The Byton M-Byte was publicly unveiled at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show.

The car was originally called the Concept, however, this was revised to M-Byte, when the K-Byte was unveiled.

[3] Mass production was expected in mid-2019 and arrival in the United States by 2020.

[6] The M-Byte received an iF Product Design Award in 2020,[7] and received a Red Dot award in 2021 for its integrated 17-speaker Harman Kardon audio system.

[8] However, Byton went bankrupt and its work with manufacturing partner Foxconn was halted indefinitely.