Honor has formally introduced its integration with DeepSeek, marking a step ahead in AI-powered cellular experiences.
Ranging from 8 February, the brand-new Magic 7 Professional and different Honor telephones operating MagicOS 8.0 and above can improve their Yoyo assistant, enabling interplay with the DeepSeek-R1 mannequin. It will allow the corporate’s native assistant to make use of the capabilities of the reasoning mannequin to carry out complicated duties.
To entry it, Honor customers have to easily swipe up from the underside of their telephones to open the ‘AI agent’ part, and choose ‘DeepSeek-R1.’
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Nonetheless, there’s a catch. The characteristic will initially solely be obtainable in China, with no phrase on when, or if, it’ll ever arrive globally. We’ve reached out to Honor for clarification.
DeepSeek has quickly gained international recognition as an AI mannequin rivalling the likes of ChatGPT and Google Gemini. For the reason that launch of its R1 mannequin on 20 January, it has despatched shockwaves by way of the AI trade, even influencing international inventory markets.
In contrast to its Western counterparts, DeepSeek has shifted its AI computing operations away from Nvidia {hardware}, now counting on Huawei’s chips for inference duties. Whereas these chips might not match Nvidia in coaching efficiency, they’re proving efficient in lowering prices whereas sustaining aggressive AI capabilities.
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As stated above, whereas DeepSeek is on the market globally, the Honor-DeepSeek integration stays unique to China for now.
This limitation might disappoint worldwide Honor customers eager to expertise AI developments, but it surely additionally alerts China’s rising self-sufficiency in AI know-how.
Be taught extra in our full DeepSeek AI explainer.