HarmonyOS, the self-developed working system by Huawei has been in growth for three years. Final yr, the corporate formally introduced its first model on the HUAWEI DEVELOPER CONFERENCE (HDC) 2019. On the 2020 version of this convention, the agency is anticipated to unveil its second model. Rumors stated that the Chinese language telecom large will launch a smartphone working it by the top of this yr. However now, Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei Shopper Enterprise Group formally confirms that there might be no such smartphone from the corporate this yr.
Yu Chengdong, generally generally known as Richard Yu not too long ago attended Yabuli Discussion board Qingdao Summit (through Sina). At this assembly, he was questioned concerning Huawei smartphone powered by HarmonyOS.
To this, he replied that there aren’t any plans to launch such machine this yr. However that doesn’t imply it is not going to launch subsequent yr. In different phrases, the manager reiterated his HarmonyOS announcement speech from final yr.
In that, he talked about that Android is their alternative of working system on smartphones as a result of ecosystem and companions. However they’ll proceed to develop and launch gadgets with HarmonyOS in order to be self-reliant in the long term.
Vincent Yang, Senior Vice President at Huawei made a related assertion final yr that they’ll preserve a single ecosystem with Android. However HarmonyOS will live on as plan B in case of a worst-case state of affairs.
Additionally, for the reason that CEO was interviewed in the hallway of the venue of the Summit, he didn’t reply correctly to the chip drawback. However he did say that they’re nonetheless on the lookout for an answer.
At the moment, Huawei’s working system might be solely discovered on its good TVs. However based on the roadmap shared by the corporate final yr, HarmonyOS 2.zero will assist PC, vehicles, and good wearables. This model is anticipated to go official at HDC 2020, which is scheduled for September 10-12.
Although there might be no smartphone working HarmonyOS this yr, we are able to nonetheless sit up for the rumored Mate Watch that includes it.
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