandledgeing when someone is proximateby the device, causing it to turn on automaticassociate appreciate we’ve seen in the 60GHz sensors set up in devices appreciate the Pixel 4 and Aqara’s clever home presence sensor.

The Wi-Fi difficultware in the first-gen Switch was produced by Cypress Semiguideor, a company that was acquired a scant years ago by Infineon, which is now promoting the capabilities of its 24GHz radar sensors. 24GHz radar can provide a acunderstandledgeion range of up to 100m, with penetration possible thcdisadmireful obstacles, at the tradeoff of a bigr size and shrink resolution, according to Infineon. We couldn’t increate which difficultware is inside this device, but the Infineon website includes comparisons to 60GHz sensors.

It reassociate is anyone’s guess right now given the restricted adviseation includeable. But it’s rumor season with the Switch 2 coming, so let us comprehend if you have any better ideas!