HarmonyOS, the list of Huawei (official) and Honor smartphones that will receive it
HarmonyOS
Update 01/06/2021 at 14:00 - Huawei has announced a first official list of products that will receive HarmonyOS 2 starting today!HarmonyOS 2 is official and many fans are looking forward to to be able to experience first-hand the new operating system that from now on will be at the heart of all the company's products.
Apart from future products, which smartphones currently in circulation from Huawei and Honor will receive HarmonyOS ? The company sheds light on the first models and release dates.
A well-known tipster has just unveiled the list of devices eligible to receive the new Android-based operating system called HarmonyOS on the Chinese social network Weibo. According to information, the new OS will arrive on a huge range of devices expanding the ecosystem of Huawei Mobile Services (HMS).
During the launch event of the Huawei Watch 3 series, the Huawei FreeBuds 4 and the Huawei MatePad 11 and MatePad Pro, the company has also confirmed some of the models that HarmonyOS 2 will officially arrive on and the release dates.
On June 2, 2021, HarmonyOS will be available for the first time in China on 16 devices, including the Huawei Mate 40 series (followed by Mate 40E at a later date), the Mate 30 series, the P40 series, Mate X2 and the MatePad Pro series. In addition to the first group of devices that receive the upgrade today, Over 100 Huawei smartphones, tablets and smart screens (including the P30 series, nova 8 series, M6 series and Huawei Vision V65) will receive an update to HarmonyOS starting June 2021. Information will follow on the models for which the HarmonyOS update is available and on arrival times in the various countries. Below is the list of devices that should therefore be able to receive HarmonyOS in the near future according to the original leaks, including Honor devices not yet confirmed, divided by categories.
Huawei smartphones that will receive HarmonyOS
Huawei P40 Series Huawei P30 Series Huawei Mate 40 Series Huawei Mate X Huawei Mate Xs Huawei Mate X2 Huawei Mate 30 Series Huawei Nova 8 Series Huawei Nova 7 Series Huawei Nova 6 Series Huawei Nova 5 SeriesHuawei tablets that will receive HarmonyOS
Huawei MatePad Series Huawei MatePad Pro Series Honor Tablet V6 Series Huawei MediaPad M6 SeriesHuawei smartwatches that will receive HarmonyOS
Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro ECG Version Huawei Watch GT 2 Huawei Watch GT 2eHonor smartphones that will receive HarmonyOS
Honor 30 Series Honor V30 Series Honor Play 4T Pro Honor X10 5G Honor 20 Series Honor 9X Series According to the source of the news, the list would not be complete as the company is still adapting its operating system and carrying out various tests on other hardware platforms. The number of devices that could be included in the list of "compatible" with HarmonyOS could therefore grow even more!For those looking for a fluid smartphone and do not like curved edges, can find the excellent OnePlus Nord 5G on Amazon!
Huawei officially launches Android alternative HarmonyOS for smartphones
Think you’re living in a hyper-connected world? Huawei’s proprietary HarmonyOS wants to eliminate delays and gaps in user experience when you move from one device onto another by adding interoperability to all devices, regardless of the system that powers them.
Two years after Huawei was added to the U.S. entity list that banned the Chinese telecom giant from accessing U.S. technologies, including core chipsets and Android developer services from Google, Huawei’s alternative smartphone operating system was unveiled.
On Wednesday, Huawei officially launched its proprietary operating system HarmonyOS for mobile phones. The firm began building the operating system in 2016 and made it open-source for tablets, electric vehicles and smartwatches last September. Its flagship devices such as Mate 40 could upgrade to HarmonyOS starting Wednesday, with the operating system gradually rolling out on lower-end models in the coming quarters.
HarmonyOS is not meant to replace Android or iOS, Huawei said. Rather, its application is more far-reaching, powering not just phones and tablets but an increasing number of smart devices. To that end, Huawei has been trying to attract hardware and home appliance manufacturers to join its ecosystem.
To date, more than 500,000 developers are building applications based on HarmonyOS. It’s unclear whether Google, Facebook and other mainstream apps in the West are working on HarmonyOS versions.
Some Chinese tech firms have answered Huawei’s call. Smartphone maker Meizu hinted on its Weibo account that its smart devices might adopt HarmonyOS. Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, who are much larger players than Meizu, are probably more reluctant to embrace a rival’s operating system.
Huawei’s goal is to collapse all HarmonyOS-powered devices into one single control panel, which can, say, remotely pair the Bluetooth connections of headphones and a TV. A game that is played on a phone can be continued seamlessly on a tablet. A smart soymilk blender can customize a drink based on the health data gleaned from a user’s smartwatch.
Devices that aren’t already on HarmonyOS can also communicate with Huawei devices with a simple plug-in. Photos from a Windows-powered laptop can be saved directly onto a Huawei phone if the computer has the HarmonyOS plug-in installed. That raises the question of whether Android, or even iOS, could, one day, talk to HarmonyOS through a common language.
The HarmonyOS launch arrived days before Apple’s annual developer event scheduled for next week. A recent job posting from Apple mentioned a seemingly new concept, homeOS, which may have to do with Apple’s smart home strategy, as noted by Macrumors.
Huawei denied speculations that HarmonyOS is a derivative of Android and said no single line of code is identical to that of Android. A spokesperson for Huawei declined to say whether the operating system is based on Linux, the kernel that powers Android.
Several tech giants have tried to introduce their own mobile operating systems to no avail. Alibaba built AliOS based on Linux but has long stopped updating it. Samsung flirted with its own Tizen but the operating system is limited to powering a few Internet of Things like smart TVs.
Huawei may have a better shot at drumming up developer interest compared to its predecessors. It’s still one of China’s largest smartphone brands despite losing a chunk of its market after the U.S. government cut it off critical chip suppliers, which could hamper its ability to make cutting-edge phones. HarmonyOS also has a chance to create an alternative for developers who are disgruntled with Android, if Huawei is able to capture their needs.
The U.S. sanctions do not block Huawei from using Android’s open-source software, which major Chinese smartphone makers use to build their third-party Android operating system. But the ban was like a death knell for Huawei’s consumer markets overseas as its phones abroad lost access to Google Play services.
