Huawei has unveiled its latest tri-fold smartphone, the Mate XT 2 Ultimate Design, in China, according to htxt.africa. The launch comes two years after the release of the original model in the series. The announcement marks the Chinese technology company's continued push into the foldable smartphone segment. Further details about the device's specifications, pricing, and availability were not included in the initial report. The unveiling took place in Huawei's home market of China.

Samsung has begun beta testing its One UI 9 Watch software on the Galaxy Watch 7, Galaxy Watch 8, and Galaxy Watch Ultra in South Korea and the United States, according to Tech-ish. The beta program allows users to preview upcoming features ahead of a wider release. Meanwhile, older Galaxy Watch models are receiving security patches rather than the new software, continuing Samsung's practice of supporting legacy devices with maintenance updates.

According to Techpoint Africa, Huawei has officially launched its Agentic AI Cloud in Nigeria, marking a new step in the company’s local infrastructure push. The report frames the launch as part of Huawei’s effort to expand cloud and artificial intelligence capacity in the country, though the provided excerpt gives no details on pricing, partners, data centres, rollout timelines, or expected enterprise and government uses.

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek plans to deploy 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips at a new 1-gigawatt data centre in Inner Mongolia, according to Tech-ish, as Nvidia remains unable to sell advanced processors in China due to export restrictions. The report says DeepSeek will continue using Nvidia hardware for model training while relying on the Huawei chips for inference work. The outlet also published a full timeline for the project.

Huawei has unveiled its Nova 16s series, expanding the company's international Nova smartphone lineup with two new models. According to htxt.africa, at least one of the devices is expected to launch in South Africa, signalling Huawei's continued push into the region's consumer smartphone market. The announcement marks the latest addition to the Nova range, which targets mid-range buyers. Specific pricing and local availability details for the South African market have not yet been confirmed in the report.

Xiaomi says its Sky Nomad SUVs passed 10,000 locked orders within four minutes, according to the company. The figure is counted differently from earlier SU7 numbers, so the two totals are not directly comparable. The announcement points to rapid early bookings for the new SUV line, while the exact methodology behind locked orders remains unclear.