China’s H1 game market sees mobile growth, PC boom, continued slump in web and console games

China’s tablet market shipped 7.96 million units in the second quarter of 2026, down 4.4% from a year earlier. Commercial tablet shipments rose 67.1%, while consumer shipments fell 9.8%. Huawei ranked first in shipments, followed by Apple and Lenovo. Xiaomi and Honor ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. The commercial market’s growth was partly driven by […]

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Honor has scheduled the China launch of its Robot Phone for Aug. 12. The device combines a smartphone with a motorized gimbal camera and AI-assisted subject tracking. Honor has also highlighted an imaging collaboration with ARRI. Pricing, sales channels and broader availability were not disclosed in the announcement. [IT Home, in Chinese]

Xiaohongshu, the Chinese lifestyle and social-commerce platform, is facing a renewed dispute over employee stock options. A former employee said the company terminated him in 2020 eight days before the first 50% of his options were scheduled to vest. A person close to Xiaohongshu disputed that account, saying the vesting date was about two months […]

WeChat is testing two AI features in Moments: AI-assisted writing and AI-generated comments. Screenshots from the test show an “AI Writing” button in the Moments publishing interface that can help users generate post copy. The features are linked to WeChat’s Xiaowei AI assistant and are currently available only in a limited gray test. WeChat has […]

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Huawei-backed luxury-car brand Maextro has launched the V800 and V680, its first flagship minivans, expanding the brand’s lineup beyond the S800 sedan. The V680 starts at RMB648,000, while V800 versions are priced from RMB766,000 to RMB1.016 million. Both range-extended models offer 340 kilometers of CLTC electric range. Their claimed total range reaches 1,208 kilometers for […]

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• First reported: 2026-07-30 02:41:34
• Category: China’s H1 game market sees mobile growth, PC boom, continued slump in web and console games