China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.
ZTE showcased the NaviX Ultra at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week, calling it the world’s first agentic AI smartphone. The device, built under ZTE’s Nubia brand, runs ByteDance’s Doubao AI agent and can be activated by voice or a dedicated button. It comes in four colours and was prototyped in December at […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 18 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 19 July 2026
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