Overview
- ByteDance launched the Doubao Mobile Assistant as a technical preview that integrates at the operating-system level to act across apps and content.
- The first deployment is ZTE’s Nubia M153 prototype priced at 3,499 yuan, offered for pre-order only in limited quantities.
- Demonstrations show voice-driven tasks including photo editing, finding lowest prices and making purchases with consent, booking tickets, and other cross‑app actions.
- The assistant supports real-time speech-to-speech interactions and on-device memory, and ByteDance says the feature remains in beta and needs further testing.
- ByteDance will license the tool to additional manufacturers rather than make phones, a strategy that coincided with about a 10% jump in ZTE shares and sets up competition with Huawei and Xiaomi.