- Thoroughly focused on ease of use for the elderly and greatly improved "quality of communication
- Information can be shared not only with grandparents, but also with siblings, cousins, and other family members.
- A partnership with SECOM provides an upgraded "watchdog service" for parental households.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, many of you may not have been able to go home for Obon this year. Following on from the Golden Week holidays, relatives who were unable to see their grandchildren during the Obon Festival must be feeling quite lonely. The "Mago Channel" that I'm going to introduce this time is going to be useful in solving such a situation. There are many image sharing services that use PCs and smartphones, but the feature of this service is that you can share videos and photos using your TV at home. The editorial team of ......BabyTech.jp interviewed Mr. Tadahiro Ishii, the public relations manager of Chikaku Corporation, the service's provider, and asked him about the service, its development process, and users' reactions. The editorial department of BabyTech.jp interviewed Mr. Tadahiro Ishii, the public relations manager of Chikaku Corporation, which provides this service.
We spoke with...
Chikaku Corporation public relations department (section, office)
Tadahiro Ishii
Its sense of presence (i.e. quality of communication) overwhelmingly surpasses that of smartphones.
Editor:Let's start with an overview of the Mago Channel.
Ishii: "Mago Channel" is a service that allows you to watch videos and photos sent from your smartphone app on your TV at home. All you have to do is to connect the power supply to the main unit, and then connect it to the TV to start using it. Because the same communication function as a smart phone is built inside, there is no need to connect to Wi-Fi, etc., and it can be used even in a home without an Internet environment. Incidentally, the data communication fee is a flat rate of 1480 yen per month (tax not included).
Edit: Is there anything else to set up?
Ishii: No, it doesn't. The rest can be operated by the TV remote control.
Edit: This one's easy!
Ishii: When a video or photo arrives, the window of the main unit lights up, so you can see it immediately. For example, if the video or photo is delivered when you're watching TV, you can watch the sent video or photo as if you change the channel with the remote control. It's like saying, "I'll watch one channel, four channels, or the Mago Channel. Let's take a look.
