Huawei Technologies is set to debut its long-awaited homegrown mobile operating system “HarmonyOS Next” on Tuesday, touting it as an alternative to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. The telecoms equipment giant is bringing together domestic tech companies to build China’s mobile ecosystem amid US sanctions. .
HarmonyOS Next will be generally available starting Tuesday on Huawei’s Mate 60 series, Mate X5 foldable smartphones, and the company’s 13.2-inch tablet MatePad Pro.
HarmonyOS Next, which Huawei touts as being completely indigenously developed, no longer supports Android-based applications and is referred to as “pure-bred” HarmonyOS in China.
The new mobile platform, made available to Chinese developers in January, is “a new life for growth,” said Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, at a corporate event in Shanghai last month. Chendong said.
“We covered more than a decade of foreign operating system ecosystem development trajectory in just one year,” Yu added.
Ahead of the launch, Huawei mobilized Chinese app developers to support the operating system in a “swearing-in ceremony” last month, according to a Sept. 26 blog post on Huawei’s website. That’s what it means.
