In a piece of unrelated news to vivo Malaysia, the vivo in China has just recently completed their new headquarters in China. From a distance, the architecture piece looks awesome but even more so on the inside, where it's a mix of technology, nature, and plenty of outdoor spaces such as parks and courtyards.

iQOO, vivo’s gaming sub-brand is said to come out with premium and futuristic phone designs. Futuristic may be the keyword here as leaked images of a foldable phone has surfaced on the internet, said to belong to the sub-brand.

So here's a new update, just recently - vivo has updated its brand identity and although it's not that different from the previous one, the company hopes that this new look will appeal to the global audience as the leader in the tech and lifestyle industry.

Vivo is super excited about its 5G technology. Previously, we mentioned that the company has already completed the research and development on 5G smartphones and it's no doubt that 5G will be one of the most demanded features on future smartphones in the industry. That said, vivo managed to demonstrate their 5G-enabled smartphones at the International Symposium on ICT Technology in Beijing, China.

By now, most of you already know vivo is the official sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup this year. But not only are they sponsoring the greatest and biggest sports entertainment in the world, they also recently held a Rah Rah Russia Football eSports Tournament at Penang with the game FIFA 18 with Mashmallow and NX_Dakota qualified for the finals at Sunway Pyramid.

While the MWC 2018 event was going on, there was another event held in Barcelona too called the GTI Summit 2018. In that event, over 2300 exhibitors and 100,000 guests from various governments, organizations, operators, vertical and partners from 208 countries came together to discuss how 5G and A.I. can enable the future. With the theme "5G + A.I., Fuel the Innovation", vivo held a talk and its contribution to 5G technology research and development.

Today at CES 2018, vivo has finally showcased the world’s first ready-to-produce ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone. If you are already aware, so far, no smartphone brand has achieved this yet and this makes vivo the first to do so. In other words, vivo has deliberately solved the industry's challenge of providing a better and convenient security authentication experience for future smartphones.

Remember the Under Display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor that vivo has been bragging about? We got the latest update for you, it seems that Synaptics has finally solved the problem of embedded fingerprint sensors on the display and is now mass producing it for vivo as we speak. Finally!

In a short announcement, Vivo Chief Executive Officer, Shen Wei has announced that Vivo's technology department has kicked off the research and development for its 5G smartphone prototypes next year, as well as combining artificial intelligence (A.I.) with it. With that, the earliest that we can see such product will be in 2019 where the company plans to release a commercial 5G smartphone, followed by a 5G device that leverages A.I. in 2021.

Last week Thursday, vivo has officially signed an agreement with Qualcomm to supply US$4 billion in components for the next three years. During the signing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump witnessed the signing of deals worth US$253 billion, making the USA visit to China one of the most fruitful business agreements ever witnessed.