Chinese tech giant Huawei has officially released the latest HarmonyOS 2 operating system to a number of products. With this, the latest software from the company is now also available on smartphones.
Huawei is now set to push the new HarmonyOS 2 operating system to its smartphones, tablets, and several other devices, starting with the Huawei Mate 40 series, Mate 30 series, P40 series, Mate X2, Nova 8 series, MatePad Pro, and more.
HarmonyOS comes pre-installed with a few applications and there’s also support for third-party apps but there are many such apps on the app store. The company is now offering HarmonyOS Zone in the Huawei App Store which lists applications that are already supported for the new operating system.
With HarmonyOS Zone in the Huawei App Marketplace, it becomes easier for the users of the operating system to find and install compatible apps. Users can search for “HarmonyOS” or “HongMeng” in the App Marketplace to find the dedicated zone. The apps, which are made for HarmonyOS are tagged with “HMOS” in the corner of the icon.
The Chinese giant is working hard to add new features to the in-house operating system and make it easier for third-party developers to make apps for the platform. At the time of unveiling this new OS, Huawei said that it plans to update 100 devices and may take until H1 2022 to complete the process.
The company has a plan to have more than 300 million devices running the HarmonyOS (or HongMeng OS as it is called in China) by the end of this year. It will be interesting to see if Huawei manages to establish its new software as an alternative to Android.
Huawei has donated all of the core structures of HarmonyOS to the “Open Atom Open Source Foundation.” This would enable interested manufacturers to get the HarmonyOS system codes and develop products as per their requirements. At the moment, there are more than 500,000 developers that are working with HarmonyOS and the company is expecting more to join soon.
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