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Nintendo has submitted a mysterious new wireless device<\/a> to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this weekend, and it isn\u2019t the Switch 2 console we\u2019re expecting to be revealed before next April. The CLO-001 model number doesn\u2019t reveal what it actually<\/em> is, but it appears to be an entirely new product line given the \u201c001\u201d codes used on devices like the original Switch (HAC-001) and DS (NTR-001) consoles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s tagged only as a \u201cwireless device,\u201d not a \u201cwireless game console\u201d or any kind of controller like a Joy-Con. A basic diagram within the documents shows an outline of where the FCC label will be \u201cdisplayed in a depression area on the bottom\u201d of something with a squarish footprint and rounded-off corners. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The documents also show that there\u2019s no body-worn accessory involved with the testing and that it doesn\u2019t have a battery and can only operate plugged in \u2014 it was connected to the same USB-C charger that Nintendo ships with its Switch consoles in tests, but that only reveals it can be powered by USB-C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The CLO-001 is surprisingly light on wireless technology \u2014 there\u2019s no 5GHz or 6GHz Wi-Fi radio and no Bluetooth, but it does sport a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio and a 24GHz mmWave sensor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 24GHz mmWave sensor is the most interesting detail we have. It could be a radar sensor to track movement, like closely following gestures or detecting when someone is nearby the device, causing it to turn on automatically like we\u2019ve seen in the 60GHz sensors found in devices like the Pixel 4<\/a> and Aqara\u2019s smart home presence sensor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Wi-Fi hardware in the first-gen Switch was created by Cypress Semiconductor, a company that was acquired a few years ago<\/a> by Infineon, which is now promoting the capabilities of its 24GHz radar sensors. 24GHz radar can provide a detection range of up to 100m, with penetration possible through obstacles, at the tradeoff of a larger size and lower resolution, according to Infineon. We couldn\u2019t tell which hardware is inside this device, but the Infineon website includes comparisons to 60GHz sensors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n