Honor DeepSeek AI

Following Huawei’s announcement of adopting DeepSeek R1 AI model to its Celia voice assistant, Honor does the same with its YOYO Assistant. For context, DeepSeek R1 is a newly launched Chinese AI LLM (large language model) which reportedly goes on par with OpenAI’s o1 model. According to a report from Huawei Central, Huawei released the first DeepSeek R1 beta—integrated with the Celia app—for devices running HarmonyOS NEXT. Meanwhile, Honor released its DeepSeek R1-powered YOYO Assistant to devices running MagicOS 8.0 and above. But, that remains to be seen considering the US had recently passed a bill penalizing use of DeepSeek and even other Chinese AI in the country. US authorities argue that dependence on Chinese AI products, DeepSeek in particular, could have a backdoor to massive amounts of US data. And if Huawei Central is to be believed, the adoption of DeepSeek AI likely happens only within China. Huawei Mobile has recently launched a toned-down version of the Honor 3C which is conveniently called Honor 3C Play Edition. Read more in our articles including "Huawei, Honor integrate DeepSeek AI to select devices in China" and "Huawei out cheaper Honor 3C Play, priced at Php4,000+".