Overview
Lingguang is Ant Group's omnimodal AI assistant, usable directly on the web at lingguang.com, where the site offers chat, saved items, creations and flash-app building. Version 2.0 launched on 27 October 2026 and moved where the AI steps in: instead of waiting for a request, it works before the problem is framed. Once the user grants authorization, it draws on connected information and services to spot needs on its own, start analysis, monitoring and follow-up, and flag the moments that need a human decision.
On 8 November the company reported that in its first week 2.0 helped users manage over 1.16 million matters and execute over 3.6 million tasks, with the user base passing 20 million.
2.0 also connects to Ant's APASS, placing this proactive service under a unified account and security layer. APASS folds identity verification, intent safety and privacy protection into the agent execution path, hosts authorization keys separately from the agent so the agent never touches them directly, and lets users review, adjust or revoke authorization at any time so work stays inside the granted scope.
Key Features
- Proactive need detection: With authorization in place, it combines connected information and services to find needs on its own instead of waiting for a fully described request.
- Ongoing monitoring and follow-up: It analyzes and monitors matters already started, alerts at the points that need a human decision, and carries long-running matters through to the end.
- APASS authorization: Connects to Ant's APASS account and security layer, bringing identity verification, intent safety and privacy protection into the execution path with authorization that can be reviewed, adjusted or revoked.
- Separated key custody: Authorization keys are hosted apart from the agent, which never touches them directly during a task, putting the permission boundary at the infrastructure layer.
- Omnimodal interaction: Positioned as an omnimodal assistant, handling understanding and generation across text and multimodal content.
- Flash apps: The site includes a flash-app entry for building small apps directly, turning repeated operations into something reusable.
Use Cases
- Tracking, reminding and closing out everyday work and personal matters.
- Situations that require keeping an eye on a category of information over time.
- Handing over multi-step, longer-cycle tasks to an assistant.
- Users who are sensitive about authorization scope and want to revoke access at will.
Pros
- Moves AI from waiting for instructions to finding problems, cutting the cost of restating a request every time.
- Authorization can be reviewed, adjusted and revoked, keeping the permission boundary legible.
- Free to use on the web with no deployment required.
- Published usage figures give a concrete sense of how much the product is actually doing.
Pricing
Free to use on web and mobile. No paid tiers have been announced.
Summary
Lingguang suits people with a lot of moving parts who do not want to describe every request from scratch. Its value is moving AI from after-the-fact execution to before-the-fact discovery, at the price of granting it access to information. How clearly scope and revocation are handled therefore matters more than the feature list.
Version History
- Users pass 20 million as 2.0 manages over 1.16 million matters in a week (2026-11-08): Ant Group announced that Lingguang passed 20 million users. Since 2.0 launched on 27 October, it has helped users manage over 1.16 million matters and execute over 3.6 million tasks in its first week.
- Lingguang 2.0 launches, moving the AI's starting point earlier (2026-10-27): Ant Group released Lingguang 2.0, whose main change moves where the AI begins: once authorized, it combines connected information and services to spot needs on its own, start analysis, monitoring and follow-up, and alert at the moments that need attention. It also connects to Ant's APASS unified account and security infrastructure across agents, devices and apps, with authorization keys hosted separately from the agent and revocable at any time.