Tencent Brings Marvis AI Assistant to HarmonyOS
Tencent has expanded the availability of its Marvis AI assistant by launching a dedicated version for Huawei's HarmonyOS platform.
Tencent has expanded the availability of its Marvis AI assistant by launching a dedicated version for Huawei's HarmonyOS platform.
Tencent has launched Green Bubble, a dedicated mini-program for short dramas within WeChat, to challenge ByteDance’s Hongguo platform through social integration and new content incentives.

Tencent Video has announced pre-sale pricing for its annual VIP and SVIP memberships, offering discounts during the 11.11 shopping festival period.

Tencent will shut down its legacy Q&A platform Sogou Wenwen on November 7, 2026, citing business adjustments as the primary reason for the closure.
Tencent is expanding its AI agent strategy with the development of a standalone Yuanbao Assistant app, following similar moves by competitors in the personal assistant sector.
Tencent plans to raise up to $5 billion through an offshore bond sale to fund its expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure and capital expenditures.

ByteDance and Tencent are accelerating the development of personal AI agents to compete with Meta's Muse, which focuses on automating cross-platform user tasks.
Tencent will shut down its Yuanqi AI agent platform on November 9, 2026, following a strategic business reorganization.

Tencent has integrated a standalone file browser into its WorkBuddy AI suite, enabling direct local file management and AI-assisted editing across multiple formats.

A swarm of AI agents linked to Tencent infrastructure has been scraping data from Alibaba's Amap service, occasionally masquerading as Anthropic's Claude.

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is set to raise at least $12 billion, with Tencent and CATL leading the investment round.

A fleet of AI agents, likely operated by Tencent, has been scraping navigation data from Alibaba’s Amap service using sophisticated methods to bypass anti-bot protections.

Independent researchers identified a fleet of AI agents utilizing Tencent Cloud infrastructure to scrape entrance data from Alibaba’s Amap service.

Researchers have identified a fleet of AI agents using Tencent infrastructure to target Alibaba’s Amap service, raising questions about autonomous activity on the internet.

Tencent has signed a $7 billion deal to lease 100 000 AI chips from Oracle, securing offshore computing capacity at rates significantly below current market averages.

Oracle will lease 100,000 restricted AI accelerators to Tencent in a five-year deal worth $7 billion, exploiting a loophole in US export controls.
Tencent will reportedly pay $7 billion over five years to access 100,000 AI chips in Oracle data centers located in Southeast Asia.

Tencent will pay $7 billion to lease 100,000 AI accelerators from Oracle over five years to bypass US export restrictions.

Tencent will lease 100,000 AI chips from Oracle over five years to expand its computing capabilities in Asia.

Tencent has integrated the QQ Pet feature into the HarmonyOS version of its messaging app, offering users a new social companion experience.
