5 d. ago China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots through smartphones

Humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics has teased what it calls the world’s first humanoid robot “app store”, a developer platform designed to bring embodied intelligence into everyday life by allowing users to access and control robots directly through their smartphones. The Hangzhou-based robotics unicorn unveiled a centralised programme, dubbed the Unitree Robotics Developer Platform, offering functions such as datasets and remote control programmes for humanoids. Unitree called it the...

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5 d. ago China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones

China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones  South China Morning Post

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8 d. ago China’s Huawei ramps up foldable smartphone battle with global launch of slim Mate X7

Huawei Technologies is reinforcing its position in the foldable smartphone segment with the global launch of the Mate X7, as the market awaits Apple’s much-anticipated foldable iPhone and digests the recent announcement of Samsung Electronics’ first trifold. The Huawei Mate X7, which was released in China last month, features a thickness of 4.5mm when unfolded. The device, including the battery, weighs up to 236 grams. It was rolled out globally at an event in Dubai on Thursday. Featuring a...

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8 d. ago Apple takes China’s smartphone battle house to house with free 3

Apple customers in selected mainland Chinese cities can now get a new iPhone delivered to their door for free within three hours, as the US tech giant steps up efforts to defend its turf in the world’s largest smartphone market. From Wednesday, three-hour delivery is free for in-stock items including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and AirPods. Other products will incur a delivery fee of 45 yuan (US$6.40). Apple normally charges 45 yuan for its express service in mainland...

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1 week ago Apple’s AI Troubles Open Opportunities for China’s Smartphone Sector

Apple’s AI Troubles Open Opportunities for China’s Smartphone Sector  PYMNTS.com

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1 week ago ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash by China’s top apps

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has moved to tighten controls on its artificial intelligence-powered smartphone after several of China’s most widely used apps restricted its voice-operated functions. The company said it had scaled back the capabilities of Doubao, the agentic AI that runs on the device. In a statement issued on Friday, ByteDance said it would prevent the Nubia M153 AI phone from claiming incentives that were intended for active human users. It was also disabling the assistant’s...

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1 week ago ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash from China’s top apps

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has moved to tighten controls on its artificial intelligence-powered smartphone after several of China’s most widely used apps restricted its voice-operated functions. The company said it had scaled back the capabilities of Doubao, the agentic AI that runs on the device. In a statement issued on Friday, ByteDance said it would prevent the Nubia M153 AI phone from claiming incentives that were intended for active human users. It was also disabling the assistant’s...

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2 w. ago ByteDance teams up with ZTE as China races to take on Apple in agentic AI phones

TikTok owner ByteDance has entered the race against Apple to define the future of smartphones by putting its artificial intelligence agent Doubao into a ZTE-made handset. The Beijing-based company on Monday launched the Doubao Mobile Assistant in a technical preview, describing it as “an operating-system-level collaboration between ByteDance’s Doubao [AI model] and mobile phone manufacturers” that “brings more convenient interaction and richer capabilities”, according to a post on Monday on its...

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2 w. ago 👑 Apple Reclaims the Throne: Why the iPhone Overtook Huawei in China's Smartphone Market

👑 Apple Reclaims the Throne: Why the iPhone Overtook Huawei in China's Smartphone Market  vocal.media

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3 w. ago China Tightens Rules to Rein in Competition Among Smartphone Giants

China Tightens Rules to Rein in Competition Among Smartphone Giants  PYMNTS.com

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3 w. ago China regulator issues competition compliance guidance for smartphone industry

China regulator issues competition compliance guidance for smartphone industry  Reuters

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