At the Huawei Developer Conference, the Chinese vendor has showcased Harmony OS, its in-house operating system to provide an alternative to Google’s Android.
We needed an OS that supports all scenarios, that can be used across a broad range of devices and platforms, and that can meet consumer demand for low latency and strong security.”
Currently, Harmony OS is more of a competitor to Google’s IOT focused OS, Fuchsia, but it is not difficult to see this was developed with mobile in mind also.
Many have connected the White House’s propaganda to the on-going trade ware between the US and China, though the underlying reasons are irrelevant; the ripples of posturing are going to have negative impacts.
This of course includes Google and Android.
Huawei might downplay the importance of this move, though the implications are significant.
Since being blacklisted in May by US President Donald Trump, Huawei has been rumoured to be working on its own operating system.
We've heard that it's called Hongmeng, that it's designed to work across smart devices and power Huawei's phones as an alternative to Google's Android.
On Friday Huawei revealed most of that to be true: At its Huawei Developer Conference (HDC), it made its new operating system official: HarmonyOS.
Speaking at HDC, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group Richard Yu said HarmonyOS is ready to run on phones, but "for the consideration of partnership and ecosystem" Huawei won't be using it on phones just yet.
Yu did say, though, that if the company isn't able to use Google's Android operating system, HarmonyOS is ready to go.
He also revealed that HarmonyOS, like Android, will be open source.
