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Tuesday • December 23, 2025
ByteDance moves forward with AI smartphone partnerships, including Vivo, Lenovo, and Transsion
ByteDance is Pushing Ahead with Partnerships with Hardware Makers to Develop AI Smartphones, Aiming to Preinstall AIGC Plug-Ins on Their Devices
ByteDance’s move is intended to gain user access through preinstalled AIGC plug-ins, to reverse AI’s current passive role at the execution level, and to explore new ways to monetize traffic. The move will create a new AI ecosystem model combining internet giants and hardware manufacturers. The strategy signals a shift in China’s AI smartphone market from a phase of independent development to one of collaborative ecosystem building.
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Wednesday • October 1, 2025
Amazon refreshes device lineup to integrate new AI-powered Alexa+
Amazon Unveils AI-Infused Alexa+ and New Devices
Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a refreshed lineup of devices optimized for home security and its new artificial intelligence-infused Alexa+ voice assistant. At an event in New York, Amazon showed off Echo speakers, Fire TV streaming devices, a new Kindle reader and improved Ring and Blink cameras, which will be available later this year.
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Tuesday • July 29, 2025
OpenAI Hiring Engineers to Build the ‘World’s Most Innovative Mobile Devices’
The Company’s Hiring Activity Has Spurred Further Speculation About Its Upcoming Hardware Device
OpenAI is currently hiring for multiple positions in the consumer hardware sector, fuelling speculation about what the company might develop for its upcoming device given its collaboration with former Apple design lead Jony Ive.
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Monday • July 28, 2025
Alibaba to launch AI-powered glasses creating a Chinese rival to Meta
The Glasses will be Powered by Alibaba’s Qwen Large Language Model and Its Advanced AI Assistant, Quark
The Hangzhou, headquartered company is one of the leaders in China’s AI space, aggressively launching new models with capabilities that compete with Western counterparts like OpenAI. Many tech companies see wearables, specifically glasses, as the next frontier in computing alongside the smartphone.
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Wednesday • July 16, 2025
Huawei Tops China Smartphone Market for First Time in Years
Huawei Technologies Co. Took the Top Spot in China’s Smartphone Market for the First Time in More than Four Years, a Comeback Fueled by New Designs and Software
Huawei’s recovery follows years of US export restrictions, which spurred the company to develop its own hardware and technologies, including artificial intelligence chips. In 2024, Huawei launched several smartphones powered by domestically designed and manufactured semiconductors, including the world’s first commercially available device with two folds.
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Tuesday • July 8, 2025
Meta Invests $3.5 Billion in World’s Largest Eye-Wear Maker in AI Glasses Push
Meta Platforms Inc. Bought a Minority Stake in EssilorLuxottica SA, Deepening the US Tech Giant’s Commitment to the Smart Glasses Industry
“This represents another step in Meta’s commitment to the smart-glasses category,” Bernstein analysts said in a research note. The two companies have worked together for several years to develop AI-powered smart glasses.
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