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HarmonyOS

HarmonyOS (Hongmeng OS, Hongmeng) is an operating system developed by Huawei. HarmonyOS has a micro-kernel architecture designed to work based on a multi-platform ecosystem.

On August 10, 2019, this software was introduced at Huawei Developer Conference 2019 (HDC 2019) and initially introduced for Smart screen devices (Smart TVs). At HDC 2020, HarmonyOS 2.0 adopted smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, IoT devices, home consumer products, smart car screens, and other third-party devices.

HarmonyOS works across different devices such as smartphones and has open-source code. The HarmonyOS project currently uses Android Open Source Project (AOSP) branch to support Android apps.

HarmonyOS has DSoftBus distributed capabilities that form different hardware devices and make a virtual Super Device. This feature allows users to control connected device and their user interface using a single smartphone or tablet.

The operating system comes with Huawei’s App distribution platform – AppGallery. It publishes both Android and HarmonyOS Native applications.

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Origin

In March 2019, Yu Chengdong (Richard Yu), CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group told that Huawei Has developed its own operating system. The company has its Plan B if it is prohibited from using Google’s Android or Windows software.

“We have prepared our operating system. Should it ever happen that we can no longer use these systems, we would be prepared. That’s our plan B,” said Richard Yu, mobile chief of Huawei Technologies, according to a translation of the Die Welt interview. “But of course we prefer to work with the ecosystems of Google and Microsoft.” (March 14, 2019)

On May 20, 2019, Sources told HuaweiCentral that Huawei has developed its operating system under the name “Hongmeng”, the software was under development for a long time.

Right after our report, this news became a buzzword over the internet as giant development.

On Jun 8, 2019, Huawei registered “Hongmeng” trademark applications on most of the intellectual property organizations around the globe.

On July 12, 2019, Huawei filed a new trademark application at EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) for the word “Harmony” under the category of ‘Mobile operating system’.

HarmonyOS Release

On August 9, 2019, at HDC 19, Huawei officially announced HarmonyOS (Hongmeng OS) with Smart Screen platform support. On August 10, 2019, Honor launched the first HarmonyOS powered product – Honor Smart Screen (Smart TV).

On September 19, 2019, First Huawei branded HarmonyOS product was launched – Huawei Vision. 

On September 10, 2020, HarmonyOS 2.0 was unveiled at Huawei Developer Conference 2020 (HDC 2020). Added new platform support:

  1. Smartphones
  2. Tablets
  3. Smartwatches
  4. IoT Devices
  5. Smart Home Devices
  6. Smart Car Panels
  7. Other Industry Applications

HarmonyOS 2.0 Memory Support:

Smartphone Beta

On December 16, 2020, Huawei began HarmonyOS 2.0 developer beta for smartphones. Initially, Huawei P40, Mate 30, and MatePad Pro series participated in the Developer beta activity.

On December 16, 2020, HarmonyOS 2.0 internal beta testing started

On April 21, 2021, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer open beta first phase began

On May 9, 2021, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer open beta second phase began

On June 3, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer close beta 1 started

On June 5, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer public beta first phase began

On June 10, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer close beta second phase started

On June 16, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer public beta second phase began

On June 23, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer public beta phase three began

On June 23, HarmonyOS 2.0 stable update announced

On June 30, HarmonyOS 2.0 developer public beta third phase began

On July 13, 2021, the fourth phase of HarmonyOS 2.0 closed beta started for 14 Huawei devices.

September 8, 2021, HarmonyOS sixth batch beta opens.

HarmonyOS Installations

After one week of June 2, 2021, HarmonyOS 2.0 has exceeded 10 million installations and it was just a beginning. 

After 15 days, the HarmonyOS 2.0 crossed over 18 million users. 25 million upgrades came in the month of the launch, at that time, the company added 7 million users in just 15 days.

On July 8, 2021, Huawei announced 30 million HarmonyOS 2.0 installations in smartphones. On July 29, 2021, at the Huawei P50 series launch event, Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei consumer business group announced to complete 40 million installations on smartphone devices.

We entered August, and now HarmonyOS exceeds 50 million downloads, according to the data revealed by the company, 8 users are upgrading with this new operating system per second.

On August 30, the Chinese tech giant achieve the 70 million installation mark and in just a few days, this number reached over 90 million. The speed and the interest of the Huawei device owners continue to increase the number of HarmonyOS downloads.

On September 13, 2021, Huawei confirmed 100 million installations that later expanded to 120 Million, as announced by He Gang, President of Huawei Consumer BG Product line.

 

HarmonyOS Devices

Pre-installed Devices:

On June 2, 2021 – Huawei Watch 3 series, MatePad Pro 12.6, and MatePad 11

On July 29, 2021 – Huawei P50 series

On September 23, 2021 – Huawei Nova 9 Series

Upgradable Devices: