FILE PHOTO:ByteDance stated it’s launching an AI voice management software that may debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp.
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Chinese tech big ByteDance stated on Monday it’s launching a man-made intelligence voice management software that may debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp, earlier than turning into out there on telephones from different producers in the end.
The AI assistant, powered by ByteDance’s widespread Doubao massive language mannequin, permits customers to voice activate duties comparable to discovering content material and reserving tickets.
The software will compete with comparable AI options launched by Chinese smartphone makers comparable to Huawei and Xiaomi. Apple has but to make its Apple Intelligence out there in China, although Alibaba has stated it could companion with Apple to develop AI options for iPhones within the nation.
ByteDance’s AI voice software will first seem on ZTE’s Nubia
M153 handset, presently a prototype priced at 3,499 yuan ($495).
The system is accessible for pre-order in restricted portions.
Shares in ZTE surged 10% on Monday, their highest stage
since October 29, helped by experiences of the cellphone in addition to information
that it had received a string of contracts to provide 5G gear in
Vietnam.
ByteDance stated in a press release it has no plans to develop its personal smartphones and is in talks with a number of cellphone makers to roll out the AI voice assistant.
ByteDance, which owns TikTok and the brief video app’s Chinese model Douyin, has emerged because the main participant in shopper AI apps in China because of its chatbot Doubao.
Doubao had 159 million month-to-month energetic customers in October, way over Tencent’s Yuanbao at 73 million and DeepSeek at 72 million, in response to AI product monitoring platform Aicpb.com.
Published – December 02, 2025 10:21 am IST