On January 15, the Tongyi Qianwen App announced the launch of more than 400 new features at once, covering diverse scenarios such as food delivery, hotel and flight bookings, Taobao shopping, government services, financial analysis, market research, and even one-on-one AI tutoring. All these capabilities are now open for testing to all users. This is not just a feature stacking, but also marks the official arrival of a truly "super AI agent."

The sudden success of the Qwen App was not accidental. Since its launch on November 17, 2025, it broke through ten million downloads in just one week, quickly becoming a phenomenon in domestic AI applications. Behind it lies Alibaba's deep accumulation in the field of open-source large models - the flagship model Qwen3-Max performs excellently in multiple benchmark tests, providing a powerful reasoning engine for upper-level applications. More importantly, Alibaba has fully integrated its ecosystem advantages in mobile internet over the past decade into Qwen: the government service capabilities of Alipay, the e-commerce loop of Taobao and Flash Sales, the map positioning of AutoNavi, and the local life resources of Fliggy and Tao Piao Piao are all seamlessly aggregated through Qwen.

Users no longer need to switch between multiple apps. Just say "book a Sichuan restaurant with the highest rating near me tonight at seven o'clock," and Qwen can automatically get the location, call the Flash Sales interface, filter merchants, and complete the payment; say "check the process of withdrawing housing fund," and it will accurately extract the guide from Alipay's government service database. When facing complex financial reports, it can automatically generate visual charts. When helping children with homework, it can also provide voice explanations and homework grading. This "one-stop AI service center" experience is redefining the boundaries of human-computer interaction.

The core of this leap is the maturity of AI agent technology. Unlike early chatbots (Chatbots) that could only answer questions or models (Reasoners) with reasoning abilities but unable to perform actions, AI agents can understand goals, plan steps, call tools, and complete end-to-end tasks - considered the third key stage towards general artificial intelligence (AGI). Global tech giants have already made significant bets: OpenAI launched Operator, which can independently operate browsers; Meta invested billions of dollars to acquire the general AI company "Butterfly Effect"; and DeepSeek in China has also enhanced Agent training in version V3.2, building over 1800 simulation environments to improve generalization capabilities.

In this context, the 400 features of the Qwen App are actually a large-scale practical deployment of AI agents in the real world. It is no longer limited to "answering questions," but truly "getting things done." As 2026 is regarded by the industry as the "Year of AI Applications," such intelligent agents that integrate into workflows and life flows will become the core criteria for users choosing platforms.

The capital market has also taken notice. According to iFinD data, A-share companies such as Tonghuashun, iFLYTEK,金山办公, ZTE, and 360 have been included in the AI agent concept sector, reflecting the industry's high expectations for this technological shift.