HONOR Launches Magic8 Pro: AI Camera Flagship Redefining Mobile Photography with Next-Gen AI Imaging

[London, UK - January 8, 2026] Global AI device ecosystem company HONOR today announced the launch of the HONOR Magic8 Pro in the UK, its latest AI camera flagship that redefines mobile photography with next-generation imaging and intelligent capabilities. Built to set a new benchmark for flagship smartphone experiences, the HONOR Magic8 Pro seamlessly integrates breakthrough AI imaging advancements with advanced performance and a human-centric AI Agent. This powerful combination empowers users to capture every moment with professional precision and effortless creativity, while also serving as an intuitive AI companion that genuinely understands user intent.

"The HONOR Magic8 Pro represents a significant leap forward, not just in mobile photography, but in the entire smartphone experience, driven by our profound commitment to AI innovation," said James Li, CEO of HONOR. "This device seamlessly integrates HONOR’s pioneering AI imaging technologies with advanced computational optics, empowering every user to capture professional-grade clarity, color, and emotion in every frame. But our vision extends beyond the lens; with its human-centric AI Agent, the Magic8 Pro truly understands user intent, becoming an intuitive AI companion that brings artistry, intelligence, and seamless interaction together like never before."

Flagship Photography: Redefining Night Telephoto Imaging with AiMAGE

HONOR elevates smartphone photography to new heights with the latest advancements in its AiMAGE Camera System, delivering unprecedented clarity, stability, and creative control powered by next-generation AI.

The HONOR Magic8 Pro introduces the industry’s most advanced AI telephoto system to date, featuring a 200MP Ultra Night Telephoto Camera¹ with a large 1/1.4-inch sensor, wide f/2.6 aperture, OIS, and 3.7x optical zoom. This setup drastically improves light intake, delivering clearer details even at long distances. The 50MP Ultra Night Main Camera (f/1.6, OIS) and 50MP Ultra Wide Camera (122°, 2.5 cm HD macro) further expand creative possibilities, offering vibrant tone accuracy, natural portrait rendering, and immersive landscapes.

Powered by HONOR’s AI Adaptive Stabilization Model, users are seven times² more likely to produce great zoomed images even without a tripod or gimbal. Thanks to the industry-leading AI Adaptive Stabilization Model, the HONOR Magic8 Pro achieves the industry's most stable CIPA 5.5-level³. It boasts a 4x improvement in shake detection accuracy and a 1x improvement in dynamic response.

The HONOR Magic8 Pro also debuts Magic Color, the industry’s first AI-powered color engine. Relying on advanced deep learning algorithms, it can intelligently extract 16.77 million colors. Through device-cloud collaborative color migration technology, it achieves efficient color tracking and processing for both global tonality and local fine-tuning, ensuring both high-quality output and smooth real-time preview. With Magic Color, users can recreate cinematic styles, apply professional film tones, or build personalized templates from any reference image and use them directly in the camera or via Magic Portal. Magic Color simplifies the grading process, making professional-level results effortless.

Beyond capture, the AI Photos Agent⁴ enables one-tap or voice-based operations, including AI Eraser, AI Outpainting, AI Color, and AI Cutout. This allows for precise background removal, portrait refinement, artistic restyling, and complex image manipulation. To facilitate the capture of spontaneous moments, the new AI Button, a dedicated key independent from the power button, is mapped by default to launch Camera instantly with a double press, even from the lock screen. Users can customize its gestures to access HONOR AI, AI Settings Agent, AI Photos Agent⁵, and other features as desired.

Elevating the Intelligence Experience with Advanced AI Capabilities  

The HONOR Magic8 Pro delivers a balanced mix of creativity, reasoning, and contextual task handling AI experiences.

Running locally on MagicOS 10, HONOR AI focuses on perception, context understanding, and execution, making every interaction more intuitive and efficient. It intelligently comprehends on-screen content, interprets natural language commands, and executes actions directly across system settings. With a long press of the dedicated AI Button, users can directly access AI Screen Suggestions⁶. These intelligently adapt to the current scenario, activating features like AI Photos Agent⁷, Summary, and AI Deepfake Detection. Furthermore, the AI Settings Agent processes user commands, whether typed or spoken, to understand semantic intent and provide responses in both text and voice. The Magic Sidebar offers one-swipe and hold access to HONOR AI, Magic Portal, and other features without requiring users to leave their current app. For real-time communication protection, AI Deepfake Detection and AI Voice Cloning Detection⁸ provide immediate safeguards against face-swap and voice-clone fraud during calls and video chats, helping to ensure authenticity and safety in every conversation.

The HONOR Magic8 Pro comes pre-installed with Google Gemini⁹, empowering users to interact seamlessly via text, voice, or image for comprehensive assistance on the go. This marks a significant step towards building a truly intelligent AI assistant – one that is conversational, intuitive, and genuinely helpful. Users can access information and answers with fewer steps, leveraging features like Overlay and Screen Context. Furthermore, they can streamline tasks and projects with advanced functionalities such as Nano Banana in Gemini, Veo 3, and Connected Apps. Gemini Live¹⁰ further enhances interaction through real-time visual understanding and live translation, enabling it to recognize landmarks, read signs, and instantly translate menus or documents, effectively bridging physical and digital information. The HONOR Magic8 Pro also offers a three-month trial of Google AI Pro¹¹ at no cost, providing higher access to the best of Gemini, including new and powerful features in the Gemini app like video generation powered by Veo 3, Nano Banana Pro image generations, the AI filmmaking tool Flow, the AI research assistant NotebookLM, plus 2TB of cloud storage.

