Huawei officially unveiled the latest version of its proprietary operating system HarmonyOS 2 on June 2. This iteration comes with several interesting features including cross-platform usage. At the unveiling, the company announced the upgrade plan for HarmonyOS 2 and not only supports the latest flagship models such as the Huawei Mate 40 series but also covers a large number of mid-to-high-end models and entry-level models. Even the Mate 9 that was released five years ago did not miss out on this upgrade. 
Thus, it wasn’t surprising when the company disclosed just days after the launch that the OS has been installed in over 10 million devices. Huawei has now given an update of that information, disclosing that the HarmonyOS 2 has been installed in over 25 million devices globally. We expect the figure to increase exponentially as Huawei pushes the update to more models. The company plans to upgrade up to 100 models but at present, the new HarmonyOS 2 has only been pushed to 69 models since released.
According to Huawei’s official plan, the Mate Xs, Mate 20 series, Nova 6/7/8 series, and Huawei MatePad will be updated in the third quarter of 2021. In the fourth quarter, the upgrade will be extended to Huawei Smart Screen V series 2021, Smart Screen S series, Smart Screen X65, Mate 20 X series, P30 series, Mate X, Huawei Enjoy 20 series, Huawei Maimang 9, Huawei Tab M6, Enjoy Tablet 2 and so on.
Furthermore, Huawei’s upgrade schedule shows that by the first half of 2022, Huawei Mate 10 series, P20 series, nova5 series, Mate 9 series, P10 series, Huawei Smart Screen V series, Huawei Tab M5, Enjoy Tablet and others will equally receive the HarmonyOS 2 push.
With this schedule, the Chinese company projects that the new OS will be installed on up to 100 devices ranging from smartphones, tablets, smart screens, to other smart terminals. The company had in January this year projected that the user base of HarmonyOS would have reached 300 million by December 2021. If that isn’t achieved this year, it will be a sure thing next year. Apart from its own devices, HoarmonyOS is open for use by other OEMs. We have already seen Mideo launch a couple of HarmonyOS 2-running smart gadgets.
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