360 has been focusing on software business until 2015, when it began to enter the smart hardware market. In the first two years of entering the market, 360 briefly reached the top four domestic market share by virtue of its first-mover advantage in the field of smart routers, but due to the shortcomings in the subsequent integration of the industrial chain, the follow-up was weak, and it was successively overtaken by other brands.

 

However, the 360 smart hardware business is not limited to the wireless network market, but relies on the advantages of brand awareness, security technology, APP application and 360 community ecosystem, and has successively launched a series of smart hardware products such as children's smart watches, smart cameras, and dash cams. According to 360's 2017 annual report, the revenue of smart hardware increased by 36.59% year-on-year, and the gross profit margin increased by 10.89 percentage points over the previous year.

 

Compared with routers, network cards are not the key hardware business of 360, but as a supporting product of wireless networks, 360 also has wireless network card products. Although it only has a 360 portable WiFi3, the performance of this network card in e-commerce is very eye-catching, and the sales volume has squeezed into the top ten.

 

360 portable WiFi3 is the third generation of network card products, compared with the previous generation of portable WiFi2, the main improvement is that the chip is updated to MTK7603U, upgraded to dual antennas, the maximum transmission rate has also risen to 300Mbps, in addition to the LED display light, in terms of performance and ease of use have been improved. 360 portable WiFi3The main function is network sharing, although TP-Link, Tengda's wireless network card also has such a function, but 360 portable WiFi3 The price is less than 30 yuan, which is lower than TP-Link, Tengda's similar products. However, judging from user feedback, 360 portable WiFi3 has problems such as packet loss and disconnection under high load, and there are many fakes, so it is best to buy it in an official direct store.