Step Terminals has pushed "phones doing work by themselves" onto the launch stage. It announced that its first large-model native AI agent phone, the STEPX Neo, will officially debut at 7 PM on October 13. Instead of a conventional system, this device runs an agent-native operating system called Step AOS, and it has already passed the L3-level testing under the first batch of the "AI Terminal Intelligence Grading" series of national standards.
Unlike traditional smartphones that treat AI as an appendage, the STEPX Neo emphasizes deep integration between large models and hardware/software, housing a new-generation personal intelligent agent called "STEP Amoo" inside, which can break down steps and run workflows on its own after a single spoken command. The most striking moments in the official demo speak for themselves: the user says just one sentence, and the phone automatically syncs documents and generates a presentation PPT along the way; when a file is urgently needed, it can even directly dispatch a courier service to deliver the paper to a designated location—chores that used to require personal handling are now taken over by it.
Taking photos is also one of its entry points. In the demo, a user photographed a concert poster, and the phone could recognize the key information inside, then help handle ticket purchasing and travel arrangements all together, even drafting a leave request for you. Compared with traditional voice assistants that can only look up information and open apps, STEPX Neo puts its focus on executing tasks across apps, essentially shifting the phone from passive responses where "you speak and it acts" to proactive delivery where "you give instructions and it gets things done."
In terms of appearance, it also deliberately carves out recognizability: a transparent two-tone body, dual rear cameras with a large matrix-style camera module, plus an interactive secondary display. When a secondary screen, a native system, and an always-on-call intelligent agent are layered onto the same phone, what Stepfun clearly wants to probe is not just stacking specs, but whether a phone should actually grow the ability to act on its own.