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TOKYO, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today officially launched its brand-new battery-powered Presence Sensor, equipped with a 60Hz mmWave radar, a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor, and a light sensor.
Designed to solve the limitations of traditional motion sensors, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor delivers more accurate room detection, smarter lighting automation, and greater energy efficiency in everyday home scenarios.
Accurate Presence Detection
Featuring a 60Hz mmWave radar, a PIR sensor, and a light sensor, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor aims to deliver highly accurate, continuous presence monitoring.
While the PIR sensor provides rapid initial detection of human entry, the mmWave radar enables micro-motion recognition, capturing the most subtle physiological movements such as breathing or minor posture adjustments. This allows the sensor to maintain accurate occupancy status even when a person remains stationary, tackling the inherent limitation of conventional PIR-only sensors.
With the built-in light sensor to determine the light condition within the room, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor combines motion, micro-motion, and light condition data, providing support for context-aware automation, ensuring lighting and home appliances remain active when a room is truly occupied while reducing false activations.
Additionally, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor has also incorporated multiple anti-interference features, including AI environmental learning to help the sensor to precisely identify the frequency of fans or air conditioners, and eliminate the influence of regarded items. A pet-avoidance function is also supported through angle adjustment using its rotatable magnetic base, reducing false triggers caused by small animals.
Battery-Powered All-Room Coverage
Supported by ultra-low-power mmWave radar technology, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor delivers up to 2 years of battery life on two AAA batteries.
Meanwhile, combined with a magnetic, adhesive-ready base, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor could be placed on walls, desks, or metal surfaces without wiring. Rated IPX5, it's suitable for bathrooms and humid environments, offering coverage up to 8m for movement and 5m for static presence with a 120° detection angle.
Comprehensive Smart Home Integration
The SwitchBot Presence Sensor supports Matter (via SwitchBot Matter-enabled hubs), Home Assistant, and third-party voice assistants, enabling presence and light-level data to be displayed and used across multiple smart home platforms.
In addition to cloud-based integrations, the sensor also supports local automation, allowing it to trigger actions, such as lighting or appliance control, even without Internet. This combination of broad ecosystem compatibility and offline functionality ensures responsive, reliable operation in any environment.
Pricing and Availability
The SwitchBot Presence Sensor is available through the official SwitchBot website and Amazon Stores, with an MSRP of USD 29.99 / GBP 32.99 / EUR 32.99 / CAD 35.99.
For more information, please visit SwitchBot's official website and follow SwitchBot onX,Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
TOKYO, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today officially launched its brand-new battery-powered Presence Sensor, equipped with a 60Hz mmWave radar, a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor, and a light sensor.
Designed to solve the limitations of traditional motion sensors, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor delivers more accurate room detection, smarter lighting automation, and greater energy efficiency in everyday home scenarios.
Accurate Presence Detection
Featuring a 60Hz mmWave radar, a PIR sensor, and a light sensor, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor aims to deliver highly accurate, continuous presence monitoring.
While the PIR sensor provides rapid initial detection of human entry, the mmWave radar enables micro-motion recognition, capturing the most subtle physiological movements such as breathing or minor posture adjustments. This allows the sensor to maintain accurate occupancy status even when a person remains stationary, tackling the inherent limitation of conventional PIR-only sensors.
With the built-in light sensor to determine the light condition within the room, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor combines motion, micro-motion, and light condition data, providing support for context-aware automation, ensuring lighting and home appliances remain active when a room is truly occupied while reducing false activations.
Additionally, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor has also incorporated multiple anti-interference features, including AI environmental learning to help the sensor to precisely identify the frequency of fans or air conditioners, and eliminate the influence of regarded items. A pet-avoidance function is also supported through angle adjustment using its rotatable magnetic base, reducing false triggers caused by small animals.
Battery-Powered All-Room Coverage
Supported by ultra-low-power mmWave radar technology, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor delivers up to 2 years of battery life on two AAA batteries.
