Step-GUI Technical Report

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15431v2
• Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:36:21 GMT
• Title: Step-GUI Technical Report
• Authors: Haolong Yan, Jia Wang, Xin Huang, Yeqing Shen, Ziyang Meng, Zhimin Fan, Kaijun Tan, Jin Gao, Lieyu Shi, Mi Yang, Shiliang Yang, Zhirui Wang, Brian Li, Kang An, Chenyang Li, Lei Lei, Mengmeng Duan, Danxun Liang, Guodong Liu, Hang Cheng, Hao Wu, Jie Dong, Junhao Huang, Mei Chen, Renjie Yu, Shunshan Li, Xu Zhou, Yiting Dai, Yineng Deng, Yingdan Liang, Zelin Chen, Wen Sun, Chengxu Yan, Chunqin Xu, Dong Li, Fengqiong Xiao, Guanghao Fan, Guopeng Li, Guozhen Peng, Hongbing Li, Hang Li, Hongming Chen, Jingjing Xie, Jianyong Li, Jingyang Zhang, Jiaju Ren, Jiayu Yuan, Jianpeng Yin, Kai Cao, Liang Zhao, Liguo Tan, Liying Shi, Mengqiang Ren, Min Xu, Manjiao Liu, Mao Luo, Mingxin Wan, Na Wang, Nan Wu, Ning Wang, Peiyao Ma, Qingzhou Zhang, Qiao Wang, Qinlin Zeng, Qiong Gao, Qiongyao Li, Shangwu Zhong, Shuli Gao, Shaofan Liu, Shisi Gao, Shuang Luo, Xingbin Liu, Xiaojia Liu, Xiaojie Hou, Xin Liu, Xuanti Feng, Xuedan Cai, Xuan Wen, Xianwei Zhu, Xin Liang, Xin Liu, Xin Zhou, Yifan Sui, Yingxiu Zhao, Yukang Shi, Yunfang Xu, Yuqing Zeng, Yixun Zhang, Zejia Weng, Zhonghao Yan, Zhiguo Huang, Zhuoyu Wang, Zihan Yan, Zheng Ge, Jing Li, Yibo Zhu, Binxing Jiao, Xiangyu Zhang, Daxin Jiang,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a self-evolving training pipeline powered by the Calibrated Step Reward System.<n>We also introduce Step-GUI, a family of models that achieves state-of-the-art GUI performance.<n>To assess whether agents can handle authentic everyday usage, we introduce AndroidDaily.
• Score: 84.83795946544292
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Recent advances in multimodal large language models unlock unprecedented opportunities for GUI automation. However, a fundamental challenge remains: how to efficiently acquire high-quality training data while maintaining annotation reliability? We introduce a self-evolving training pipeline powered by the Calibrated Step Reward System, which converts model-generated trajectories into reliable training signals through trajectory-level calibration, achieving >90% annotation accuracy with 10-100x lower cost. Leveraging this pipeline, we introduce Step-GUI, a family of models (4B/8B) that achieves state-of-the-art GUI performance (8B: 80.2% AndroidWorld, 48.5% OSWorld, 62.6% ScreenShot-Pro) while maintaining robust general capabilities. As GUI agent capabilities improve, practical deployment demands standardized interfaces across heterogeneous devices while protecting user privacy. To this end, we propose GUI-MCP, the first Model Context Protocol for GUI automation with hierarchical architecture that combines low-level atomic operations and high-level task delegation to local specialist models, enabling high-privacy execution where sensitive data stays on-device. Finally, to assess whether agents can handle authentic everyday usage, we introduce AndroidDaily, a benchmark grounded in real-world mobile usage patterns with 3146 static actions and 235 end-to-end tasks across high-frequency daily scenarios (8B: static 89.91%, end-to-end 52.50%). Our work advances the development of practical GUI agents and demonstrates strong potential for real-world deployment in everyday digital interactions.

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