Huawei has unveiled its much-anticipated Android replacement. The company had reportedly been working on their own Operating System since it was blacklisted by the United States president, Donald Trump in May. Earlier reports suggested that the Operating System was called HongMeng.

 

Contrary to earlier reports, the new name of the operating system is now officially HarmonyOS. The Chinese tech company announced this at its Huawei Developer Conference HDC. The OS will work across Huawei phones and smart devices.

 

It will serve as an alternative to Google’s Android. Huawei made a point to mention that they will be staying with Google’s Android for as long as they can. They explained that the HarmonyOS was back up so they are not left stranded if the issues with the US intensifies.

 

 

The CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, made this known while speaking at the HDC. He said the HarmonyOS was currently ready to go on devices. However, they will not be using it just yet because of ‘partnerships’ and the ‘ecosystem.’

 

According to Yu, the migration from Android to the HarmonyOS won’t take more than a few days. The OS will support certain app languages like Linux, Android, HTML5 and like. It will also be open source. It means that developers can now modify HarmonyOS for their hardware. Thereby it won’t be exclusive to only Huawei devices.

 

HarmonyOS will not replace Android yet

The Harmony OS is expected to come to smart TVs and other smart devices later in the year. It will swiftly navigate to car software system and wearables afterwards. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has previously said the OS might actually beat the Android when it comes to speed.

 

 

Huawei had been under fire with the US after they were accused of spying on America for the Chinese government. This led to the US blacklisting the company and barring it from using some US tech products. The ban has been suspended and may potentially be reversed soon.

 

The Chinese giant tech company also unveiled its next phone software the EMUI 10. It serves as the modified version of the Android one they used. The new software will come with upcoming phones like the Mate 30. It will also have cross-device compatibility with smart TVs, cars, drones and laptops. Users will be able to take calls with their smart TV through their EMUI 10 phone.