Nintendo has filed a mysterious new wireless device with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and it is not the Switch 2 console. This was reported by The Verge.
The CLO-001 model number doesn’t reveal what it actually is, but judging by the “001” codes used on devices like the original Switch (HAC-001) and DS (NTR-001) consoles, it’s a completely new product line.
It is labeled only as a “wireless device” and not as a “wireless game console” or a Joy-Con-like controller. A basic diagram in the documents shows where the FCC label will be.
The documents also indicate that the device will not be a wearable, it will not have a battery and will only be able to operate from the mains via a USB-C cable.
The CLO-001 uses surprisingly little wireless technology – it doesn’t have 5 or 6 GHz Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, but it does have 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and a 24 GHz mmWave sensor.
The 24 GHz mmWave sensor is the most interesting part we have. It can be a radar sensor for motion tracking, such as gesture tracking or detecting when someone is near the device, which causes it to turn on automatically.
The new device could be a new gesture control interface, a separate docking station for some device in the Super Nintendo World theme parks. Or perhaps it could be a sleep tracking device, an abandoned Quality of Life initiative that Nintendo tried to implement a decade ago.
It could also be something to support augmented reality features by detecting real-world objects, meaning it could be used for Mario Kart Live or Pokémon Go.
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