The last Mobile World Congress and, more broadly, the start of 2024, was marked by the advent of artificial intelligence on smartphones. In the wake of Samsung, which is working closely with Google to make AI its flagship asset, most manufacturers are engaged in a race for intelligent features. This is particularly the case of Honor, which has detailed its intention to deploy its AI within a few weeks, or rather a suite of options using generative artificial intelligence.
It is not quite what the Chinese brand is deploying today, but its premises. As early users have noted (on Reddit), MagicOS 8.0, the brand’s interface based on Android 14 and integrated straight away into the Magic 6 Pro, is starting to be deployed on the brand’s flagship for the year 2023, the Magic 5 Pro. A few months after the officialization of this new software version in China, theupdate in question prepares the ground for “Updates to this version that will unlock more features” : understand that MagicLM, the language model of the Chinese firm, is around the corner.
In the meantime, the changelog (update description) highlights many expected improvements. The Magic Capsule, giving an overview of the tasks in progress around the punch of the selfie camera, thus makes its debut on the Magic 5 Pro. The smartphone’s home panel gains some new features, such as folders in resizable format. We note the arrival of Magic Portal, the tool to simplify the drag and drop of elements (text and images) between applications, but also security options and an Ultra power saving mode. ‘energy. Finally, remember that this update responds to Honor’s promise, which announces four updates operating system and five years of security patches for its high-end smartphones.