Alibaba unveils Qwen Intelligence phone-agent stack; Honor Magic9 first adopter

At the 2026 Apsara Conference Alibaba introduced Qwen Intelligence, a full-stack agent platform for smartphone makers rather than a handset of its own. Honor is the first formal adopter, with the Magic9 series and Honor's robot phone to carry the stack co-tuned with MagicOS.

• Stack spans Planner, Mobile-Use, Creative and OS Harness agents
• Mobile Creative Agent cuts generation from ~100 steps to 8, first image in ~3 s
• Honor Magic9 (around September 28) is the first formal adopter
• Alibaba will not build phone hardware, staying a model-and-Harness supplier