How AI is killing smartphone apps in China
While Apple and Google are adding AI apps to smartphones, Chinese companies are replacing apps with AI. Credit: Guirong Hao / Getty Images Chinese smartphone makers have been followers in the global market, embracing the concepts and paradigms set in the past 20 years by Apple and Google. But AI may be giving the Chinese an opportunity to break away and set their own path forward.
- ▪While Apple and Google are adding AI apps to smartphones, Chinese companies are replacing apps with AI.
- ▪Credit: Guirong Hao / Getty Images Chinese smartphone makers have been followers in the global market, embracing the concepts and paradigms set in the past 20 years by Apple and Google.
- ▪But AI may be giving the Chinese an opportunity to break away and set their own path forward.
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| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:10:57 +0000 |
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While Apple and Google are adding AI apps to smartphones, Chinese companies are replacing apps with AI. Credit: Guirong Hao / Getty Images Chinese smartphone makers have been followers in the global market, embracing the concepts and paradigms set in the past 20 years by Apple and Google. But AI may be giving the Chinese an opportunity to break away and set their own path forward. Specifically, Chinese companies are integrating AI more fully into smartphones, and also using AI for limited robotics in phones. Here’s what you need to know about these emerging trends. China’s ZTE recently showed its Nubia NaviX Ultra. The phone runs ByteDance’s Doubao AI agent, which users can access with voice commands or by pressing a button on the phone.
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