Huawei Is Set To Launch Harmonyos As A Replacement To Google Android On Its Smartphones
In an attempt to overcome the curbs placed in it by the US, Huawei Technologies has planned to replace Google’s Android mobile operating system by Harmony operating system (OS), on smartphones next year.
Last year, Huawei had unveiled its proprietary HarmonyOS, terming it as a platform across mobiles, laptops, and watches, rather than as a challenger to the Android mobile OS of Google.
According to analysts, this is one of the most acceptable solutions for Huawei – in May last year, it was added to the US entity list, barring the technical support of Google for new Huawei Android phone models, and from Google Mobile Services.
The consumer business group CEO of Huawei, Richard Yu, and the president of Huawei’s consumer business group’s software department, Wang Chenglu provided an update on Thursday in the annual developer conference of the company in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan.
Wang said, ‘The milestone we’re marking is that we’re supporting Huawei devices from Harmony OS 2.0, but at the same time Harmony OS 2.0 may also be available to other vendors’ devices. Harmony OS 2.0 will be available to all hardware manufacturers.’
Yu also said that Huawei had also planned the introduction of a beta version for watches, smart TVs, and car infotainment systems from Thursday. The company has planned to introduce this technology to smartphones from December.
The company has experienced a slump in overseas smartphone sales after it was cut off from Google’s Android support; it was later compensated due to an increase in domestic demand.
Huawei Mobile Services is going to replace its GMS, which as per Yu, is now the third-largest mobile app ecosystem of the world. The president of Huawei’s consumer cloud division, Zhang Pingan said that the overseas were accepting of HMS and the sales of HMS phones had ascended since May.
According to Yu, the company had shipped 240 million smartphones in 2019, giving it a second-place market in last year’s ranking. He also added that the sales in recent months were hurt by software shortages due to which the shipments had fallen to 105 million units in the first half.
In August, the US extended previous restrictions that were aimed at preventing the Huawei from acquiring semiconductors without a special license. According to analysts, the smartphone business of Huawei would disappear completely if it could not avail of chipsets.
Will Wong, an analyst with consultancy IDC said, ‘The development of HarmonyOS and HMS is fascinating. Nevertheless, this development will need hardware to deliver to the consumers. Thus, the biggest challenge is still coming from the chips supply disruption.’
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