Vivo communication technology Co is a Chinese technology company owned by BBK electronics designs, develops and manufactures smartphones, smartphone accessories software and online services. It was founded in 2009 in dongguan, guangdong, China. The brand uses Hi Fi chips in its smartphones. Software developed in company includes the vivo App Store, imanager and a proprietary android-based operating system colled funtouch OS.in 2012 vivo released the x1. The x1 is also the vivo first phone to use the Hi Fi chips developed by American semiconductor company cirrus logic. Vivo followed this up in 2013 by releasing the worlds first 2k resolution screen phone the xplay 3. Other popular phones in the vivo lineup include the x5pro and the x5max and the xshot. Vivo joined the rank of smartphone market in the first quarter in 2015 with the global market share of 2.7% with research and development centers in shenzhen and Nanjing . The company employed 1600 R& D personnel of January 2016.
Vivo unveiled new phone named X20 UD, the world’s first smartphone with an under screen fingerprint scanner in 2018. It used the clearID technology developed by synaptics.