In one demonstration seen by CNBC ahead of the announcement, Honor showed how a user could ask Yoyo to find automatic subscriptions across WeChat and Alipay, the two most popular payment apps in China. During the exercise, Yoyo found the subscriptions, then asked the user whether to cancel them.
So-called AI agents have been touted by smartphone makers as way to make the experiences on phone devices more personal and efficient. The idea is that these agents could learn a user's behavior and make suggestions based on that.