# 华为发布 HarmonyOS 7，集成智能体框架 2.0，小艺升级系统级智能体

- 来源：Artificial Intelligence News（RSS）
- 作者：Dashveenjit Kaur
- 发布时间：2026-06-15 19:00
- AIHOT 分数：60
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- 原文链接：https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/harmonyos-7-china-ai-apple-gap

## AI 摘要

华为在苹果确认 Siri AI 不在中国推出后发布 HarmonyOS 7，集成 HarmonyOS 智能体框架 2.0，以“意图即服务”模型将多应用操作压缩为单条自然语言指令。小艺升级为系统级智能体，可控制超 2100 项系统能力并协调 2000 多个第三方 AI 智能体。底层搭载 openPangu 2.0 基础模型，Pro 版 505B 参数，Flash 版 92B 参数，均支持 512K 上下文窗口；30B 参数端侧模型计划秋季登陆 Kirin 芯片。系统性能较 HarmonyOS 6.1 提升超 15%，任务执行准确率宣称超 90%（未经独立验证）。2026 年 Q1 HarmonyOS 占中国智能手机 OS 市场 19%，首超 Apple 的 iOS（16%）。目前为开发者 beta 版，稳定版秋季发布。

## 正文

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HarmonyOS 7 steps into the AI gap Apple left open in China

Dashveenjit Kaur

June 15, 2026

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Four days after Apple confirmed that Siri AI would not launch in China, Huawei took the stage in Dongguan and declared HarmonyOS 7 the beginning of the agent era. The gap Apple could not fill, Huawei has moved into with an architecture built specifically for it.

What HarmonyOS 7 actually changes

The headline change is the HarmonyOS Intelligent Agent Framework 2.0, which restructures the OS around what Huawei calls an “intent-as-service” model, compressing what previously required multiple app navigation into a single natural-language command.

At the centre of this is Xiaoyi, Huawei’s AI assistant, rebuilt from a conventional voice tool into what the company describes as a system-level intelligence agent. Xiaoyi now controls over 2,100 system-level capabilities and coordinates with more than 2,000 third-party AI agents developed across Huawei’s developer ecosystem.

Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, framed the release as a generational inflexion point: “In 2019, HarmonyOS was born. In 2023, native HarmonyOS apps began. In 2026, HarmonyOS enters the Agent era.”

Underneath sits openPangu 2.0, Huawei’s updated foundation model, with 505 billion parameters in its Pro version and 92 billion in the Flash variant, both supporting 512K context windows. On-device models at 30 billion parameters are due on Kirin chips by autumn 2026. HarmonyOS 7 also delivers a 15%-plus performance improvement over HarmonyOS 6.1, according to Huawei’s own benchmarks.

The task execution rate claimed is above 90%, though that figure is Huawei’s own and has not been independently verified.

The market position is consolidating

The numbers shared at HDC 2026 reflect a shift that has already happened. In Q1 2026, HarmonyOS held 19% of China’s smartphone OS market against Apple iOS at 16%, with Android at 65%. HarmonyOS first overtook iOS in China in Q2 2025, according to Counterpoint Research.

That trajectory matters more than any single feature because China is simultaneously the market Apple cannot currently operate in at the AI level and the one Huawei has fully optimised for. The agent network Xiaoyi coordinates includes partnerships with Ctrip for travel planning and Ant Medical for health data analysis, services woven into the Chinese consumer stack that Apple’s architecture does not reach.

Where the limits are

The scope of the challenge to Apple needs calibrating. HarmonyOS 7 is currently in developer beta, with the stable consumer release expected this autumn. The 2,000-plus AI agents are anchored in the Chinese app ecosystem.

The platform counts more than 400,000 applications and services, which is significant but still a fraction of what Apple’s App Store carries. Huawei’s ambitions to take HarmonyOS international remain aspirational for now.

There is also a design note that softens any clean divergence narrative: HarmonyOS 7 adopts the same Liquid Glass aesthetic Apple introduced with iOS 26, and Samsung brought to One UI 9. Visual language converges even as underlying architectures and regulatory environments pull in opposite directions.

The longer arc

HarmonyOS exists because of US sanctions. When Huawei lost access to Google’s Android in 2019, it built its own OS from necessity. By January 2026, over 90% of Huawei devices were running the fully homegrown version. That forced independence is now a structural advantage in the one market where Apple cannot currently deploy its headline AI feature.

Sanctions built the platform. Regulatory friction cleared its path.

See also: Siri AI arrives with Google inside, and much of the world is locked out

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