It looks like we will soon see a new voice assistant that will join the likes of Siri, Google Assistant and Cortana. Huawei is said to be working on its own digital voice assistant according to a latest report from Bloomberg.
The third largest smartphone maker is currently in the early stages of developing the technology with a team of 10 engineers. Initially, Huawei’s assistant will target domestic users and communicate in Chinese languages. However, the company will continue to work with Google and Amazon outside China, as per unnamed sources. Last month, Huawei announced it would use Alexa on its Mate 9 smartphone in the US market.
Adding its own voice assistant will give Huawei leverage in the fiercely competitive Chinese smartphone market. The company was second largest smartphone maker in China in 2016 with 16.4% market share. Huawei is expected to announce P10 smartphone with dual rear camera on February 26 at MWC 2017 in Barcelona.