Meanwhile, combined with a magnetic, adhesive-ready base, the SwitchBot Presence Sensor could be placed on walls, desks, or metal surfaces without wiring. Rated IPX5, it's suitable for bathrooms and humid environments, offering coverage up to 8m for movement and 5m for static presence with a 120° detection angle.
Comprehensive Smart Home Integration
The SwitchBot Presence Sensor supports Matter (via SwitchBot Matter-enabled hubs), Home Assistant, and third-party voice assistants, enabling presence and light-level data to be displayed and used across multiple smart home platforms.
In addition to cloud-based integrations, the sensor also supports local automation, allowing it to trigger actions, such as lighting or appliance control, even without Internet. This combination of broad ecosystem compatibility and offline functionality ensures responsive, reliable operation in any environment.
Pricing and Availability
The SwitchBot Presence Sensor is available through the official SwitchBot website and Amazon Stores, with an MSRP of USD 29.99 / GBP 32.99 / EUR 32.99 / CAD 35.99.
For more information, please visit SwitchBot's official website and follow SwitchBot onX,Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
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SwitchBot Launches the New Presence Sensor with mmWave Radar
- Company named "Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company (Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)" and "Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company" simultaneously
- Accelerates recovery from market downturn leveraging world-class HBM leadership; Global management performance recognized
- Reflects company's technology leadership and customer-centric execution
- SK Chairman Chey Tae-won emphasizes: "Technological competitiveness must remain unwavering in challenging times"
- Commits to driving new customer value and leading global AI market growth as a "Full-Stack AI Memory Creator"
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has been named the winner of the Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)[1] and the Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award[2] at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)[3] Awards 2025, held on December 4 PST in Santa Clara, California.
| [1]The Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award: A category recognizing public semiconductor companies based on financial soundness and operational efficiency. Awards are presented in two categories — annual sales over $1 billion and annual sales under $1 billion — and are considered among the most authoritative honors in the global semiconductor industry. |
| [2]Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award: A special category recognizing semiconductor companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region based on comprehensive evaluations including product excellence, business vision, leadership, and market success. |
| [3]GSA(Global Semiconductor Alliance): A global CEO-level semiconductor organization serving as a hub for technological information sharing across more than 25 countries and over 250 corporate members. |
The GSA Awards, organized annually since 1996, are regarded as the most prestigious honors in the global semiconductor sector, recognizing outstanding performance in leadership, financial results and industry reputation. SK hynix secured its second win in the financial management category following 2017, and its first recognition as the top Asia-Pacific semiconductor company. The dual achievement reinforces the company's reputation as a leading global technology innovator.
While the semiconductor industry faced a severe downturn just two years ago, the company has been the fastest to rebound thanks to its advanced AI memory technologies including HBM. This performance has resulted in global recognition for its operational excellence and financial execution. SK hynix plans to continue building sustainable growth with its dominant leadership in the AI memory market.
The awards reflect the company's proactive delivery of groundbreaking HBM solutions and its steadfast commitment to customer-centric performance in surging global AI demand. SK Chairman Chey Tae-won has consistently emphasized that securing technological competitiveness must remain unwavering, especially during challenging times. This long-term focus on technology investment and global cooperation network has contributed to the company's improved performance and reinforced financial health.
Driven by this strategy, SK hynix has recorded historic performance throughout 2025. For the first three quarters, the company reported revenue of 64 trillion won and operating profit of 28 trillion won in total, positioning it well to surpass its previous full-year earnings record set in 2024 (66 trillion won in revenue and 23 trillion won in operating profit).
Financial health has also significantly strengthened. As of the end of the third quarter, cash and cash equivalents reached 27.9 trillion won, up 10.9 trillion won quarter-over-quarter, while interest bearing debt decreased to 24.1 trillion won— successfully transitioning into a net cash position of approximately 4 trillion won.
To secure long-term leadership in AI memory, SK hynix is accelerating major investments. The Cheongju M15X fab, which opened its cleanroom earlier than planned in October, is on track to begin HBM mass production in the first half of next year. Construction of the first fab in the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, launched in February, is also progressing ahead of schedule.
With its recent financial achievements and continued expansion, SK hynix is expected to further solidify its AI memory leadership going forward.
