HarmonyOS

According to some rumours, Huawei is considering installing two operating systems on their smartphones, not only in the new ones that it brings to the market but also in the current ones.

Huawei knows that in order to be successful in the market, has to create an eco-system around HarmonyOS, the new Operating System. There will be no future for HarmonyOS if developers do not create Apps for it. Therefore, at the beginning of September 2019, Huawei released the framework for his ARK compiler, meant to allow developers to quickly port their Android Apps to HarmonyOS. The ARK compiler is the Huawei's strategy to quickly bridge the gap of App availability. But, some pioneering Chinese developers report that the ARK compiler seems to be not yet completed. Max Zhou, co-founder of MetaApp, said: "Maybe they're doing it to...

According to some rumors, a popular car manufacturer in China, Geely, has partnered with Huawei to expand the usage of HarmonyOS to the car segment. Since Geely already has his own software, GKUI, running on their car, it could means that Geely is planning to drop their current software in favor of Huawei’s HarmonyOS and/or collaborate with Huawei to allow their GKUI cars to better communicate with HarmonyOS. source: https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/08/26/geely-partners-with-huawei-harmonyos-cars/

Huawei confirmed that at the moment, due to the lack of Apps for the new operating system, will continue to use in it's next smartphones the Google’s Android operating system rather than HarmonyOS. Huawei got an extension from US government for another three months, so will be allowed to install Android in it's devices until middle of November 2019. Mr. Yang thinks it is unlikely that Huawei would launch a HarmonyOS smartphone this year. However Huawei may release some devices powered by HarmonyOS in china in the next future, like for example smartwatches in addition to the Honor Vision TV previously announced.

Huawei announced its first device running HarmonyOS: it is a TV, available in two different models called Honor Vision and Honor Vision Pro , which will be sold in China starting next week. The price for the two devices will be: - Honor Vision 3.799 CNY (approximately 550 USD) - Honor Vision Pro 4.799 CNY (approximately 700 USD) The TVs will be sold in the Chinese market only.

Yesterday, at the first Huawei Developer Conference in Dongguan (HDC.2019), Huawei officially unveiled a new operating system called HarmonyOS. In China, the software will be known as HongmengOS. HarmonyOS, a microkernel-based distributed operating system can be used for everything, for smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables, in vehicle systems, smart home devices. HarmonyOS will be made available later this year for deployment in smart screen products such as TV, smart watches and in-vehicle infotainment systems. In the next years Huawei will look to bring HarmonyOS to more devices, including smartphones. Initially targeting the Chines...