HTC has officially rolled out the HTC Sense Companion to HTC U Ultra Devices today. The minor update allows users to access the new virtual assistant on their HTC U Ultra devices. HTC is pushing out the update in a phased manner, so users should start to see the assistant in some hours if not immediately.

The HTC Sense Companion is HTC’s answer to the Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri and Samsung’s upcoming Bixby. HTC claims that the AI on the Sense Companion leads and improves over time, based on your habits and needs . The update is free and is available via the Google Play store. While, not an interactive assistant like Apple’s Siri or [...]

The Taiwanese company HTC has launched the new HTC U Ultra and U Play which show a new design language for HTC. The HTC U Ultra and U Play also have a new AI which according to the company “learns from U”  called the Sense companion. The HTC feature a secondary display like the LG V20, which helps the user to interact with the Sense Companion.

The Companion will work with Apps you use and information that you constantly use and add to your phone. The Companion app will also predict things like traffic, bad weather and other issues you way run into when you travel. The Companion is a deep learning AI and will learn overtime to give you the results that most [...]