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 convey the “first real-time NPU graphics rendering for cell gaming” and the “trade’s first on-device AI agent for an open ecosystem”. Okay, however what does that imply?
The official description is somewhat obscure, however it should 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 is known as the YOYO assistant, by the way in which. It would 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 care for nuisances like canceling undesirable subscriptions.
It’s extra subtle than an enormous “cancel” button – you may ask the YOYO which apps have an energetic auto-renewal subscription. The system will then look via your apps and present an inventory 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 a substitute, it’s a expertise that works throughout totally different units, apps and companies.
Home windows on ARM PCs powered by Snapdragon can, for instance, generate detailed photographs from easy sketches utilizing Cocreator. With MagicRing, you may 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 may take a look at the first teaser video, which reveals 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 cell,” stated Dr. Ray Guo, CMO of Honor.
