Apple stalls in China, so Huawei declared the agent era has begun

huawei launched harmonyos 7 at a conference in dongguan, positioning the os as the beginning of the 'agent era' just days after apple admitted its ai would be absent from china. the update specifically targets agent-based computing, allowing the system to perform actions across apps rather than just retrieving information. this captures the strategic high ground for consumer ai in china, effectively exploiting apple's regulatory limitations. the move signals a shift where os vendors will compete on the intelligence of their system agents rather than just app ecosystems.