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StepFun launches what it calls the world's first agent-native smartphone, backed by a 10-plus-partner app ecosystem including Alipay and Meituan — reframing the device as an AI orchestration layer rather than a handset. The Shanghai-based large model unicorn unveiled three products simultaneously on July 13,

Huawei is pivoting HarmonyOS from a geopolitical survival project into a commercially self-sustaining platform — and early monetization data from independent developers suggests the ecosystem is generating real returns, not just headline device numbers. At its Developer Day event beginning June 12, Huawei unveiled HarmonyOS 7 alongside a sweeping stack