The Chinese smartphone Company Honor has published devices that merging as far as an iPhone.
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Barcelona -Honor on Sunday has promised artificial intelligence investments of 10 billion US dollars in the next five years and announced a visible partnership with Google because the Chinese smartphone manufacturer wants to strengthen its market share overseas.
According to Honor, the investment plan, which is unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona,
The Chinese company is a certain company in the smartphone world after it decreased from Huawei in 2020 when the Tech giant was hit with US sanctions. Since then, Honor has tried to expand outside of China and push it into that Higher part of the market Where Apple And play Samsung.
The company has made some progress Share some innovative devicesIncluding foldable phones, but there is still a small player worldwide. According to the IDC data in 2024, the market share of the smartphone outside China was 2.3% compared to 1.7% in 2023.
A honorary spokesman announced CNBC that the money is included in the hardware and the next generation AI agents, which are often referred to as advanced virtual assistants.
Another part of the investment will create a “platform for a wide range of AI devices”.
“This is not limited to our own devices, but also to AI devices from different partners, so the different types of AI devices can talk to each other, and consumers can have more options and seamless experiences,” said the spokesman for honor.
A small part of the investment is also used to “prepare for the era of the AGI (artificial general intelligence)”.
Agi generally refers to AI, which is smarter than humans.
Near Google tie
On Sunday, Honor showed proof of the “AI Agent” concept. An example included a user who asked the agent to book a restaurant with specific requirements, e.g. B. the type of preferred kitchen and the removal of the user. The agent progressed and reserved. Honor said it was working with Google and Chip Designer Qualcomm on the development of his AI agent, but did not indicate a timeline for his publication.
In the meantime, Honor also uses the technology behind Google Gemini, the US company’s AI system, for the AI
In the meantime, Honor announced that it will use the Android operating system and the safety updates for its Magic series of flagship smartphones for seven years. Google’s own pixel devices and Samsung series from flagship smartphones are the only other devices that offer similar support.
Android is the operating system created by Google. While the seven -year support is not directly related to Google, she underlines Honor’s commitment to the operating system.
While there are many Android smartphone players, not everyone has as narrow as on Google as Samsung, the largest Android user in the world, and Xiaomi, the second largest. Honor now follows this list.
“The deeper partnership between Honor with Google is very important,” Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, told CNBC. “So far it had the feeling that Google Chinese smartphone manufacturers kept in length of the arm when it came to the most advanced aspects of Gemini Ai, but this seems to be honored for honoring Samsung Galaxy and Google’s own pixel products, which is quite a coup.”
