Huawei has been trying to become completely independent of Android for many years due to strict restrictions imposed by the United States, which, among other things, prevent them from including Google services as they are prohibited from doing business with American companies. Specifically, the Chinese company is working on its own operating system called HarmonyOS, but it has always been running Android. At least until now.
An Asian company launched the first beta version HarmonyOS NEXT, own operating system that completely dispenses with Android. HarmonyOS NEXT has its own kernel, SDK and artificial intelligence model. there is no trace of Google AOSP; nor from Linuz. In fact, it is not even possible to install APK files. You can download apps through the App Gallery, which will continue to be the default app store on Huawei devices running HarmonyOS NEXT.
In addition, the company will also allow the installation of native applications through Ark Compilerand they will support Huawei Mobile Services (HMS)Huawei mobile services that replace Google.
Faster and with more AI features than current versions of HarmonyOS.
One of the keys to HarmonyOS NEXT will be integration with the rest of Huawei’s products and services, which is somewhat similar to what we saw with HyperOS, Xiaomi’s operating system. In this case, the company guarantees that HarmonyOS NEXT has 30% higher overall productivity than previous versions of HarmonyOS, and is 20% more efficient.
Of course, HarmonyOS NEXT also has AI capabilities under a set of tools the company calls Huawei Intelligence. One such feature is the ability to create images using generative artificial intelligence. Improvements have also been made to Celia, Huawei’s virtual assistant.
Regarding the interface, HarmonyOS NEXT is very similar to previous versions of HarmonyOS. However, we must remember that this is the first beta version and that its design may change in future versions. Of course, don’t expect to see this operating system outside of the Asian market. In principle, Huawei will continue to rely on the current version of its Android operating system for the global market.
Source: Hiper Textual
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