At its Global Developer Conference, Honor has officially introduced MagicOS 11, a new iteration of its operating system that embraces an Android 17 framework. This latest version showcases a sleek, iOS-inspired liquid glass design, crafted using Honor's proprietary Luminous and Hummingbird architectures. These innovations work together to enhance user interface fluidity, boost AI functionalities, and improve hardware performance.
Honor asserts that despite its sophisticated aesthetic, MagicOS 11 achieves up to a 20% increase in system animation speeds compared to its predecessor, MagicOS 10. Users will also benefit from redesigned icons, refined menu elements, updated widgets, and the ability to customize the tinting of home screen icons and the app dock.
A significant highlight of MagicOS 11 is the revamped Yoyo AI assistant. This enhanced AI assistant is designed to accommodate over 1,000 different scenarios and is compatible with more than 10,000 third-party AI services, at least in China. Honor claims that the Yoyo AI can execute complex tasks spanning up to 100 steps remotely.
Additionally, the introduction of Storage Space 2.0 ensures that data is stored using lossless compression, allowing users to free up to 60GB of space. MagicOS 11 also enhances connectivity features, enabling seamless file sharing with devices in the Apple ecosystem and with brands such as Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi.
The first smartphones to feature MagicOS 11 will be the upcoming Honor Magic9 series, with a public beta already accessible for over 18 existing devices, including the Magic8 series, Magic V6, and various Honor 600 models.
List of Eligible MagicOS 11 Devices (machine translated from Chinese)
A subsequent list of devices eligible for internal beta registration includes the Magic6 series, Magic V3, and the Honor 400 and 500 series. Additional devices will be added to this list between October and November.
Source (in Chinese)
