China's agent wars: Xiaomi ships OS-level agents, Tencent blocks them, Doubao shops on Douyin
bookwormengr · x · 2026-09-22
A thread mapping how Chinese AI agents are being deployed inside super-apps, arguing "China already has their Muse — but players are fighting one another":
- Xiaomi launched agents at the phone OS level; Tencent blocked them.
- Tencent and Meituan are both adding agents to their super-apps, backed by formidable AI teams.
- ByteDance's Doubao can already shop on Douyin Mall; Alibaba's Qwen connects directly to Taobao and Tmall via conversational commands.
Also mentions K3 Desktop offering cloud agent execution similar to Muse and Grokbot.
Related event: WeChat emerges as gatekeeper in China's AI agent wars(2 posts)→
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