ByteDance Reportedly Developing Personal AI Agent to Upgrade Doubao

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ByteDance Reportedly Developing Personal AI Agent to Upgrade Doubao

ByteDance is reportedly developing a personal AI agent similar to Meta's Muse, aiming to enable its Doubao assistant to proactively plan and execute tasks. The project, codenamed Spell, seeks to evolve Doubao from a chatbot into a comprehensive personal assistant.

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The project, codenamed Spell, was initiated within ByteDance in April to explore personal AI assistant forms and is planned to be integrated with the Doubao team.
The agent aims to replicate capabilities similar to Meta's Muse, allowing it to autonomously plan steps, search for information, and call external services to complete cross-app tasks with user authorization.
ByteDance has previously explored features such as simulated clicks, automated operations, and life service integration through products like the Doubao mobile assistant and Doubao Work.
According to QuestMobile, Doubao reached 419 million monthly active users as of September 2026, a 143.6% year-over-year increase, leading the domestic AI-native app market.
ByteDance intends to leverage its massive user behavior data and recommendation system from Douyin to extend its influence from content recommendation to assisting users in completing transactions and service bookings.

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