Huawei’s smartwatches are simply known as ‘Huawei Watch’. But earlier in May, the company filed a trademark for ‘Mate Watch’. Now, according to a new tip from the same person (@RODENT950) who spotted the trademark, the so-called Huawei Mate Watch might run HarmonyOS and could launch alongside the Mate 40 series.
If Huawei’s schedule has kept up then the Mate Watch is the first HongMengOS powered smartwatch, will be released with the Mate 40 series.
rumors say it would happen during Chinese National Day.🤷♂️ #HuaweiMate40Series #HuaweiMateWatch— Teme (特米)😷 (@RODENT950) June 23, 2020
Last year, Huawei officially introduced its homegrown operating system called HarmonyOS. It is a distributed OS based on Linux micro-kernel architecture.
As per the roadmap shared by the company at Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2019, HarmonyOS 2.0 will be released this year with support for PC, cars, and smart wearables. Hence, it is possible for the upcoming Huawei Mate Watch to run HarmonyOS instead of Huawei Lite OS found on its current smartwatches.
In addition to the software, the tipster also says that according to rumors, the wearable might launch alongside Mate 40 series on Chinese National Day, which will be celebrated on October 1st. This goes in line with a previous leak, which suggested the launch of Huawei Mate 40 series to take place in October as scheduled despite tensions from the US government.
As of now, nothing else is known about this forthcoming ‘Mate Watch’ but the HarmonyOS 2.0 will be also found on Hauwei PCs powered by Kunpeng processors.
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