Huami Technology’s founder and CEO, Huang Wang, also shared the news via his Weibo account and stated that the official product release will be on September 15.

GizmodoAustralia reported last month that Tesla was also named in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Xplora Technologies, which is a Norwegian company that develops smartwatches for children.

The letter to the FCC also noted that the design of the smartwatch is a “basis form which future technological products will evolve,” and that Tesla “considers this information would be of benefit to its competitors.”

Aside from coming up with many effective and competitive solutions in the world of cars and solar energy, Tesla has been developing batteries for both and has established itself as one of the most advanced tech companies on the planet.

(Note: In 2017, Kurt Kelty, former Senior Director of Battery Tech, pointed out that if Tesla was to move in the direction of becoming its own mining company, it would do so around nickel — not cobalt or lithium.)

Well, we’ll see about the latter two, but Tesla is clearly very involved with its partners in these industries even if it isn’t (yet) vertically integrating on these matters.