On October 14, Doubao Phone Assistant disclosed the arrangements after the 30-day public comment period for its Screen Automation Operation Statement Agreement: it will gradually enable GUI automation for third-party apps, limited to apps that have not refused; it also published a list of 151 refusing apps, including WeChat, DeepSeek, Taobao, Kuaishou and Meituan, with 65 from Tencent's ecosystem, 23 from Alibaba's, 14 from Kuaishou's, 11 from Meituan's and 38 independent apps.
On September 16, 2026, Doubao Phone was officially launched as the world's first AI agent smartphone, shifting the AI phone competition from hardware specs to agent capabilities. The article analyzes the trend of the AI phone battlefield moving from feature stacking to agent practice, and mentions similar moves by Nubia, Apple and others.
On September 14, the consumer version of Doubao Mobile Assistant was officially released. Based on the Doubao app and system-level cooperation with smartphone makers, it supports voice and fingerprint-authenticated AI key wake-up, screen Q&A, local search of photos, messages and notes, recording follow-up via Feishu Minutes, and cross-app tasks like ride-hailing by voice. A graphical interface agent feature launched in beta, along with the SAEP screen automation protocol and an agent protection system.
<body><div>Nubia President Ni Fei announced the AI agent large model filing is complete. The world's first AI agent phone, a mass-production flagship with embedded Doubao</div></body>
<body><div>Volcano Engine launches Doubao Audio Generation Model 1.0, which supports text or audio input and generates complete audio works end-to-end. The core breakthrou</div></body>
<body><div>At Volcano Engine Force Conference, Doubao model released Doubao-Seed-2.1 Pro. Benchmarks show it rivals GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7 & Gemini 3.1 Pro, marking a br</div></body>
<body><div>On June 24, ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao launched paid subscriptions: Standard (¥68/month), Enhanced (¥200/month), Premium (¥500/month), using Doubao 2.1 mod</div></body>
ZTE and ByteDance's new AI phone, Doubao, set for Q2 2026, aims to evolve AI into autonomous agents. Pre-release models previously resold for up to 36,000 yuan,
Doubao AI model's daily token usage exceeds 120 trillion, setting a new industry record and showcasing ByteDance's strong penetration in AI applications. Usage