A 鲸商 analysis republished by 虎嗅 AI describes how 阶跃终端's STEPX Neo, launched October 13 at 3,999 yuan, bundles phone hardware, a self-developed system, model services and 12 months of 10 billion tokens per month, with its Amoo agent as the default boot interface so apps are demoted to tools. The article contrasts three approaches: STEPX's "protocol" route of signing app partners (it says Alipay opened 300-plus services and nearly 100 companies have joined), ByteDance's screen-reading Doubao Phone Assistant that simulates taps, and ecosystem players such as Alibaba's Qwen Go!. It reports that 155 apps had refused AI-operated access when the Doubao notice period ended on October 14, with 89 from Tencent and Alibaba, and that 阶跃终端 itself says the product is about 70% complete, with cross-app permissions and fault tolerance not yet tested by large numbers of real users.