Magic 6 Pro is Honor’s latest flagship model that might interest you. While it looks like another simple smartphone with interesting specs, there’s one feature that stands out: an AI eye-tracking feature.
Honor is present at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where it showcased the power of Magic 6 Pro. The smartphone boasts a 6.8-inch (2800 x 1280) OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 5,000 nits peak brightness. Inside, it houses a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. This should allow the unit to handle heavy tasks. Although the chip’s power might translate to more power being drawn from its 5,600mAh battery, it surpasses the last generation’s CPU performance significantly. Also, it supports 80W wired fast charging and 66W wireless charging, so recharging the smartphone should not be an issue.
At the back of the smartphone lies the camera island, where a trio of cameras is situated. This gives you a 50MP wide main camera (f/1.4-f/2.0, OIS), a 50MP ultra-wide camera (f/2.0), and a 180MP periscope telephoto camera (f/2.6, 2.5x Optical Zoom, 100x Digital Zoom, OIS).
Aside from these things, the real superstar of the Magic 6 Pro is its eye-tracking capability. This is not surprising as the Chinese company is also now investing a lot in the said technology and even shared a Llama 2 AI-based chatbot demo in the past. Yet, it is interesting that the company brought the feature, which is commonly present in high-end headsets in the market.
At MWC, Honor showed how the feature works, which uses AI to analyze the user’s eye movements. Through this feature situated in the Dynamic Island-like interface (Magic Capsule) of the Magic 6 Pro, the system will be able to determine the section of the screen where the users are looking, including notifications and apps that they can open without using taps.
The feature will require users to calibrate the unit, which is something like setting up their own biometric data in the smartphone. This, nonetheless, is easy and fast, as it would only require seconds to finish. Once everything is done, the Magic Capsule will start tracking your eyes. By directing your eyes to a specific area of the screen, you can perform actions, and the system should recognize this in a pleasing response time.
While this is promising, and everyone at MWC was able to use it, it is important to note that the feature is currently only working on Magic 6 Pro units in China. Yet, the company has a huge vision for this, hoping to use it for other purposes in the future. As a matter of fact, the company even shared a demo of an experimental concept to control a car hands-free in the event. While having this on our hands might still take years, the fact that Honor allowed MWC attendees to witness it suggests that the company is confident it could do it earlier than expected.
