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ShanghaiJune 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At the MWC 2026 Shanghai exhibition on June 24, Quectel and Ling.ai jointly launched a portable AI learning companion solution designed specifically for “digital natives.” This collaboration not only represents a deep integration of two technology companies in the fields of AIoT and educational intelligence but also signifies that “AI companionship” is moving from fixed scenarios to mobile scenarios, evolving from a “tool” to a true “partner.”
The Arrival of Gen A: The Dual Call of Companionship Gaps and Knowledge Exploration
Globally, 2.2 billion Gen A (Generation Alpha, digital natives born after 2010) are growing up. In China, dual-income families have become the urban norm, with average annual household spending on education exceeding 10,000 yuan.
However, the increase in spending has not alleviated the anxiety over companionship. The functional limitations of traditional devices are becoming increasingly apparent—one-way audio exposure and basic communication can no longer meet children’s desire for “warm interaction” and “active exploration of the world.” The educational smart hardware market is rapidly approaching the hundred-billion-yuan level, and the AI learning companion form is arriving at just the right time.
Beyond the Product: Full Support from Selection to Deployment
The Ling.ai AI learning companion unveiled this time is equipped with Quectel’s customized hardware solution. Designed with lightweight wearability and outdoor convenience as core principles, it supports Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity, ensuring children have an always-online learning companion even when they step outside.
1. Multi-Role AI Learning Companion Team
The product features real-life expert teachers, wise historical figures, and virtual IP characters, covering dimensions such as English, literature, history, science, art, and emotional expression. The companion’s construction integrates Harvard Project Zero’s 65+ thinking toolkits and Stanford’s 26 empirically validated golden learning methods, guiding children from “knowing” to “thinking” through heuristic dialogue. The system can also generate a “Curiosity Daily” report based on the content children actively explore, helping parents understand their child’s questions and interests, providing a reference for parent-child communication and joint exploration.
2. Snap to Learn, Everything is a Textbook
Equipped with AI visual recognition capabilities, it can intelligently identify over 100,000 common objects. When children snap photos of plants, animals, buildings, exhibits, and more, they receive age-appropriate knowledge explanations, transforming discoveries in museums, parks, and on trips into interactive “living classrooms.”
3. Visualized Growth Footprints
With parental authorization, every interaction on the platform—audio listened to, topics discussed, things photographed—can be converted into “AI mileage points,” generating personalized digital avatars and footprint wallpapers. At the same time, the system can archive children’s brilliant questions, quality expressions, and creative works, forming a dedicated growth timeline. Parents can clearly discern their child’s interest patterns and thinking highlights, never missing an important growth signal.
4. Step Outside, Companionship Never Disconnects
The lightweight and compact wearing experience, combined with 4G connectivity, allows children to use it freely outdoors while parents can stay connected anytime. The paper-like eye-protective screen and parental management features help children explore independently in open settings, providing necessary safety support for family use and making parenting more relaxed.
Powerful Alliance, One-Stop Solution Implementation
The Ling.ai AI learning companion is led by Ling.ai in product definition and AI experience design, with Quectel providing customized hardware platform support. The two companies collaborate deeply, closely integrating AI interaction concepts with hardware engineering capabilities.
Ling.ai has been deeply involved in the field of smart companion hardware and AI interaction innovation for nearly a decade, with experience in deploying millions of desktop companion products. Its LingOS operating system and AgentNet framework excel at transforming educational and teaching systems into naturally interactive AI companion behaviors, making each character more understanding of children and better at guiding them.
Quectel has deep expertise in intelligence, hardware platforms, and large-scale manufacturing. From customized PCBA to peripheral selection, Quectel’s mature delivery system is a key guarantee for Ling.ai’s products to move from innovation to large-scale implementation.
By complementing each other’s strengths, the two companies deeply integrate Ling.ai’s interaction expertise with Quectel’s engineering experience, jointly promoting the AI learning companion into the daily lives of more Generation Alpha children.
Making Companionship Soulful, Making Growth Traceable
Wang Haibo, General Manager of Quectel’s Smart Product Line, stated: “One of the values of the AI learning companion is to make children feel ‘warm’ conversations while ensuring knowledge transfer has ‘depth.’ Quectel excels at providing a stable, low-power, and scalable intelligent base through underlying electronic hardware and communication capabilities, creating hardware solutions tailored for AI-native products. We are delighted to support Ling.ai in turning the concept of ‘everything is a textbook’ into a tangible reality within children’s pockets through our overall solution.”
Gu Jiawei, Founder and CEO of Ling.ai, stated: “Body-worn AI terminals are an important entry point for embodied intelligence entering homes. It perceives the real world from a child’s perspective, giving vivid and lively responses the moment a leaf, an exhibit, or an insect is seen. Ling.ai is strong in AgentOS, AI content ecosystems, and product experience definition, while Quectel has deep expertise in connectivity, hardware platforms, and large-scale delivery. Our collaboration represents a deep synergy between body-worn intelligent AI and smart hardware foundations.”
When AI transforms from a Q&A tool into a companion that understands emotions and has memory, technology gains a human touch. The partnership between Quectel and Ling.ai aims to provide this generation of children with a healthier, richer way of learning—step outside, bring your learning companion, and let your insights go further than your steps.
From June 24 to 26, at MWC Shanghai, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Quectel has set up two booths: N2.D72 and N4.G48. We look forward to your visit!
About Quectel
Shanghai Quectel Communication Technology Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 603236) is a global leading provider of IoT total solutions, with a comprehensive range of IoT products and services, including cellular modules (5G/4G/3G/2G/LPWA), automotive-grade modules, smart modules (5G/4G/edge computing), short-range communication modules (Wi-Fi & BT), GNSS positioning modules, satellite communication modules, antennas, and other hardware products, as well as AI solutions, IoT platforms, industrial intelligence, smart agriculture, certification and testing services, RTK network correction solutions, and other services and solutions. The company has extensive industry experience, and its products are widely used in smart transportation, smart energy, financial payment, smart cities, wireless gateways, smart agriculture & environmental monitoring, smart industry, smart living & healthcare, smart security, and other fields. For more information, please visit Quectel’s official website https://www.quectel.com.cn/, follow the WeChat public account/video account “Quectel,” or send an email to