Tuya Smart, a China-based provider of IoT development platform, has established a long-term strategic partnership with Germany’s TÜV SÜD to boost testing and certification of smart devices.
According to Ruixin Zhou, co-founder and CTO of Tuya Smart, the company needs a “global security ecosystem of education, standardisation, testing, and certification” to unleash the full potential of its IoT platform.
"We take security issues very seriously. With the aim to deliver increased consumer confidence in smart products, we adhere to the most stringent standards and certify our modules with TÜV SÜD,” he said. “We are very excited to expand our partnership with TÜV SÜD. This partnership will help create a robust foundation for more efficient safety certification for our customers, unleashing more potential of the Tuya platform."
The two organisations’ partnership is marked by the announcement that Tuya's Wi-Fi+Bluetooth module with model no. WBR3 has obtained TÜV SÜD's ETSI EN 303 645 evaluation and AoC.
The partnership will promote certification and marking services to Tuya's ecosystem partners, ensuring that safety mechanisms meet all relevant industry standards.
"The rapid development of the IoT industry is reshaping people's lives. As the world's leading companies in the industry, Tuya and TÜV SÜD should comply with new requirements, and demand new technologies to provide more efficient and customised devices for network devices and services to meet customer needs. Tuya Smart's global developer ecosystem can help companies produce safe smart products for end users, and promote the continued growth of the smart market. We are full of confidence in the long-term cooperation with Tuya Smart." said Ashley Chan, senior vice president, CPS, TÜV SÜD.
Tuya provides a wide variety of IoT solutions to manufacturers, brands, OEMs, and retail chains to transform products into smart devices and systems. Devices smart-enabled by Tuya are selling through over 100,000 online and offline channels worldwide. Tuya has taken a comprehensive approach to security, looking for independent security institutes to design and implement secure product solutions.