SK hynix was represented at the ceremony by Justin Kim, President & Head of AI Infra at SK hynix, and Sungsoo Ryu, President of SK hynix America. "It is a great honor to receive this award." Kim said, "We will continue to lead the market and create new value for customers as a Full-Stack AI Memory Creator, driving growth across the global AI ecosystem."
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM") and flash memory chips ("NAND flash") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced today that it has been named the winner of the Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)[1] and the Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award[2] at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)[3] Awards 2025, held on December 4 PST in Santa Clara, California.
| [1]The Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award: A category recognizing public semiconductor companies based on financial soundness and operational efficiency. Awards are presented in two categories — annual sales over $1 billion and annual sales under $1 billion — and are considered among the most authoritative honors in the global semiconductor industry. |
| [2]Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award: A special category recognizing semiconductor companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region based on comprehensive evaluations including product excellence, business vision, leadership, and market success. |
| [3]GSA(Global Semiconductor Alliance): A global CEO-level semiconductor organization serving as a hub for technological information sharing across more than 25 countries and over 250 corporate members. |
[1]The Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award: A category recognizing public semiconductor companies based on financial soundness and operational efficiency. Awards are presented in two categories — annual sales over $1 billion and annual sales under $1 billion — and are considered among the most authoritative honors in the global semiconductor industry.
[2]Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award: A special category recognizing semiconductor companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region based on comprehensive evaluations including product excellence, business vision, leadership, and market success.
[3]GSA(Global Semiconductor Alliance): A global CEO-level semiconductor organization serving as a hub for technological information sharing across more than 25 countries and over 250 corporate members.
The GSA Awards, organized annually since 1996, are regarded as the most prestigious honors in the global semiconductor sector, recognizing outstanding performance in leadership, financial results and industry reputation. SK hynix secured its second win in the financial management category following 2017, and its first recognition as the top Asia-Pacific semiconductor company. The dual achievement reinforces the company's reputation as a leading global technology innovator.
While the semiconductor industry faced a severe downturn just two years ago, the company has been the fastest to rebound thanks to its advanced AI memory technologies including HBM. This performance has resulted in global recognition for its operational excellence and financial execution. SK hynix plans to continue building sustainable growth with its dominant leadership in the AI memory market.
The awards reflect the company's proactive delivery of groundbreaking HBM solutions and its steadfast commitment to customer-centric performance in surging global AI demand. SK Chairman Chey Tae-won has consistently emphasized that securing technological competitiveness must remain unwavering, especially during challenging times. This long-term focus on technology investment and global cooperation network has contributed to the company's improved performance and reinforced financial health.
Driven by this strategy, SK hynix has recorded historic performance throughout 2025. For the first three quarters, the company reported revenue of 64 trillion won and operating profit of 28 trillion won in total, positioning it well to surpass its previous full-year earnings record set in 2024 (66 trillion won in revenue and 23 trillion won in operating profit).
Financial health has also significantly strengthened. As of the end of the third quarter, cash and cash equivalents reached 27.9 trillion won, up 10.9 trillion won quarter-over-quarter, while interest bearing debt decreased to 24.1 trillion won— successfully transitioning into a net cash position of approximately 4 trillion won.
To secure long-term leadership in AI memory, SK hynix is accelerating major investments. The Cheongju M15X fab, which opened its cleanroom earlier than planned in October, is on track to begin HBM mass production in the first half of next year. Construction of the first fab in the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, launched in February, is also progressing ahead of schedule.
With its recent financial achievements and continued expansion, SK hynix is expected to further solidify its AI memory leadership going forward.
SK hynix was represented at the ceremony by Justin Kim, President & Head of AI Infra at SK hynix, and Sungsoo Ryu, President of SK hynix America. "It is a great honor to receive this award." Kim said, "We will continue to lead the market and create new value for customers as a Full-Stack AI Memory Creator, driving growth across the global AI ecosystem."
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM") and flash memory chips ("NAND flash") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.
** The press release content is from PR Newswire. Bastille Post is not involved in its creation. **
SK hynix Honored with Two Major Titles at GSA Awards 2025
