Step Astronomy to Launch the World's First AI Agent Phone from a Major Large Model Vendor

Step Star, a unicorn in the large model industry, is preparing to launch its new AI terminal brand, an intelligent agent system, and its first AI smartphone. This strategic move positions Step Star as the first major large model vendor to make a substantive leap into the practical application of intelligent agent hardware. Currently, AI large models are accelerating their integration into terminal devices, making next-generation AI terminals a strategic battleground for global tech giants. Previously, OpenAI publicly committed to this field and plans to release its AI terminal product in 2027. By launching its AI smartphone ahead of schedule, Step Star not only gains a timing advantage against international competitors, but also extends the competition of large model capabilities from cloud-based software to physical hardware—and to an integrated hardware-software ecosystem at the native system level. The intelligent agent system, a core highlight of the new device, is expected to fundamentally reshape the interaction logic and application ecosystem of smartphones, evolving them from passive response tools into intelligent assistants with autonomous planning and execution capabilities. Step Star's early deployment not only breaks through the current bottleneck of homogeneous large model applications, but also explores a viable path toward large-scale commercialization of AI agents on terminal devices—potentially triggering a paradigm shift in both the smartphone industry and the large model sector.