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Spots are limited, so act fast. Let us journey together toward the sustainability covenant! [Click to Register] Sina Tech News, October 13 evening — On the occasion of StepFun launching its large-model-native AI terminal brand STEPX and releasing its AI agent phone STEPX Neo 100 days ago, the STEPX Neo has officially made its debut.

According to StepFun Chairman Yin Qi, the STEPX Neo adopts a "retro-futuristic aesthetics" design language, striving to let future intelligence emerge in an innovative form that awakens classic memories. The back panel blends a transparent mechanical feel with the visual character of an intelligent life form. Through five easter eggs — "42," the "user_potential" code, Turing test binary, a deep blue checkerboard, and the Transformer architecture — it strings together the history of AI exploration from sci-fi imagination and machine intelligence breakthroughs to large model development, also conveying the product philosophy that "AI amplifies human creativity."

In addition, the STEPX Neo's agent auditory enhancement system is composed of an industry-leading six-microphone array, a low-power audio sensing chip, and the Whisper 1.0 pickup algorithm, enabling StepFun Amoo to accurately recognize the user's voice even in complex sound environments. Meanwhile, the low-power chip maintains independent operation, consuming only 1.2% of battery over 24 hours.