There has been increasing talks on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various smartphone devices, but what can it really do for users? AI claims to improve the way people do things, but can it really make things better for consumers? Last 2017, Huawei released a new flagship line – Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro. The devices boast of having a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) which acts as the brain for the smartphone. The Kirin 970 chipset holds a machine learning algorithm that makes the smartphone perform better.

Huawei has really upped its game in recent years, especially with the launch of its Huawei Mate 10 Series late last year. Its sleek build aside, its specifications are pretty outstanding. In fact, it boasts Kirin 970 – which Huawei designed and built itself – the world's first AI processor for smartphones with a dedicated Neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU). This chipset pretty much fuels the smartphone's machine-learning features and includes a special module dedicated to AI calculations. AI is becoming increasingly important in today's smartphone experience, and coupled with machine learning, they are the reasons why our phones are getting better and more powerful every year.

The Huawei #Mate10Pro has the power to be so much more. Here's what happened when we pushed its object recognition to new limits – using it to pilot a #driverlesscar. Disclaimer: Images were recorded by professionals in closed circuit and under due surveillance to prevent any animal or personal harm. This video has been created for exclusive marketing purposes to demonstrate the potential ability of artificial intelligence included on Huawei devices, this feature is not commercially available on any Huawei device. Huawei strongly discourages public to replicate the action and this video shall not be understood to encourage people to mistreat others or animals nor to use Huawei devices in cars as a driverless tool.

Huawei has really upped its game in recent years, especially with the launch of its Huawei Mate 10 Series late last year. Its sleek build aside, its specifications are pretty outstanding. In fact, it boasts Kirin 970 – which Huawei designed and built itself – the world's first AI processor for smartphones with a dedicated Neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU). This chipset pretty much fuels the smartphone's machine-learning features and includes a special module dedicated to AI calculations. AI is becoming increasingly important in today's smartphone experience, and coupled with machine learning, they are the reasons why our phones are getting better and more powerful every year.

ZDNet's Sandra Vogel posted a formal review of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, giving it an outstanding 9/10 rating. I've been spending quality time with this business-ready powerhouse and think that the AI found in the camera is worth discussing in a bit more detail. Huawei's partnership with Leica has resulted in some fantastic cameras and performance that is tough to beat. DxOMark awarded the Mate 10 Pro it second highest overall score, 97, and best still image score, 100. Keep in mind, these scores are not scaled to 100.

With 5.5 Billion transistors, this is one of the most advanced ARM Processors for smartphones in the world, included in the Huawei Mate 10, Huawei Mate 10 Pro, with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A73, quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, Mali-G72MP12 GPU, featuring the built-in neural network processing.

Global technology company Huawei has launched a study on the similarities between the human brain and Artificial Intelligence, which reveals that the average European is unaware of 99.74% of the actual decisions they make every day, showing how hard our brain works without us having to consciously engage it. It is commonly accepted that the human brain makes approximately 35,000 decisions a day; however, the new research, polling 10,000 Europeans, reveals that we are aware of just 0.26% of these decisions with respondents on average believing they make only 92 decisions per day. Walter Ji, President, Huawei Western Europe Consumer Business Group comments, "The research shows how human intelligence works just like Artificial Intelligence, operating in the background to empower us in everything we do. While revealing a significant gap between the number of decisions we believe we make every day and the actual number we make, the results also shed light on other discrepancies between how we think we spend our time, and how we actually spend it." The research also revealed how people would like their smartphones to help with decisions and make their lives easier, with 47% saying they would like to be presented with creative ways to use up the food that's in their fridge, and 43% saying they would like automatic notifications about travel.

ZDNet's Sandra Vogel posted a formal review of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, giving it an outstanding 9/10 rating. I've been spending quality time with this business-ready powerhouse and think that the AI found in the camera is worth discussing in a bit more detail. Huawei's partnership with Leica has resulted in some fantastic cameras and performance that is tough to beat. DxOMark awarded the Mate 10 Pro it second highest overall score, 97, and best still image score, 100. Keep in mind, these scores are not scaled to 100.

The Huawei Mate 10 is making its way to market internationally and includes some features consumers may not find standard on other 2017 smartphones. The device features the Kirin 970 chip, which includes a dedicated NPU (Neural Network Processing Chip). The Kirin 970 powers AI capabilities, which are primarily centered around the Huawei Mate 10 camera. The device features a dual camera setup that includes a 20-megapixel monochrome lens and a 12-megapixel RGB lens with f/1.6 aperture on both lenses and optical image stabilization on the RGB lens. Other features include BSI CMOS, Dual-LED flash PDAF, CAF, Laser, Depth autofocus, 2x Hybrid Zoom and 4K video recording.

According to the latest research from Counterpoint's Components Tracker Service, one in three smartphones to be shipped in 2020 will natively embed machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities at the chipset level. Apple, with its Bionic system on chip (SoC), proliferating across its complete portfolio over the next couple of years, will drive native AI adoption in smartphones. Its universal adoption of AI-capable SoCs will likely enable Apple to lead the AI-capable chip market through 2020. Huawei, with its HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC, launched in September and finding application in the Huawei Mate 10 series launched today in Munich, is second to market after Apple with AI-capable smartphones. The Huawei Mate 10 is able to accomplish diverse computational tasks efficiently, thanks to the neural processing unit at the heart of the Kirin 970 SoC.