After announcing that the 3-year-old Huawei Mate 30 will receive the latest HarmonyOS 3 stable update, a Huawei online consumer spokesperson has confirmed that the HarmonyOS 3 Public Beta Programme will be open for application for more Huawei devices starting this November.

As reported by ITHome, the spokesperson noted that HarmonyOS 3 Public Beta will be available for the 4th batch of Huawei devices starting this November. Owners of these 3 Huawei smartphones (Huawei Nova 8, Nova 8 Pro, Nova 8 Pro 4G) will be able to apply for HarmonyOS 3 Public Beta by the end of this November, whilst for the Huawei nova 8 SE and Huawei Nova 8 SE Vitality Edition, the HarmonyOS 3 Public Beta will be available starting early 2023.

Besides these 5 Huawei devices, Huawei also earlier announced last week that HarmonyOS 3 Stable had been rolled out to 15 Huawei device models this November. The full list is linked in this article here.

For those unfamiliar with Huawei’s HarmonyOS software development rollout, it can be easily explained in 3 easy to read paragraphs.

The HarmonyOS rollout is divided into 3 stages, a closed beta, a public beta, and a stable version rollout. In the closed beta version rollout, Huawei device users can opt-in for early access software development to try out the new features due to be added in the next major software update. Interested participants first need to go to settings and apply for the closed beta programme, and then once Huawei has approved the application, only then the closed beta update will roll out to the user’s device. Normally, only 2000 users will be selected for the closed beta programme.

For the next stage – the HarmonyOS public beta rollout, there is no limit to how many Huawei users can join the programme. Users can opt-in for the update via settings at any time. However, Huawei does suggest users who opt-in for the public beta back up their devices beforehand, as it is still not a stable release. Just like the closed beta, Huawei users can experience upcoming software features before the stable release and the main purpose of releasing a public beta first is to iron out any bugs and stability issues before rolling it out for all users.

In the final stage, HarmonyOS is rolled out to all Huawei device users with a stable version release. The update will include notable features found in the closed and public beta testing, as well as security updates, stability and bug fixes for all Huawei users over the air.

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Last year, Huawei unveiled the Nova 8 SE smartphone with a Dimensity processor and quad-rear cameras. Today, after almost nine months, the company has launched a 2021 edition of the phone dubbed Huawei Nova 8 SE Vitality Edition. The smartphone’s major highlight is the in-house Kirin 710A SoC, triple rear cameras, and 40W fast charging.

The Huawei Nova 8 SE Vitality Edition is priced at CNY 1,899(~$292) for the only variant with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It comes in two colors – Frost Silver and Magic Night Black. It will go up for sale on Huawei’s official website, Vmall, Jingdong, and other shopping portals in China.

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Huawei Nova 8 SE Vitality Edition Specifications 

The smartphone sports a new design as compared to the original Nova SE. The phone flaunts a triple rear camera system placed vertically. This is a significant change over the quad-camera system seen on the Nova 8 SE.

It has a 6.6-inch LCD display with Full-HD+(1080 x 2400 pixels). It is a punch-hole panel with a narrow-bezel design. The display has 16.7 million colors and a 94% screen-to-body ratio.

As said above, it has three cameras with a 48MP main sensor that comes with an f/1.8 aperture. It is accompanied by two 2MP lenses for macro and depth shots. The rear camera supports 6x digital zoom and has a 1080p video recording. On the front lies a 16MP selfie camera with an aperture of f/2.0.

Under the hood, it is powered by the old in-house Kirin 710A octa-core chipset paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. It is backed by a 4,000mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging technology.

It is a 4G handset that comes with Bluetooth v5.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac support. It has a 3.5mm headphone jack and the speaker grille at the top, and a USB Type-C port at the bottom. The smartphone boots on EMUI 10.1 UI based on Android OS.

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