Native AI Agents Arrive: The AI Phone Market Enters Its Second Half With Nubia and ByteDance Leading the Charge

The first native AI agent smartphone will debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, produced by ZTE's Nubia in collaboration with ByteDance. This phone integrates intelligence at the system level, enabling autonomous cross-app task execution and proactive service delivery. Unlike current AI phones that merely stack features, this new device focuses on understanding user intent proactively rather than waiting for commands. It meets four standards: understanding speech, executing real tasks, remembering context, and ensuring security.