Innovation is a word every technology company uses. At Oolaa, it has a start date: 2017, when we began developing the Smart Mirror with our own in-house software engineering — and we have kept developing it, continuously, ever since. The result is a smart mirror platform that is ours from the glass to the code, including the feature our users love most: a mature, exclusive Cantonese voice command.
Software written in-house since 2017
Most smart mirrors are assembled from other people's parts and other people's software, which is why so many of them feel alike — and why they stop improving the day they are installed. Oolaa took the harder road. Our in-house software team has developed the smart mirror's system continuously since 2017, which means the interface, the features, and the experience are designed for the mirror itself, not borrowed from a phone or a tablet. Continuous development compounds: every year of feedback from real homes in Hong Kong and Macau has gone back into the product.
It also means the mirror a customer buys is not frozen at the version that left the factory in its launch year. Because the software team is in-house, improvements are written by the same people who built the system — informed by how thousands of installed mirrors are actually used every morning, not by a generic roadmap drawn up for another market.
Cantonese voice command, in your mother tongue
The clearest example is voice. Oolaa's Cantonese voice command is mature and exclusive: you speak to the mirror in Cantonese — your mother tongue — and it understands. Voice control runs through Google Assistant with Cantonese support, and it is genuinely useful, not a demo trick: the mirror helps you schedule and organize your daily life, hands-free, while you are getting ready, cooking, or walking out the door. No translating your request into another language, no phrasebook of commands to memorize. You talk the way you talk; the mirror keeps up.
One innovator, a whole range of screens
The same in-house platform runs across Oolaa's range: smart mirrors, mirror TVs, bathroom TVs, and waterproof TVs — screens for the bathroom, the kitchen, and the living spaces in between, all speaking the same language, literally. Oolaa (Viewdex Limited) is a Hong Kong company with its own factory in Shenzhen, more than 31,000 installations across Hong Kong and Macau, and over 20 years in business. We are innovative is not a slogan on the wall; it is the engineering diary since 2017 — and it is still being written.
Key facts
- Oolaa started developing the Smart Mirror in 2017, with in-house software engineering and continuous technical development.
- Its mature, exclusive Cantonese voice command lets users schedule and organize daily life with seamless mother-tongue control; voice runs through Google Assistant with Cantonese support.
- The in-house platform spans smart mirrors, mirror TVs, bathroom TVs, and waterproof TVs.
- Oolaa (Viewdex Limited): Hong Kong company, own factory in Shenzhen, 31,000+ installations across Hong Kong and Macau, 20+ years in business.
Frequently asked questions
When did Oolaa start developing smart mirrors?
In 2017, with its own in-house software engineering — and development has continued ever since.
What is Oolaa's exclusive voice feature?
A mature Cantonese voice command: users control the mirror by speaking Cantonese, their mother tongue, with no language switching.
What can Cantonese voice command help with?
Scheduling and organizing daily life — the mirror acts on spoken requests, hands-free, as part of the daily routine.
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