OPPO and Alipay Interconnect AI Agents
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-07-17
OPPO and Alipay's agent collaboration is entering deployment: OPPO's "Xiaobu" can delegate tasks to Alipay's "Abao" for cross-device execution. Covering about 200 services initially, it focuses on a "one sentence, one task" experience. StepFun's terminal STEPX uses the same approach, proving this integration method isn't limited to a single hardware vendor. The article notes that the hardest parts of agent interconnection aren't conversational abilities, but **identity, money, and accountability**: separating accounts, closing the payment loop, and assigning liability. OPPO and Alipay bypass cloud A2A protocols, opting for **on-device inter-process communication**. This keeps login states and fund flows separate, with users confirming critical steps. A typical workflow involves Xiaobu understanding and planning, then invoking Abao locally. Abao uses internal sub-agents for service discovery and routing, prompts for missing info within the chat, and leaves authorization, ordering, and payment to the user. Results are returned as cards. The author views this as a prototype for multi-device smart collaboration, expecting phones, cars, and smart glasses to follow suit.
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