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Rokid and Tencent Mobility bring voice ride-hailing to AI glasses via Agent-to-Agent link. Published: October 16, 2026 Want to read in a language you're more familiar with? Users say a destination and the glasses handle pickup points, fare comparison, booking and password-free payment, with car details shown in view while they wait. Rokid has launched ride-hailing on its AI glasses in partnership with Tencent Mobility, letting wearers book a car by voice without taking out a phone. Rokid describes it as the industry's first native ride-hailing service for AI glasses, a claim made by the company. Once the Tencent Mobility agent is connected, a user only needs to say where they want to go. The glasses then handle the full flow: understanding the request, suggesting pickup and drop-off points, checking nearby cars, estimating fares and comparing vehicle types, placing the order and paying the fare. While the user waits, the license plate, car details and estimated arrival time are shown in their field of view, with voice reminders. According to Chinese tech outlet Leikeji, Android and iOS users need to update the Rokid AI app to version 1.15 to use the feature. The integration works as a split between two agents. Rokid's glasses agent handles understanding the user, conversation and on-lens display. Tencent Mobility's agent provides the ride-hailing service. The two connect directly over the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol. Tencent Mobility has packaged its ride-hailing functions for wearable devices as standard services: location suggestions, pickup point selection, nearby vehicle lookup, fare estimates and comparison, one-tap booking, live order status and password-free payment. The glasses call these as needed. Rokid argues the main benefit is at the curb. Instead of repeatedly checking a phone for the car's position, plate and arrival time, users keep that information in view, which can make it easier to find the car in crowded stations, malls or roadsides. The company also says voice booking lowers the barrier for older people, children and others less comfortable with smartphone apps. Rokid is clear that the glasses are not meant to replace the phone. For payment issues, changing the destination or cancelling an order, the phone remains the more reliable fallback. In the company's view, glasses should start requests, give live reminders and handle interaction with the surroundings, while the phone takes care of complex confirmations, payment and exceptions. The companies have not said which glasses models or cities are supported.

Screenshots reveal cancelled "Assassin's Creed Destiny" Game set in China. Friday, October 16th 2026 One of the myriad projects Ubisoft scrapped in its recent restructuring, which has resulted in hundreds of layoffs and a reduction in scope of other games, was apparently an Assassin's Creed project called Assassin's Creed Destiny, which would have seen the franchise visit China in 205 BCE, around the time of the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, the shortest-lived dynasty in China's long history. According to a recent report by MP1st, the game was in development in collaboration with TiMi, a Tencent-owned game studio, but the studio announced a restructuring shortly after the 2025 prototype that recently surfaced, and the game was scrapped not long after that. In the leaked screenshots, which are sourced from the portfolios of artists associated with Assassin's Creed Destiny, there are intricate weapon designs, while an included video shows a female assassin hunting down a mysterious artifact housed in a besieged palace. As with other Assassin's Creed games, it was to feature historical figures, and one mentioned in the leaked game media is Xiang Yu, an ancient Chinese warlord that was besieging the palace and featured briefly in an early boss fight. Ubisoft and Tencent are still working on the mobile Assassin's Creed Jade, which will also take place in China, so it's possible the Destiny project could be revisited at a later date, depending on the success of Jade. It's also notable that Assassin's Creed Destiny was to feature a female protagonist, similar to Shadows and the upcoming Hexe game. It's clear that Ubisoft has been trying to iterate on the Assassin's Creed formula, perhaps to try to find a balance between what the series diehards like and a game that is capable of drawing in a new, younger audience.

