Huawei shares rollout plan for its Xiaoyi AI quick bar

At the HarmonyOS 7 launch event in September, Huawei gave a sneak peek at a new feature called the Xiaoyi AI quick bar. Once enabled, Xiaoyi will live in the Dock bar at the bottom of the phone's home screen, letting users reach AI tools without switching apps. Huawei's customer service has now shared a detailed rollout schedule. The Mate 90 series and Pura X View will get it first in mid-November 2026. In December, it will arrive in two batches on the Mate 80, Pura 90, Mate 70, and Mate 60 series, along with several tablets. More devices like the Mate XTs and Pocket 2 will follow in early January 2027. Huawei says phones, foldables, and tablets with 12GB of RAM or more will support the AI quick bar, and plans for other models will keep getting updated.