Realme partners with Optiemus to make earphones, smartwatches and tablets in India

Chinese smartphone company Realme on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) announced its partnership with Noida-based Optiemus Electronics to make AIoT products like earphones, smartwatches and tablets in India.

Both the companies aim to produce 5 million units annually and generate over 2,000 new employment opportunities in India.

They said that products such as the Realme Buds T200 series, Buds wireless series, and Buds Air series will start rolling out local production lines by this year. The production of Realme Buds T200 Lite has already started, the companies informed.

Realme plans to fuel the local demand with this new announcement and also looking to export these AIoT products to global markets.

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Realme also said that it is accelerating efforts to source a majority of critical components, such as PCBAs, batteries, mechanics, cables, and chargers, from within India.

“India is a dynamic and fast-growing market for next-generation AI-enabled hearables, wearables, and power management devices. We are excited to partner with Optiemus Electronics Ltd. (OEL) to bring the manufacturing of all our high-performance and value for money AIoT devices to India. This collaboration will enable us to expand our manufacturing base to cater to domestic demand, while also reinforcing our commitment to the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. At the same time, it opens up new opportunities to extend our global footprint through world- class manufacturing capabilities established here in India,” said Realme’s spokesperson.

Ashok Gupta, Chairman, Optiemus Group said, “We are thrilled to sign up this partnership with realme as we believe in realme’s philosophy of ‘Make it real.’ The fusion of AI and IoT is making hearable-wearable products and power devices smarter, more efficient and thus deliver a great value. We are thoroughly delighted to be an eminent part of this AI based product evolution. OEL will continue to play its role in shaping electronics manufacturing in India, generate more employment opportunities, and forge the path ahead to become Atmanirbhar Bharat.”