Tencent's Green Bubble and ByteDance's Hongguo battle for short drama viewers. 5 hours ago I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles. Tencent launched 'Green Bubble Short Drama,' a free mini-program within WeChat, to compete with ByteDance's Hongguo. Integrating directly into the WeChat ecosystem, it uses an ad-based revenue model and social features like 'Friends Are Watching' to lower entry barriers. Unlike Hongguo's standalone app approach, Tencent leverages existing traffic channels. The move signals a strategic shift in the short drama market, focusing on ecosystem capabilities and content incentives to capture user attention. Tencent has made a new move in the short drama market. Drawing widespread attention on Chinese social media platform Weibo this week, Tencent's Green Bubble Short Drama is a free mini-program that quietly launched within the WeChat ecosystem in late September. The move signals a shift from early experimentation to a more systematic push into the market. Rather than launching a standalone app, Tencent is taking a different approach to competing with Hongguo Short Drama, a leading platform owned by ByteDance, by bringing short dramas directly into WeChat, China's popular all-in-one messaging and social media app. No app download required as Tencent brings short dramas into WeChat Green Bubble Short Drama is fully integrated into WeChat Mini Programs. Users can search for, watch and share dramas without downloading another app or switching to an external platform. The product features three main sections: Free Theater, Browse and My. In addition to standard recommendations, popularity rankings and new-release charts, its homepage includes a Friends Are Watching section and regional trending charts, aiming to use WeChat's social connections to distribute content. The playback interface also supports floating windows, so users can watch dramas while replying to WeChat messages. The logic is straightforward: lower the barrier to viewing and make short dramas part of users' existing digital habits. Unlike standalone short drama apps that must acquire users independently, Green Bubble can draw traffic from WeChat Search, Mini Program entry points and links within Channels, WeChat's short-video platform. Free content and ad-based revenue in the fight for users and content Green Bubble adopts an in-app advertising (IAA) model. Users can watch dramas for free, while the platform generates revenue through ads inserted into individual episodes. The platform does not produce content directly. Instead, its dramas are supplied by third-party production companies and licensed distributors. To attract content partners, Tencent launched a fourth-quarter 2026 incentive program for short dramas distributed through Green Bubble. From October 16 to December 31, eligible new dramas that achieve an average viewing time of at least 10 minutes per user can qualify for revenue incentives of up to 100%, including a 90% cash revenue share and a 10% advertising credit bonus. For a new platform, attracting users is just the first step. Its long-term competitiveness will depend on whether it can consistently deliver quality content and turn casual viewers into regular users. Tencent and Hongguo take different paths to short drama growth Hongguo has established a relatively mature operating model, building its user base through a standalone app, algorithm-driven recommendations and a steady supply of content. Green Bubble, by contrast, is seeking to leverage the WeChat ecosystem to carve out a different path. Put simply, Hongguo relies on its app and recommendation algorithms to attract viewers, while Tencent aims to reach users through WeChat's existing traffic channels and social connections. This means Tencent does not have to build short drama viewing habits entirely from scratch. However, traffic advantages do not automatically translate into content advantages. Whether users keep watching after entering the mini-program will still depend on story quality, release frequency and recommendation effectiveness. The Friends Are Watching feature is also a double-edged sword. Social recommendations can help content spread, but viewing preferences are not necessarily something users want to share publicly. If users worry that their viewing history might be visible to friends, social sharing could become a barrier rather than an incentive. The competition is shifting toward ecosystem capabilities The launch of Green Bubble introduces a new dynamic into the free short drama market. In the early stages, platforms primarily competed for traffic and user numbers. Content supply, user retention, advertising monetization and distribution efficiency are likely to play an increasingly important role in the competition. Tencent needs to convert WeChat's traffic advantage into sustained content consumption, while Hongguo must continue strengthening its content offering and user base. Tencent's entry could also intensify competition for premium short dramas and production resources, giving content creators more distribution channels to choose from. According to third-party data providers, ByteDance's apps accounted for 41.8% of total usage time among China's top 50 apps by monthly usage time in August 2026. Hongguo Short Drama averaged around 125 minutes of daily usage per user, while Douyin averaged 112 to 120 minutes. Both figures exceeded WeChat's 82 to 85 minutes. Ultimately, the market will not be decided by the number of entry points or the size of a platform's traffic pool alone. The winners will be those that consistently deliver content users want to watch while building a sustainable business model. WeChat gives Tencent a strong hand to play, but content will ultimately determine the winner in this short drama battle.