China’s Honor shows humanoid and robot phone demo in AI pivot

Its humanoid robot, unveiled during a gala event on the eve of MWC, is its first own-brand android. It performed remote-controlled gestures and poses. — Bloomberg

Honor Device Co demonstrated a humanoid robot and its so-called robot phone at MWC Barcelona 2026 on Sunday, as the Chinese device maker seeks to reinvent itself as an artificial intelligence-driven hardware company.

Shenzhen-based Honor spun out from Huawei Technologies Co in 2020. Originally a budget brand, it expanded into premium devices and foldable phones. Last year, the company said it would spend US$10bil (RM39.1bil) over five years to create AI devices.