HarmonyOS: Huawei Introduces Its Android Replacement

The US government ban on Huawei meant Google could not license the Android experience available on other handsets to Huawei, so the Chinese giant had to create a fork for the world’s most popular mobile operating system.

All Huawei Android phones that followed shipped with the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) platform on top of Android. That was a massive challenge for Huawei. International Android buyers are used to a specific Android experience the Play Store. Huawei had to devise its own app store (the AppGallery) on its new phones, and it could not include any Google apps.

The Chinese tech giant on Wednesday introduced its own operating system called HarmonyOS. The new software could run on smartphones, tablets but also other smart devices.

HarmoneyOS aims to ensure that all our day-to-day devices are closely synchronized and have complementary functions 

Files can be shared between devices -- it calls 'Super Devices.' It is enough to link them utilizing an NFC tag to start working together. You can be using a stylus pen on the tablet and having the strokes reflected on the computer screen as if it were a graphics tablet. If you wear one of the company’s wearables, the information is shared to all devices in real-time.

The Control Panel, a kind of command center with the smartphone as the cornerstone manages all kinds of electronic devices and appliances. More and more ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, and dishwashers have systems that provide them with a certain connection. With Harmony OS you only need to bring your smartphone close to the NFC tag to pair it with the appliance.

WATCH the HarmonyOS presentation above.