Final yr Huawei unveiled the “HarmonyOS NEXT” working system solely for builders. This working system doesn’t help Android apps and could possibly be the way forward for Huawei smartphones and different related good gadgets. A earlier report from Nikki Asia claimed that Huawei’s HarmonyOS NEXT (unveiled in January as the most recent model of its proprietary working system) may rival iOS and Android going ahead.
HarmonyOS NEXT goals to turn into the third most most well-liked cellular working system
Now the newest information is that Huawei is aiming to roll out the HarmonyOS ecosystem globally. On account of the US sanctions in 2019, the corporate got here up with a brand new working system named HarmonyOS for his or her smartphones, tablets, and different related good gadgets.
Huawei’s proprietary working system has been restricted to the house nation up to now, however now the corporate is aiming to broaden it globally. Throughout this yr’s Analyst Summit Huawei’s present chairman, Xu Zhijun revealed the plans. Huawei believes that it might probably make it the World’s third-most most well-liked working system for cellular gadgets.
The corporate is working intently with builders to construct a sturdy app ecosystem for HarmonyOS. The corporate will first give attention to the Chinese language market. In line with Xu, folks of their residence nation spend most of their time on a set of almost 5000 apps. As normal, the corporate will give attention to the supply and seamless efficiency of these apps at first.
Nevertheless, constructing the app ecosystem and competing the established giants like Google’s Play Retailer or Apple’s App Retailer will be difficult. In line with knowledge from Enterprise of Apps, the Google Play Retailer presently has a set of over 3.2 million apps and the App Retailer additionally has over 2 million. Will probably be fascinating to see how the worldwide market responds if Huawei turns into profitable in constructing a competing app ecosystem.
Talking of HarmonyOS NEXT, the corporate can be reportedly engaged on a brand new self-made “Concord Kernel” as an alternative of utilizing a Linux kernel. For these unfamiliar, the kernel kinds the muse of the working system. So Huawei is de facto making an attempt to make its working system stand out from Android.
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