Overview
- Manus announced the overseas release of Manus 2.0 and the Cue personal assistant, with web, desktop and Android builds live and iOS awaiting App Store approval; Cue is in invite-only early access using the code MEETCUE limited to the first 1,000 users.
- Manus 2.0 centers on Cascade, a self-developed agent framework that the company says reduced token use by 23.2 percent, shortened task time by 28.2 percent and lowered running costs by 32 percent in internal tests.
- The desktop app has been rebranded as Manus Studio and now offers an integrated workspace for documents, code, websites, games and a short-form video editor that produces editable first cuts and separate media assets.
- New cloud and automation features let users buy a persistent cloud PC for long-running runtimes or hosted multiplayer games and trigger workflows from events such as new email, calendar items, Slack messages, Notion updates or ad data changes.
- Manus says it is forming a domestic team and building steady ties with Chinese model vendors and partners, a dual strategy that could let the company commercialize overseas products now while tailoring a separate offering for China later.