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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electronics giant Huawei announced Monday the commissioning of its smartphone operating system, Harmony OS, capable of competing with the US Android operating system Google and Apple's iOS.
The Chinese company announced that it will initially launch the new operating system in the Chinese market before launching it globally.
Harmony OS, the Chinese language "Hongming", is expected to replace the Android operating system on Huawei smartphones, although the Chinese company has indicated that its operating system was very different from its competitors.
Harmony OS, launched at the Huawei 2019 Developer Conference in Dongguan, China, can be used on various smart devices such as phones, headsets and even sensors.
The new operating system will be open source, which will allow other device manufacturers to use it on their own devices.
The disclosure of the new operating system comes a few months after the administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to blacklist "Huawei", which imposes many restrictions on the transactions of the Chinese company by US companies, before easing these restrictions and allow US companies to provide their products to Chinese company provided These products do not pose a threat to the US national security.
It is expected that the new operating system will be an alternative and will reduce the dependence of "Huawei" on the operating system "Android" after Google has decided to no longer support the operating system "Android" on the devices "Huawei".
Harmony OS will initially be used with Huawei products such as smart watches, smart monitors, smartphones and automotive computer peripherals. These devices will be integrated with each other.
Huawei said that he always gave priority to his Android operating system, but that he was ready to switch to Harmony OS if the need made it felt.
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