Huawei is a MASSIVE company and is embarking on a mission of releasing its own OS. In doing so it is obviously attempting to challenge the duopoly of Android and iOS. On June 2nd, its new OS, which has been in a developer preview for quite some time, will be released on mobile. The company assures developers that It won’t take long too long until we see a fully created HarmonyOS being thrown at many of its devices.
Huwawi posted a video to their YouTube channel to confirm the June 2 launch here. The China-based company has been working on this OS for quite a few years now, or at least since they announced publically the challenger to Android in August 2019. There are many rumours of any killer feature set of Harmony OS, but Huawei does need to pull a rabbit out of the hat to stand any chance.
Does this sound familiar?
This isn’t the first time that Operating Systems have tried challenging the duopoly of Android and iOS. We first got involved with the scene back in the MeeGo days. It had a chance to succeed but was scuppered by Microsoft when they took over the company and subsequently wiped 4 Billion of its share value. Tizen also had a flutter with the mobile OS, but didn’t get anywhere for reason we won’t go into here. Maybe a post that has been well overdue should put people in the know. Blackberry, the king of the productivity phone, left it too late with their QNX based OS, Blackberry 10, to succeed – but they did have a valiant go.
List of HarmonyOS supported phones
- Huawei Mate 40 (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 40E (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate X
- Huawei Mate Xs
- Huawei Mate X2 (Confirmed)
- Huawei P40 (Confirmed)
- Huawei P40 Pro (Confirmed)
- Huawei P40 Pro+ (Confirmed)
- Huawei P40 4G
- Huawei Mate 30 4G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro 4G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 30 5G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 30 RS Porsche Design (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 8 (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 8 Pro (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 7 Pro 5G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 7 5G (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 7 SE
- Huawei Nova 6 (Confirmed)
- Huawei Nova 6 5G (Confirmed)
- Huawei P30 (Confirmed)
- Huawei P30 Pro (Confirmed)
- Huawei Mate 20
- Huawei Mate 20 Pro
- Huawei Mate 20 X 4G
- Huawei Mate 20 X 5G
- Huawei Mate 20 RS
Supported tablets
- Huawei MatePad Pro (Confirmed)
- Huawei MediaPad M6
- Huawei MatePad 10.8 (Confirmed)
Upcoming
- Huawei P50
- Huawei MatePad Pro 2
- Huawei Watch 3
- Huawei Smart Screen
Huawei promises for anyone that has these devices to have their mind blown by all the new features in the new HarmonyOS, according to Huawei – possibly they’re slightly biased. HarmonyOS first came in the new TV’s, and is also said to replace Android in the Huawei devices, which could be a fresh change, for once.