Alleged HarmonyOS update list reveals first batch of Huawei devices migrating to the platform

29 May 2021
The latest Huawei Mate40 family is on there and so is the nova 8 one.

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AnonD-994853, 29 May 2021Huawei phones are very bad on software. Be it thee experien... moreSoftware is subjective. Emui would be my favorite at least comparing to miui and Color OS which are the other skins I've used lately. Mainly I liked it better for the desktop mode, the translation Features and better nfc functionality relative to the other two. But everyone has their own preferences for software as we value different things.

    Very good a new ecosystem for phones.

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      • fFA
      • 29 May 2021

      Huawei is the next LG. Definitely.

        Anonymous, 29 May 2021I didn't know truth = trolling :) Deny it as much as ... moreThis is NOT Android 10 and this is simple fact.

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          • Anonymous
          • J25
          • 29 May 2021

          Great news. Finally an OS without CIA/NSA backdoors.

            Well, we can say all the negative things about HarmonyOS, but all that won't change the fact that the OS is now here. The sure thing is that Chinese will eventually jump on it.

              Anonymous, 29 May 2021Jesus people, can you all stop whining about HarmonyOS not ... moreMost people fail to look at the bigger picture of Huawei and this HarmonyOS. In 5 years time it will be a whole new thing. This is just first transition phases. All they need now is to grow the name, make people migrate easier and as long as people think is Android, they will trust it more

                SpikyEchidna, 29 May 2021This is not in fact trolling, multiple xda developers dug d... moreIt's detected as android by any android apps but it's not android, same as windows with WSL, there's Linux as subsystem and Linux apps in there won't detected windows as it run inside Linux subsystem. As simple as that, that's what harmonyOS did

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mAH
                  • 29 May 2021

                  There is no "Android based", Android is Linux based with a layer of Java and XML as HMI juste like all other Linux distros

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                    • Guru
                    • YQS
                    • 29 May 2021

                    Just a forked Android skin without GMS.. Sorry Huawei, for no takers of this in the west.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • M}3
                      • 29 May 2021

                      Jesus people, can you all stop whining about HarmonyOS not being whole new OS? Who says first iteration needs to be absolutely and totally different? Besides, why would Huawei kill Android as foundation of it and remove last remaining compatibility? That would be just stupid. First Ubuntu versions probably weren't that much different from Debian in the beginning, but now they are very much different. Same can happen with HarmonyOS. Its foundation is AOSP Android and with time it'll go into its own direction. It can still essentially be Android to keep compatibility, but it'll evolve on its own.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • TL%
                        • 29 May 2021

                        TEtech, 29 May 2021https://twitter.com/RODENT950/status/1396410412074209286?s=20Android apps recognise it as an emulator? That's interesting. I'd think virtualizing Android within HarmonyOS would be easier than emulation. That's how Windows runs linux within WSL.

                          Anonymous, 29 May 2021I didn't know truth = trolling :) Deny it as much as ... morehttps://twitter.com/RODENT950/status/1396410412074209286?s=20

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                            • iA4
                            • 29 May 2021

                            notafanboy, 29 May 2021What is your purpose here other than trolling?I didn't know truth = trolling :)
                            Deny it as much as you want, but Huawei lied to everyone.

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                              • 29 May 2021

                              notafanboy, 29 May 2021What is your purpose here other than trolling?This is not in fact trolling, multiple xda developers dug deep down into the HarmonyOS beta 2 code and it is Android 10-based with “No discernible difference” between Harmony OS and Android.

                                Anonymous, 29 May 2021Migrating to an Android 10 rip off without GMS* But what d... moreWhat is your purpose here other than trolling?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • iA4
                                  • 29 May 2021

                                  Migrating to an Android 10 rip off without GMS*
                                  But what do I know?
                                  Huawei fanboys claim otherwise lol

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                                    • tDQ
                                    • 29 May 2021

                                    Huawei phones are very bad on software. Be it thee experience or updates. Even Huawei flagships get only 2 years of updates for their top price. Right now, Huawei's battery life and camera advantage is now overtaken and beaten by other companies.