The Honor 200 series will soon be released not only in China but also globally. The lineup is likely to include the Honor 200 and Honor 200 Pro. The company announced the launch on Wednesday, May 22, at the VivaTech 2024 event in Paris, where it also showed off its new four-layer AI architecture. The Honor 200 series smartphones will be the first to feature these AI features and are confirmed to be powered by Honor’s MagicOS 8.0, which will also be rolling out to some older phones.
Honor 200 series release date
At the VivaTech 2024 event, the company announced that the Honor 200 series, which is confirmed to launch with MagicOS 8.0, will launch globally on June 12 in Paris. He also added that the MagicOS 8.0 update will also be released for Honor Magic V2 and Honor 90. Lineup coming soon.
According to the company, the Honor 200 phone comes with an AI-assisted portrait experience where the AI is trained on the Studio Harcourt portrait dataset. Studio Harcourt is a French photography studio known for its classic portraits of celebrities and iconic figures over the years. The upcoming smartphone is claimed to deliver studio-quality portraits using “light and shadow effects” similar to studio portraits.
Another major AI update from the company includes a four-layer AI architecture that is said to be integrated into MagicOS. The base layer consists of a cross-device and cross-OS AI platform that ensures an open ecosystem that can interconnect multiple devices. This will allow users to do things like typing on a smartphone on a laptop keyboard, or use their phone’s camera as a webcam connected to their laptop, similar to what we saw with Samsung’s Galaxy AI feature.
Above this base layer, Honor said, is a platform-level AI layer that allows for “intent-based human-computer interaction and personalized resource allocation.” The third and fourth layers of the new AI system include app-level AI and a ‘cloud AI service interface’ supported by Google Cloud, respectively. The system is claimed to improve innovation and enhance privacy for users.
Meanwhile, Honor China announced that the Honor 200 series will be released in Korea on May 27th. At the same time, the design of the Honor 200 Pro was teased with a dual design in the Tian Hai Qing (Chinese translation) shade. Tonal luster and marble-like patterned finish. The rear panel features an oval pill-shaped camera module with three cameras and an LED flash unit in the top left corner. The power button and volume rocker appear on the right edge of the handset.
