Huawei to launch first Daydream-capable smartphone by Q4 2015

After Google’s Daydream announcement at Google I/O there was a bit of gloom around the topic since the technology was not supposed to work on currently available Android devices . This however was put to rest as the Nexus 6P (made by Huawei) turned out to the first (and probably the only) to support the feature, but for development purposes. But the buzz around the web now points to Huawei, that is said to be working on a Daydream-capable smartphone and is even going to launch the same this year. According to the Wall Street Journal, who interviewed Huawei’s director Richard Yu, the smartphone is a work in progress and it is expected to be launched this fall (September to December). Other details from the interaction include the company’s partnership with German optics specialist,  Leica. The company recently announced a range of P9 smartphones where Leica provided the expertise for its dual lens cameras. Huawei’s partnership with Leica is expected to be a long term one that will continue for the next five years. Other minor details include hints at Huawei selling smartphones with the help of US carriers. The discussions for the same are on, so it is too early to conclude the same Huawei P9 and P9 Plus both sport a Leica dual 12MP camera setup. Of the two cameras, one camera sensor captures the colour information and the other sensor captures only the black and white and varying levels of gray information. This is similar to what we had seen on the QiKU Q Terra 808. There is no OIS in any of the phones and both have an 8MP front camera. Daydream headsets will work with a range of phone brands. The Daydream controller is functionally and even aesthetically very similar to Apple TV remote. While we don’t know exactly how it’ll work, Google says that a user will be able to use the controller to point at items in an augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) space and perform other gesture-based actions in the same environment. All this will be a part of the Android VR platform.