Huawei Upgrades HarmonyOS AI Capabilities for the Mate 90 Series
Huawei introduced enhanced HarmonyOS AI capabilities for its Mate 90 series, featuring upgraded Xiaoyi assistant tools such as swipe-to-save smart screen notes, prompt-based video generation, and navigation bar AI triggers. This update highlights how mobile OS developers are embedding generative AI deeper into system-level interactions to simplify daily productivity, media editing, and cross-device sharing. Notable capabilities include Xiaoyi Smart Note for summarizing saved web articles, Xiaoyi Gallery Assistant for converting photos into cinematic video clips, and air gestures that support a view-once privacy mode for cross-device photo transfers.
## BACKGROUND
Xiaoyi is Huawei's virtual AI assistant integrated into HarmonyOS, powered by Huawei's Pangu large model family to deliver natural conversational AI and contextual automation. HarmonyOS is Huawei's distributed operating system designed to support seamless ecosystem integration across smartphones, tablets, and smart home devices.