Huawei introduces HarmonyOS, its cross platform alternative operating system
Huawei just officially introduced its HarmonyOS at the annual Huawei Developers Conference in Dongguan, China. According to CEO Richard Yu who led the keynote, the new operating system has been in development since 2017 and the first product running it will be unveiled tomorrow by sub-brand Honor.
Huawei’s goal with the new OS is to provide an open-source platform capable of running on a broad range of devices ranging from smartphones to smart wearables, TVs, tablets, laptops and even cars.
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HarmonyOS is a microkernel-based operating system which means it will use as few resources as possible, ensuring fast operating speeds and minimum latency levels. It’s open-source and comes with a TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) for improved security across all devices. The Arc compiler in Harmony OS can support all the major programming languages including C/, C++, Java, JavaScript and Kotlin.
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During the keynote, Richard Yu claimed that HarmonyOS can theoretically replace Android but for now the company will stick to Google's software on its smartphones for the sake of users and Google’s extensive app portfolio.
Yet, if more complications arise Yu claims the users will be able to migrate to the new OS in a matter of days. In terms of app support, Harmony OS will eventually support all Android apps as well as HTML5 and Linux based ones.
The goal of HarmonyOS is to take on Android and become a “global operating system” in the future. Huawei will provide dev kits to its partners to immediately begin developing compatible apps and speed up the process of integration for the new operating system. We expect more details on Huawei’s new OS in the coming days so stay tuned.
Huawei will expand its Mobile Services ecosystem in 2020
Huawei’s New Year’s resolution for 2020 is to build out HMS, the Huawei Mobile Services. They aim to replace the functionality of Google Mobile Services as well as add new features, which will allow Huawei and app developers to be less dependent on Google.
HMS is made up of 14 services – 9 core and 5 “growth” services. These involve a Huawei account, which opens the door to the in-app payment system, message push and other functionality.
One of those features is Scan Kit, which supports 13 one and two-dimensional barcodes (think QR codes). The mobile payment ecosystem in China is largely based on QR codes while the West tends to use NFC. You can read more about HMS here.
Developers will be able to integrate the Huawei Mobile Services SDK and replace the Google SDK. As what happened in Turkey showed, there doesn’t need to be a trade war for a country to lose access to Google services.
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