{"id":455157,"date":"2026-03-03T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455157\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:44:18","slug":"this-companys-new-ai-gadgets-feel-like-theyre-from-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/455157\/","title":{"rendered":"This company’s new AI gadgets feel like they’re from the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right on the cusp of the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) technology trade show, Honor<\/a> has taken the stage to unveil its latest portfolio of flagship products in Barcelona, Spain. The Shenzhen, China-based company announced the Magic V5, the MagicPad4, the MagicBook Pro 14 (2026), and the Earbuds 4, all of which offer high-end specifications and a slew of AI features. <\/p>\n

Starting with the Magic V6, which is Honor’s latest-and-greatest book-style folding smartphone, various refinements have been made over its V5 predecessor.<\/a> Most notably, the Android 16 handset features a massive 6,660mAh silicon-carbon battery pack, with 32 percent more silicon content for enhanced energy density. The V6 is also the first foldable phone to hit the market with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, which should pack a serious computational punch. <\/p>\n

The MagicPad4, meanwhile, is a 12.3-inch Android 16 tablet with a super-slim chassis that measures in at 0.19-inches (4.8mm). Key specifications include the same Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5<\/a> processor found in the Magic V6, as well as a 3K OLED display panel capable of 165Hz refresh rate, up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage, and a 10,100mAh battery capacity. <\/p>\n

Next up, the MagicBook Pro 14 (2026) is a refreshed Windows 11<\/a>-based laptop that ships with Intel’s all-new Core Ultra Series 3 processor line. The PC features a 14.6-inch OLED touch screen display, up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, a fingerprint sensor embedded into the power button, a 92Wh battery, and a slew of I\/O ports. <\/p>\n

Finally, the Honor Earbuds 4 are refreshed true wireless earphones<\/a> packing double drivers, a 50dB Tri-Mic Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) system, built-in swipe and touch controls, and wear detection. The buds are water and dust resistant with an IP54 certification, and they feature Bluetooth 5.3 compatibility. <\/p>\n

In terms of pricing and availability, we have confirmation that the Magic V6 will arrive “in select markets” in the second half of this year, though pricing and market-specific colorway details are yet to be confirmed. The MagicPad4 has a confirmed starting price of \u20ac700 (roughly $824 USD), with sales starting on March 2. There’s no word on whether these newest-generation Honor products will eventually make their way to the North American market or not.<\/p>\n

Honor’s latest flagship hardware lineup packs the heat<\/p>\n

Blending together artifical intelligence and bleeding-edge specifications<\/p>\n

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Putting aside the performant, state-of-the-art specs within Honor’s newest portfolio, the company is also continuing to double down on artificial intelligence — a push it made official at last year’s MWC event<\/a>. The Magic V6 and MagicPad4 both come with all the latest AI bells and whistles you’d expect to find on 2026 flagship Android devices, including staples like audio voice note transcriptions, scam and deepfake detection, and more. <\/p>\n

The MagicPad4 tablet is particularly notable in that it offers OpenClaw AI assistance<\/a> via its new Linux Lab in Developer Options. The MagicBook 14 (2026), meanwhile, with its upgraded Intel Core Ultra Series 3 internals, also benefits from all of Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC<\/a> AI features like Recall, Click to Do, and Windows Studio Effects. <\/p>\n

Taking things a step further, Honor has unveiled what it calls the Robot Phone, a “new species” of smartphone that introduces “embodied AI interaction designed to feel more natural and expressive.” For more details on this gimbal-equipped Robot Phone, as well as information on Honor’s fascinating new humanoid robot, check out my dedicated coverage<\/a> right here on Pocket-lint. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Right on the cusp of the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) technology trade show, Honor has taken the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-455157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}