📱 Agentic AI Smartphone: China Debuts the World’s First Fully Autonomous Device
- NewBits Media
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
China may have just taken another major leap in the global AI race. ZTE and ByteDance have unveiled a prototype smartphone—the Nubia M153—featuring the world’s first agentic AI smartphone system capable of operating the entire device like a human. Unlike Siri, Google Assistant, or even next-gen AI features from Apple and Samsung, this device runs an AI that sees the screen, taps buttons, fills forms, books services, makes payments, and even negotiates with other bots.
📌 Agentic AI Smartphone: Key Details
🤖 A True Full-Stack AI Agent
The smartphone uses ByteDance’s Doubao model plus an on-device agent that can:
Open and navigate any app
Fill in fields automatically
Make phone calls
Complete multi-step tasks
Identify locations, brands, and images
Interact with other bots (e.g., customer service AI)
In demos, the AI booked services, placed robotaxi rides, handled payments, updated destinations mid-trip, and even answered phone calls from automated systems.
📸 Human-Like Interaction
The AI “sees” the screen using a local vision model and interacts with UI elements exactly like a person would—tapping, scrolling, typing, selecting options, and confirming transactions.
🧠 Cloud + On-Device Hybrid Architecture
Doubao (cloud): understands intent, interprets images, plans tasks
On-device agent: controls the screen, executes actions, handles sensitive steps (e.g., passwords, payments)
This allows the agent to work both fast and privately.
🛠️ Hardware
Powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with 16GB RAM, built for running real-time vision and reasoning locally.
🤝 Agents Talking to Agents
In one demo, the AI placed a drone delivery order. When Meituan’s system called to confirm, Doubao negotiated with the bot on behalf of the user—a real example of autonomous agent-to-agent communication.
🌍 Why it’s important
This prototype is the clearest signal yet that agentic AI smartphone technology may emerge from China before Silicon Valley. While Western companies remain cautious and app-restricted, China is pushing ahead with OS-level AI agents that can act independently, navigate apps, and perform real-world tasks without human guidance.
If commercialized, phones like this could:
Collapse the need for traditional app interfaces
Shift smartphone competition toward AI autonomy
Accelerate agent-to-agent ecosystems (payments, bookings, services)
Pressure U.S. companies to rethink their slower, permission-based AI models
In short, this could be China’s second DeepSeek moment—a redefining move in the AI hardware and agent race.
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