- Honor’s revealed a compact projector called Choice Bee AI Projector Air
- Supports stylus input and gesture controls
- It’s extremely cheap, but so far it’s only available in China.
Honor has just introduced a curious projector that would probably be an impulse purchase for many people, if it is available outside of China.
Unfortunately, right now the ‘Choice Bee AI Projector Air’ is limited to China, but we hope that changes, because it has two big things going for it. The first is that the 1080p projector supports stylus input and gesture controls. Basically, you could use the projector to write or draw on any surface you point it at (without leaving any marks on the wallpaper).
This sounds specific, but, as Android Authority points out, it could be useful for your next game night, or just any time you want to have a big whiteboard or giant touchscreen to scribble things down.
Of course, that all depends on how well this ink input actually works in practice, something we haven’t seen yet. And while gesture controls, which track pen movement, seem useful in theory, we’ll have to test them to see if they transcend gimmick status.
Extremely affordable
That brings us to the next big advantage of this projector: its price. At just 599 CNY (around $85 / £65 / AU$130), it’s extremely cheap. So much so, that we’re concerned that the stylus input and gesture controls aren’t polished enough to rank it among the best portable projectors.
Its specifications are also expected to be quite basic, offering only 1080p resolution and 280 CVIA lumens of brightness. Still, it’s compact, can tilt up to 160 degrees (allowing you to point it at the ceiling), and has a headphone port, a 5W speaker, and support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, HDMI 2.0, and USB connectivity.
It’s unclear at this time if the Choice Bee AI Projector Air will launch beyond China, but it will ship there on December 8. And even if this particular model doesn’t go global, we hope to see more affordable options adopt this technology because it definitely has potential for presentations, game nights, and more.
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