Performance, Endurance & Display: Power Meets Comfort

Powered by the world’s fastest mobile system-on-a-chip, the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform¹², features significant improvements in CPU, GPU, and AI computing power compared to the previous generation, with benchmark scores demonstrating industry-leading performance. HONOR Magic8 Pro introduced the industry's first GPU-NPU Heterogeneous AI super-resolution and frame-generation technology, designed to transform low-resolution, low-frame-rate gameplay into high-resolution, high-frame-rate experiences. This enables demanding open-world titles to achieve 120fps at 1080p from an original 60fps at 850p, delivering both super-resolution and ultra-high frame rates.

Its 6,270mAh¹³ silicon-carbon battery ensures all-day endurance, while 100W Wired and 80W Wireless HONOR SuperCharge provide ultra-fast, flexible recharging. The 6.71-inch LTPO OLED display supports 1-120 Hz adaptive refresh rate¹⁴ and achieves HDR peak brightness up to 6,000 nits¹⁵ (global peak 1,800 nits). Integrated the Chip-Level AI Defocus Display, Dynamic Dimming, Circular Polarized Display 2.0, and Circadian Night Display work together to emulate natural viewing conditions, supported by 4320 Hz PWM Dimming¹⁶ for low-flicker eye comfort.

MagicOS 10¹⁷: Translucent Design and Seamless Ecosystem Connectivity

MagicOS 10 introduces a light, translucent visual style that feels airy and readable across Lock Screen, Home Screen, Control Center, Notification Center, Contacts, and other apps. Beyond visuals, breathing interactions link subtle lightflow effects, sound, and haptics, buttons in the Lock Screen keypad, Dialer, and Control Center glow in response to touch for a more natural, tactile feel.

Powered by MagicOS 10, The HONOR Magic8 Pro enhances cross-platform collaboration with upgraded HONOR Share, enabling bidirectional file transfers between Android, iOS¹⁸, macOS, and Windows devices. HONOR Magic8 Pro also offers the most comprehensive device cloning capability among similar devices, supporting seamless migration from iPhones, including contacts, calendars, photos, notes, and reminders. All data is secured under HONOR’s Lifecycle Data Protection framework for privacy across devices.

Color, Price and Availability

The HONOR Magic8 Pro is available in Sunrise Gold, Sky Cyan, and Black¹⁹, priced at £1,099.99 in the UK.

For more information, please visit HONOR online store at www.honor.com.

About HONOR

HONOR is a global leading AI device ecosystem company. It is committed to revolutionizing human-to-device interactions to bridge the AI ecosystem with all consumers in the agentic AI era and beyond. The company endeavors to open industrial boundaries through open, seamless collaboration to co-create a value-sharing ecosystem with industry partners. With an innovative product portfolio spanning AI phones, PCs, tablets, wearables and more, HONOR aims to empower every human, enabling everyone to embrace the new intelligent world.

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1. 200MP, and 50MP are camera pixel parameters. The actual photo pixels may vary depending on different camera modes. Please refer to the actual situation.
2. Data from HONOR labs.
3. CIPA 5.5 professional-grade stabilization is based on the CIPA testing standard and applies to the 23mm Ultra Night Main Camera and the 85mm Ultra Night Telephoto Camera.
4. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
5. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
6. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
7. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
8. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
9. Check responses. Compatibility and availability varies. Setup required. 18+. Google and Gemini are trademarks of Google LLC. Gemini mobile app available on selected devices, languages and countries.
10. Gemini Live available for ages 18+ and in selected countries and languages. Compatible with certain features and accounts. Internet connection required. Check responses for accuracy.
11. Google AI Pro and Gemini are a trademark of Google LLC. By subscribing, you agree to terms for Google One, AI Credits, and offers. See how Google handles data. Terms apply. Offer ends November 25, 2026. Only available for ages 18+. Unless canceled earlier, Google AI Pro will charge $19.99/mo or then-current subscription fee for Google AI Pro (minus applied offers plus applicable taxes) after the trial ends. Cancel anytime. Return of purchased device may result in cancellation of subscription. See full terms at https://one.google.com/offer/terms-and-conditions/honor-aip-3month-trial-2025
12. Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries.
13. Data from the HONOR lab, the rated battery capacity is 6090mAh.
14. The screen supports a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz, and the refresh rate may be varied slightly under different app interfaces and game quality. Please refer to your actual experience.
15. Data from the HONOR lab.
16. The data comes from the HONOR Lab. HONOR Magic8 Pro is equipped with 4320Hz PWM dimming technology, which needs to be enabled manually and effects in low-light scenarios. This product is not medical equipment and is not available for treatment.
17. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
18. Some features may be available via OTA upgrade.
19. Color availability may vary by region.