HONOR, a global AI device ecosystem company, announced the launch of the HONOR Magic8 series in China. Positioned as HONOR’s first self-evolving AI smartphone, the series is equipped with HONOR’s latest-generation YOYO Agent, delivering groundbreaking AI camera capabilities and industry-leading performance. Leading the lineup is the HONOR Magic8 Pro, which integrates a number of cutting-edge AI innovations designed to redefine the flagship smartphone experience for the AI era.
Flagship Intelligence: Live Smarter with YOYO Agent
HONOR has launched the HONOR Magic8 series, its first self-evolving AI smartphone, featuring advancements across three core pillars: hardware performance, system interaction, and application ecosystem. The HONOR AI Agent boasts the ability to automatically execute over 3,000 scenarios. This means that whether handling mundane daily tasks (such as “Find all screenshots and delete the blurry ones”) or managing complex business tasks (such as “Compile this week’s work expenses and email them to my boss”), the YOYO Agent can be launched in the right context to complete a series of operations automatically, freeing users from repetitive manual operations.
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The HONOR Magic8 series features an all-new AI Button designed to provide a more convenient and intelligent user experience by providing instant access to YOYO Assistant. By default, a long press of the button launches YOYO Video Call, allowing YOYO to instantly provide information about the content. A double-click instantly activates the camera shutter, allowing you to take a photo directly. Additionally, the dedicated AI Button can be customized to provide one-touch access to specific functions, enabling a more efficient lifestyle. YOYO Memories creates a secure personal knowledge base with comprehensive privacy protection. This feature securely analyzes personal data, including photos, chat records, and documents, and interprets the meaning of the content with deep semantic understanding.
Flagship Imaging: Redefining excellence in ultra-telephoto night photography with AI
HONOR is taking smartphone photography to new heights with the latest advancements in its AiMAGE camera system, delivering unprecedented clarity, stability and creative control powered by next-generation AI.
The HONOR Magic8 Pro is equipped with an industry-leading AI telephoto system. It features a 200MP Ultra Night Telephoto Camera with a large 1/1.4-inch sensor and a wide f/2.6 aperture. This setting significantly improves light capture, resulting in sharper details even at long distances. Thanks to HONOR’s AI image stabilization technology, the chances of capturing stunning zoom images without a tripod or gimbal are increased by 7x . Thanks to the industry-leading AI Adaptive Stabilization Model, the HONOR Magic8 Pro achieves the industry’s most stable CIPA 5.5 level. Image stabilization detection accuracy has been improved by 4x, and dynamic response has been doubled.
The HONOR Magic8 series also debuts Magic Color, the industry’s first AI-powered color engine. Utilizing an advanced deep learning algorithm, it can intelligently extract 16.77 million colors. Device-to-cloud color migration technology enables efficient color tracking and processing for global color toning and local fine-tuning, ensuring both high-quality output and smooth real-time preview. Magic Color allows you to recreate cinematic styles, apply professional film tones, and create customized templates from any reference image, which can be used directly in-camera or via Magic Portal. Magic Color simplifies the grading process, making it easy to achieve professional-level results.
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Endurance and Speed: AI -tuned performance
Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform , the HONOR Magic8 series introduces the industry’s first GPU-NPU heterogeneous AI super-resolution and frame generation technology, transforming low-resolution, low-frame-rate gameplay into a high-resolution, high-frame-rate experience, enabling demanding open-world games to achieve 120fps@1080p, up from the original 60fps@850p, delivering both super-resolution and ultra-high frame rates.
This speed is powered by the HONOR Magic8 Pro’s next-generation 7,200mAh silicon-carbon battery . This performance is supported by three HONOR E2 power management chips that work with AI to optimize voltage, thermal control and battery life. Equipped with 120W wired and 80W wireless HONOR SuperCharge , the HONOR Magic8 Pro combines all-day battery life with ultra-fast charging.
Flagship experience: peace of mind and confidence in every operation
The HONOR Magic8 series embraces an open ecosystem and offers unparalleled cross-platform and cross-device capabilities, leveraging the cutting-edge MagicOS 10. The device connects seamlessly with Android, HarmonyOS, iOS and Windows, making it easy to share files, sync tasks and maintain continuity across your most important tools.
HONOR MagicOS 10 introduces a translucent visual design philosophy characterized by lightness, clarity, and breathability. This translucent visual design applies to various scenes, including the lock screen, desktop, icons, and weather. The system simulates realistic light effects to ensure content readability and dynamically adjusts colors to suit different wallpapers. Users can also customize the transparency level to achieve optimal visual comfort.
Based on SGS certification standards, HONOR has enhanced durability with 10 drop resistance and IP68/69/69K protection , ensuring the HONOR Magic8 series is designed for harsh environments. These innovations reflect HONOR’s vision that a flagship is not just about specifications, but also about bringing trust to everyday life.
At the end of the launch event, HONOR also unveiled an exciting new form factor, the HONOR ROBOT PHONE, which marks a significant milestone in the HONOR ALPHA PLAN announced earlier this year as the company moves towards its goal of becoming a leader in the global AI device ecosystem. The innovative device seamlessly integrates AI-powered multimodal intelligence, robotic capabilities and advanced handheld imaging capabilities. Positioned as a new breed of AI device, the HONOR ROBOT PHONE will redefine future human-machine interaction and coexistence, placing HONOR at the forefront of AI device innovation.
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Source – PR Newswire
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