ByteBean Wallet has partnered with a domestic TOP 5 mobile phone manufacturer, and the second-generation BeanPhone is expected to be released in Q2.

According to 1M AI News monitoring, digital blogger Digichat Station posted on Weibo yesterday, stating "Do you want a BeanPod AI Phone? I asked around, and the top 5 domestic phone manufacturers have already cooperated," implying that ByteDance's BeanPod AI Phone business is expanding from Nubia (ZTE) to top-tier manufacturers. The comment section generally speculates that the partner is vivo. Earlier in January, there was news that ByteDance adopted a differentiation strategy towards top-tier manufacturers: focusing on model invocation and BeanPod input method modular technology cooperation with OPPO, Honor, and other major manufacturers, while leaning towards integrating the BeanPod AI interface directly into the system with brands like Transsion, Meizu, and Lenovo. Due to their own ecosystems and self-developed large models, Huawei and Xiaomi are considered to have the lowest possibility of cooperation.

ByteDance has initiated the official version project of "BeanPod Phone Assistant," and the second-generation BeanPod Phone is expected to be launched in late Q2 2026, continuing joint development with Nubia. The first generation, released in November last year as a technical preview version (nubia M153), was banned by apps like WeChat and Alipay due to its ability to operate the phone silently in the background. ByteDance is currently negotiating permission access with mainstream app developers such as ride-hailing and food delivery apps, attempting to address app compatibility issues in the official version.