Update: Earlier today we had reported on the date of the coming HarmonyOS update but the company has clarified that HOS will be available on Dec 16th for developers to use, as confirmed at the HDC event. So, it won’t be rolling out to specific models in December.
HarmonyOS, the proprietary operating system from Huawei, is finally arriving on smartphones. Its beta version will be available from 16th December 2020 and the Mate 40 series will be the first to receive the upgrade.
The news arrived after Mai Yumin, Vice President of Huawei’s software department, made the announcement that the beta for HarmonyOS (or HongMeng OS in China) will be arriving on smartphones on December 16, as per a MyDrivers report. The executive also added that the flagship Mate 40 series will be the first priority for the update. For those unaware, the company is also planning on gradually replacing the Android platform with HarmonyOS.
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Although, support for Android applications is also possible, but would depend on the new OS. Another official had also previously stated that more than 90 percent of Huawei handset models that are currently available on the market will be updated to HarmonyOS, but it remains to be seen if that would actually be the case in the near future.
At the moment, the new OS from the Chinese tech giant has seen in many other products apart from smartphones. This includes certain iterations in automobiles and IoT (internet of things) products. Huawei had built the new system with seamless cross platform connectivity in mind. There is not a lot of information to go on currently, so stay tuned for more updates regarding the coming update.
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