Huawei launches HarmonyOS for phones

TL:DR: Huawei’s HarmonyOS is coming to select smartphones.

Huawei recently launched a major version of HarmonyOS, its in-house operating system for phones and tablets. The second iteration of the OS is coming to a list of a hundred Huawei Android phones over the next year.

Huawei’s phone business has struggled since being placed on the US blacklist. Losing access to major hardware and, more importantly, access to Google services. With HarmonyOS, the company will no longer rely on Android, moving forward with its own operating system.

HarmonyO 2.0S is vastly different from its first iteration, which was based on LiteOS developed for AIoT and smartwatches. The second version for phones and tablets is actually a forked version of Android, using code from AOSP (Android Open Source Project – source code used to make custom versions of Android).

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The new HarmonyOS is rolling out to select smartphones soon. The first batches of Huawei Android phones in China to get the update are as follows:

Here’s the full schedule for eligible Huawei Android phones:

HarmonyOS comes with a cleaner, leaner design, and a lot of new features, including a new Control Center, an iOS-esque access to controls and connected devices, and Super Service Widgets with added functionality to standard widgets.

There’s no definite information yet on a global release.

Via: GSM Arena, Ars Technical