Huawei's Proprietary OS 'Hongmeng 2.0' to Be Unveiled Next Month... Also Installed on Existing Phones

Open Beta Service for Hongmeng 2.0 Scheduled for April Next Year
Installed Not Only in New Releases but Also in 90% of Existing Products

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Huawei will unveil its self-developed mobile operating system (OS), Harmony 2.0, next month.

According to foreign media on the 10th, Huawei announced that it will provide the beta test version of Harmony OS 2.0 to developers starting from the 18th of next month. Devices equipped with Harmony OS will be unveiled in January or February next year.

Wang Chenglu, Huawei's head of software, stated, "All employees are working hard to build a new ecosystem centered on Harmony OS, and research and development are progressing as planned."

Huawei plans to release the public beta version of Harmony OS in April next year. From smartphones launched in the first half of next year, Harmony OS will be installed and applied to existing products as well. Huawei plans to update Harmony OS on 90% of its smartphones. The industry estimates that about 37 models will be included.

Meanwhile, Huawei first unveiled Harmony OS in August last year and has been applying it primarily to smart TVs. Due to U.S. government restrictions preventing Huawei from installing Android on its smartphones, the company installed EMUI 11, developed based on the Android open source. Starting next year, Harmony OS will be installed on smartphones.

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