Huawei launches its first smart TV

Huawei, subject to a US ban on technological competition between Washington and Beijing, unveiled Saturday its first smart TV.

China's telecommunications and smartphone giant has entered a market dominated by South Korean companies Samsung, LG, as well as Japanese companies Sony and Panasonic. This smart TV will be available on the market from Thursday in China.

It is marketed under the Huawei smartphone brand for younger customers, according to honorary CEO George Gao. Zhao said at a press conference in Dongguan, southern China, that the new TV launched by the company was not "just a TV as we know it".

The device is powered by the operating system Huawei "Harmony OS" and is designed to be an extension of the smartphone on the big screen, and works in the digital environment itself. Thus, the content can be synchronized and transferred from the smartphone to the TV and vice versa.

This smart TV is also equipped with a front camera dedicated to video chat and facial recognition system, to prevent children from accessing certain programs. The TV is the first device to use the system "Harmony OS", revealed Friday by the company "Huawei", and presented as a replacement of the system "Android" in case it would be forbidden to use it because of sanctions US.

Huawei, the world's second largest smartphone group, was found in May in the midst of a trade war between Beijing and Washington against a backdrop of technological competition blacklisted by the US administration.

Americans suspect that it is espionage for China, a charge refuted by the company. It is threatened to lose the opportunity to use the system "Android" in its smartphones and devices, a US system of the company "Google" and used in the majority of smart devices in the world.

Theoretically, US companies are no longer allowed to sell their 5G Internet technology. Washington has granted him a three-month exemption that will expire next week.

(AFP)