Huawei says its AI phone has 'emotions' trained by DeepSeek

Popular Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, JD.com, WeChat join HarmonyOS

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Huawei says its new AI can "interact naturally with conversations with different emotions and detect users' mood." (Photo by Cheng Ting-fang)

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG

TAIPEI -- Huawei on Thursday notched a milestone in its effort to cut its reliance on Google's Android operating system, releasing the first smartphone in its flagship Pura series that runs solely on its HarmonyOS Next operating system as well as an AI assistant it says can interact with humanlike "emotions."

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