Chinese smartphone companies tout AI features ahead of Apple Intelligence launch

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Honor, a spinoff from Huawei that focuses on higher-end devices, revealed Wednesday the latest version of its Android-based Magic operating system would focus on AI as an assistant.
Telecommunications giant Huawei on Tuesday launched an upgrade to its HarmonyOS system that uses in-house AI to allow users to translate text, take notes and edit photos.
Apple fell out of the top five smartphone players in China earlier this year, according to Canalys.

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