Honor's New AI Agent Can Read and Understand Your Screen

We must all hate booking a table at a restaurant because it's once again the problem tech companies are trying to solve with the power of artificial intelligence. Honor has taken the wraps off of Honor UI Agent—a “GUI-based mobile AI agent” that claims to handle tasks on your behalf by understanding the screen's graphical user interface. Its primary demo to show off this capability? Having the agent book a restaurant, naturally, through OpenTable. WIRED had an early opportunity to see the demo ahead of the company's keynote at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, where Honor also announced its $10 billion Honor Alpha Plan. This long-term plan, envisioned by the Chinese company's new CEO Jian Li, is lofty and largely corporate-speak, comprised of goals like “creating an intelligent phone" and “open human potential boundaries and co-create a new paradigm for civilization.” What it really highlights is Honor's quick pivot into prioritizing AI development for its suite of personal tec ... Read full article.