Huawei announces its new Harmony operating system.

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▼ Huawei has announced it is developing a new operating system called HarmonyOS.
There had been speculation that Huawei was planning to replace the Android operating system which powers its smartphones and tablets.
In May, Google suspended the company's Android licence after the US government put Huawei on a trade blacklist.
However, Huawei said HarmonyOS would first be used in devices such as smart speakers and watches, rather than replacing Android in its phones.
"HarmonyOS is completely different from Android and iOS," said Huawei's Richard Yu, who announced the project at the Huawei Developer Conference in Dongguan, China.
He said the operating system would let developers create one version of their apps and then "flexibly deploy them across a range of different devices".
Graphics displayed during his presentation did include depictions of smartphones as well as watches, cars and televisions.
A majority of smartphones around the world run on some form of the Android operating system, so being cut off from the ecosystem could make Huawei's phones less appealing.
There were rumours that the company was going to replace Android in its phones, but Huawei says HarmonyOS will be used to power smart devices such as TVs, speakers and watches - at least to begin with.
If the operating system does make its way on to Huawei's phones, consumers will expect to have access to all their favourite apps.
But app makers already have their hands full developing their software for Android and Apple's iOS.
Huawei will have to convince them to  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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themaskeditor

It seems to me that HarmonyOS could be running a modified android system.

Even if it is a complete new OS it will take big effort from Huawei to pitch it against Android. Going by the history there were many OS's that came and went none could break the dominance of android.

asr335704

It is not that easy to break Android's dominance. Many other companies tried but Android is still dominating the market.

First thing everyone will expect is - what is new and better in comparison to Andriod OS. Then they need to make lot of efforts to compete with Android, convince app developers, tie-ups with other competitive mobile phone companies. It would be challenging.