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Tencent expands WorkBuddy internationally and previews Hy4
Tencent announced on 29 October 2026 that it is expanding its WorkBuddy office agent to international businesses. It is also preparing Hy4 and the lower-cost Hy4 Flash, with general release described only as coming soon.
Tencent says Hy4 will add visual understanding to the series and improve long tasks. It reports more than nine billion WorkBuddy requests since March; this is not an independent measurement.
In China, Buddy One links work applications to a single agent with a shared account and credits. Pandaily reports that cross-application shared memory remains a planned later feature.