Abstract:
The controversy over the weight determination of the little genius’ phone watch, which has caused heated discussions recently, has received an official response. In view of the unscientific criteria for judging the product's health monitoring function, which can easily cause body anxiety among teenagers, Xiaocai Tiancai officially apologized and announced a complete rectification plan. On the night of August 25, it completed online emergency optimization and rectified related controversial functions.
The controversy stems from product screenshots exposed by netizens on social platforms.
Relevant content shows that an adolescent girl with a height of 167cm and a weight of 50.5kg was directly judged as "overweight" by the system in the health monitoring function of Xiaotianzi phone watch, and the statement "weight exceeds 99% of girls of the same age" was marked.
This judgment has been questioned by netizens. From the perspective of public perception and youth health standards, the height and weight ratio of 167cm and 50.5kg belongs to the standard slim and healthy figure, which is completely inconsistent with the "heavy" characteristic.
Many netizens bluntly said that the outrageous judgment of watches is not only unprofessional, but also misleads adolescent children, can easily cause unnecessary body anxiety, and endanger the mental health of teenagers.
In response to the controversy across the entire network, staff from Xiaocai Tiancai’s public relations department responded on August 26, saying, “The expression is indeed not very rigorous. We have optimized it as soon as possible. Currently, there are no relevant suggestions on the product interface.”
According to the staff, after receiving the feedback, the company immediately formed a special working group to carry out internal self-examination and special optimization.
In response to the unscientific judgment problems pointed out by netizens, Xiaocai Tian has completed emergency online rectification on the night of August 25. Currently, all evaluation and judgment content has been removed from this function. The product page only retains the height, weight and three objective data of BMI calculated by the standard formula.
Little Talent also stated that the original intention of this function is to provide parents with a reference for their children's growth, but there is indeed a problem of loose product expression. In the short term, it will maintain the plan of only displaying objective data. Whether subsequent iterations will be updated will be left to the product department for further research and judgment. It sincerely accepts supervision from users, the media, and the public, and welcomes opinions from all walks of life.
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