Overview
- Tencent officially announced Buddy One on Thursday, October 29, 2026, as a cross-application AI collaboration layer built on its existing WorkBuddy service.
- Tencent Drive has opened internal testing and is included in WorkBuddy membership to serve as shared storage that aggregates AI-generated files and long-term context for agents.
- After users update the WorkBuddy PC client to version 5.9.0 or later and link accounts, Buddy One will run an all-app search that pulls authorized documents and meeting content and returns answers with cited sources.
- Tencent is selling a Buddy One VIP plan for 700 CNY per month that bundles WorkBuddy flagship, Tencent Meeting professional, Tencent Docs Super Member Plus, shared AI points, and 1TB of cross-app storage.
- Tencent said WorkBuddy has scaled rapidly since March 2026 with 100 major iterations and about 9 billion task requests, and the company will open the architecture so enterprises can deploy self-built or third-party Agents and choose models and IM integrations.