In abstract
- Honor Magic 8 pictured with so-called ‘AI button’
- CEO talks of robust AI focus
- Launch seemingly for October
The forthcoming Honor Magic 8 smartphone will include a devoted AI button, in line with a latest leak.
Apple actually appears to have fired the beginning pistol on smartphones including moderately than subtracting {hardware} buttons in recent times. The just-announced iPhone 17 will characteristic a Digicam Management and an Motion Button on high of the standard energy and quantity keys – and it’s not the primary Apple mannequin to take action.
A latest leak over on Weibo claims that Honor is about so as to add a devoted AI button to the Magic 8 collection.
The publish seemingly encompasses a close-up picture of the facet of the Honor Magic 8, positioned side-by-side with Apple’s new flagship.
Curiously, the tipster makes direct reference to latest feedback made by Honor CEO James Li.
In response to Li, the Honor Magic 8’s MagicOS 10 software program will likely be (through machine translation) “geared up with the trade’s most superior AI agent, enabling a wider vary of automated execution eventualities and extra human-like interactions”.
The unique leaker appears to be placing two and two collectively right here, and concluding that this new {hardware} button goes to be a gateway to all kinds of contextual AI duties.
We simply hope that Honor additionally makes the button customisable, as most of us aren’t fairly as enthusiastic because the producers are in regards to the impending AI smartphone takeover. A few of us simply need a shortcut to the Deliveroo app.
Honor vs Apple
Apple’s personal iPhone 17 launch was conspicuously mild on AI mentions, indicating that it continues to battle with the ‘Apple Intelligence’ initiative that was carelessly introduced – after which rescinded upon – ultimately yr’s iPhone 16 launch.
The Honor Magic 8, against this, hasn’t even been unveiled but, however the firm’s CEO is already promising AI able to “dynamically adjusting efficiency parameters and useful resource allocation based mostly on consumer habits, permitting the {hardware} to unleash higher potential past its specs.”
It appears all of this may centre on a devoted AI button. We’re anticipating to see the Honor Magic 8 collection introduced in mid-October, with world availability prone to start from January, judging from the Honor Magic 7 rollout.