China Joins Rush to Rethink the Smartphone for the AI Era
TLDR
ZTE has launched smartphones with integrated AI services, including the NaviX Ultra featuring ByteDance's Doubao AI agent accessible by voice command. The NaviX Ultra is described as the world's first agentic smartphone with this capability. This development allows users to access AI agent functionality directly from their devices without separate applications or interfaces.
Why it matters
ZTE Corp. has unveiled a lineup of co-designed smartphones with built-in AI services, including the NaviX Ultra, which it calls the world's first agentic smartphone that can pull up ByteDance's AI agent Doubao with a voice command.
