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Agent Phone

An agent phone is a smartphone capable of understanding user intent, planning multi-step workflows, operating supported applications and services, and completing actions with user-controlled permissions.

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01 / Related terms

Similar terms. Different meanings.

Agent Phone category

Agent Phone

A smartphone that can plan and execute supported multi-step tasks with user controls.

Agent Phone category

AI Agent Phone

Another way to describe a smartphone built around AI agents that can plan and take action.

Not the same thing

AI Phone Agent

Usually means a voice or customer-service AI that answers or places telephone calls.

Not the same thing

AgentPhone

Can refer to phone-number, voice, or SMS services provided to software agents.

Not the same thing

Phone-use agent

Software that operates a phone interface. It does not necessarily describe the phone itself.

Agent Phone category

Agentic smartphone

A related industry term for smartphones that can use AI to plan and carry out actions.

02 / Core capabilities

What an Agent Phone must be able to do

An Agent Phone goes beyond conversation. It can understand intent, plan a sequence of actions, work across supported apps and services, and keep important decisions under the user's control.

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    Understand intent

    Interpret the outcome a user wants, not only a single command.

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    Plan multi-step workflows

    Break a goal into ordered steps before taking action.

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    Execute across services

    Operate supported applications or connected services to complete the workflow.

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    User-controlled permissions

    Keep approvals, sensitive actions, and payment confirmation under user control.

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    Recover from failures

    Show what went wrong, let the user take over, and keep a clear history of important actions.

An Agent Phone is more than a phone with a conversational AI feature. It is designed to understand intent, plan steps, and act with the user's permission.

03 / VERTU products

Two VERTU approaches to the Agent Phone

Front and back views of VERTU Agent Q2025

Agent Q

VAOS + AIGS

Introduced in 2025, Agent Q combines VAOS with the AIGS service network to understand requests, coordinate tasks, and keep actions under user control.

Explore Agent Q
VERTU AlphaFold running Hermes Agent2026

AlphaFold

Hermes Agent + VPS (VERTU Professional System)

Introduced in 2026, AlphaFold combines Hermes Agent with VPS, VERTU’s enterprise interface for connecting authorised business systems and workflows.

Explore AlphaFold

04 / Evolution

How VERTU's Agent Phone evolved

From Agent Q to AlphaFold, VERTU has developed two distinct Agent Phone systems around intent, action, privacy, and user control.

  1. Agent Q

    VERTU introduced Agent Q with VAOS and AIGS as its first product built around the Agent Phone concept.

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  2. AlphaFold

    VERTU brought the Agent Phone concept to a foldable device with Hermes Agent and VPS (VERTU Professional System).

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05 / Questions

Agent Phone FAQ

What is an Agent Phone?

An Agent Phone is a smartphone that can understand what the user wants, plan a multi-step task, work through supported apps or services, ask for confirmation when needed, and help the user recover if something goes wrong.

Is an Agent Phone the same as an AI phone agent?

No. An AI phone agent usually answers or places telephone calls. An Agent Phone is a smartphone designed to understand intent and carry out supported actions across apps and services.

How are Agent Q and AlphaFold related?

They are two VERTU approaches to the Agent Phone. Agent Q combines VAOS with AIGS. AlphaFold combines Hermes Agent with VPS (VERTU Professional System), VERTU’s enterprise interface for authorised business systems and workflows.

06 / Sources

Sources and further reading

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    VERTU Agent Q

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    VERTU AlphaFold

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    Hermes Agent

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