This Wednesday, Honor will unveil MagicOS 9.0, however we get a sneak peek – and a affirmation that the Honor Magic7 collection will likely be powered by the just-announced Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset from Qualcomm.
The Magic7 and MagicOS 9.0 will carry the “first real-time NPU graphics rendering for cellular gaming” and the “trade’s first on-device AI agent for an open ecosystem”. Okay, however what does that imply?
The official description is a bit imprecise, however it’s going to use generative AI to cut back the load on the GPU (and with that, scale back temperature and energy utilization). This additionally guarantees higher picture high quality. It’s not clear whether or not this upscales frames rendered at a decrease decision or generates new frames or each. That’s a element for subsequent week.
The AI agent known as the YOYO assistant, by the way in which. It can have a variety of makes use of: journey planning, together with reserving tickets, calendar scheduling, notification administration, transferring information between apps and extra. And it’ll deal with nuisances like canceling undesirable subscriptions.
It’s extra refined than a giant “cancel” button – you’ll be able to ask the YOYO which apps have an lively auto-renewal subscription. The system will then look by means of your apps and present a listing and allow you to cancel those you not need. The AI agent even is aware of how you want your espresso and might take you straight to the order web page of your native espresso store.
Honor’s partnership with Qualcomm extends past smartphones too with one thing known as the MagicRing. No, it’s not a sensible ring. As an alternative, it’s a know-how that works throughout totally different gadgets, apps and companies.
Home windows on ARM PCs powered by Snapdragon can, for instance, generate detailed photos from easy sketches utilizing Cocreator. With MagicRing, you’ll be able to entry Cocreator from tablets just like the Honor MagicPad 2, for instance.
The Honor Magic7 collection will likely be unveiled subsequent week (Wednesday). For now, you’ll be able to try the first teaser video, which exhibits off the Moon-inspired colorway and the brand new quad-camera.
“With this collaboration with Qualcomm Applied sciences, we’re defining the AI-first ecosystem and revolutionizing person experiences for the AI period. We’re thrilled to introduce the trade’s first AI agent for an open ecosystem, and convey on-device generative AI to gaming powered by NPU computing for the primary time. Welcome to the period of Autopilot AI for cellular,” mentioned Dr. Ray Guo, CMO of Honor.
