Honor announces Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0: Top features, supported devices
Honor has announced Android 15-based MagicOS 9.0 update for its smartphones. It is expected to arrive in global markets in the coming months.
MagicOS 9.0 update: Honor has announced MagicOS 9.0 update for all its smartphones. MagicOS 9.0 is based on Google's Android 15 mobile operating system, and it brings a host of new features, such as Yoyo AI agent, smart capsule, which is Honor's own take on Apple 's Dynamic Island, AI Notes, AI Magic Photo Editor and AI Documents to name a few.
MagicOS 9.0 update: Availability
Honor will start rolling out MagicOS 9.0 update to its devices starting November 2024 and the roll out is expected to continue until March 2024. Here is detailed timeline of availability:
November 2024: Honor Magic V3, Honor Magic Vs 3, Honor Magic V2 series, Honor Magic 6 series, and Honor Magic 5 series
December 2024: Honor Magic Vs 2, Honor Magic V Flip, Honor Magic 4 series, Honor 200 series, and Honor MagicPad 2 tablet
January 2025: Magic Vs series, Magic V, Honor 100 series, Honor 90 GT, GT Pro tablet
February 2025: Honor 90 series and Honor 80 series
March 2025: Honor X60 series and Honor X50
It is worth noting that Honor has announced MagicOS 9.0 update in China. This update is expected to arrive in global markets in the coming months.
MagicOS 9.0 update: Top features
Honor has focused a lot on bringing AI-powered features to its smartphones with the MagicOS 9.0 update. Here are the top features that MagicOS 9.0 bring to all supported Honor smartphones and tablets:
YOYO Agent: This is Honor's iteration of Galaxy AI. this AI assistant can combine user habits, understand complex instructions and automatically control apps. It can also fill in details and compare information.
Honor Anydoor: This is Honor's version of Google's Circle to Search. Users can use this feature to get information on any topic or subject simply by circling it on their phone screens.
Smart Capsules: This is Honor's version of iPhone's Dynamic Island. Users can get weather alerts, check upcoming appointments and get other critical notifications without disturbing what's going on the screen.
Face Swap Detection: Honor says that this feature is aimed at protecting users against deepfakes and video calls.
AI Notes: This feature records a meeting and them generates minutes of meetings or summary while differentiating between speakers.
AI Document: This brings AI writing functionality to Honor's smartphones. It can also be used for re-writing and formatting texts.
AI Translate: This feature detects language automatically and translate it into a language of user's choice.
AI Magic Photo Editor: This feature can be used for changing photographic styles, and even out flaws in images.
Published By : Shweta Ganjoo
Published On: 24 October 2024 at 17:09 IST