Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (IT Home · Nov 6, 2026)

Huawei Xiaoyi standalone app hits HarmonyOS PC AppGallery, Xiaoyi Work official launch

KEY FACTS

On November 6, Huawei's standalone Xiaoyi app launched on the HarmonyOS PC AppGallery with version number 11.7.9.300.
Xiaoyi has thus shifted from a system-embedded agent to an app form that can be updated and iterated independently.
The official version of Xiaoyi Work supports one-sentence task delegation for data analysis, PPT writing, and weekly report summaries.
Xiaoyi Work can generate Word, PPT, and Excel documents, and connects with office tools such as DingTalk and Feishu.
The phone and tablet versions have been updated simultaneously with features including problem solving, translation, and Time Machine; translation voice input supports 21 languages.

KEY DATA

11.7.9.300Xiaoyi App version number

200+Number of Xiaoyi Work domain experts

21Languages recognized by translation voice input

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

By splitting Xiaoyi from a system capability into a standalone app, Huawei is treating its AI assistant as a continuously operable product rather than a preinstalled feature, giving it more flexible update cadence and monetization. Xiaoyi Work adopts a membership model and consumes AI credits per task, indicating that paid models for AI office assistants are starting to land, but whether users will keep paying for 'one-sentence document generation' still depends on task completion quality.

Source: IT Home report