Earlier, Huawei’s HongMeng OS was reported to be the replacement of Android for the company. However, since last month, the company changed the tunes and is now claiming that HongMeng was never meant to be the Android replacement and is for enterprise clients working on connected devices.
However, the reports are claiming the contradictory. A new report coming from China claims that Huawei is currently testing a new smartphone which is powered by the company’s own HongMeng OS. It further adds that the phone could get launched in Q4 2019 for a price of around 2,000 yuan, which roughly converts to $288.
The mid-range smartphone running HongMeng OS will be launched in order to attract software developers to join the company’s new ecosystem, claims the report. It adds that the system also has cryptographic functions that protect personal data and prevents users’ privacy from being breached. The phone is expected to get announced along with the upcoming Mate 30 series smartphones from Huawei.
The HongMeng OS will be launched by Huawei at its Developer Conference on 9th August in Dongguan, South China’s Guangdong Province. The Huawei HongMeng OS will also be powering the Honor Smart TV products which are expected to be available in the market from 10th August. Later, the operating system will be expanded to be available for a variety of fields, including autonomous driving, remote medical services, and industrial control.
When the United States put Huawei on the “Entity List”, effectively banning the Chinese giant from doing business or procuring technology from US-based firms, Google cut-off its business ties with the company. This meant that Huawei was no longer able to get the license to the Android operating system and then the company confirmed that it had been working on its own mobile operating system.
As per the reports, the HongMeng OS is based on open-source Android is compatible with Android apps. Also, during the test run, the operating system turned out to be 60 percent faster than Android.
Later, when the US announced that the US-based companies can keep doing business with Huawei as long as it doesn’t threaten national security, Huawei executive said that the HongMong OS is meant to IoT and industrial use. But it seems that the claim is not true and Huawei is working on a backup OS just in case these things don’t go in its favor.
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