Huawei Xiaoyi Work Integrates OpenPangu-2.1-Pro with HarmonyOS Enhancements
Huawei has updated its Xiaoyi Work assistant beta to feature the newly debuted openPangu-2.1-Pro model, emphasizing enhanced HarmonyOS task capabilities. Concurrently, Huawei Cloud announced plans to discontinue older 2.0-Flash and 2.0-Pro model services on its MaaS platform by late November. This update showcases Huawei's ongoing strategy to transition its ecosystem toward newer proprietary AI models while tightly integrating generative AI into its operating system workflows. It offers early insight into how Huawei plans to scale its openPangu architecture for productivity applications. While exact parameter counts and technical specifications for openPangu-2.1-Pro remain undisclosed, Xiaoyi Work operates on a paid AI point billing system and supports features like market research, document processing, and code development. Meanwhile, older 2.0 versions will be officially decommissioned on November 30.
## BACKGROUND
OpenPangu is Huawei's proprietary family of large language models trained on Ascend NPUs, designed to power various enterprise and consumer AI services. Xiaoyi Work is an AI assistant application tailored for professional tasks, and MaaS (Model as a Service) refers to cloud platforms that provide APIs for deploying and utilizing machine learning models.