Huawei announces HarmonyOS Next - the new version of its Android rival

22 October 2024
A new dawn for Huawei software is upon us.

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Zendroid, 23 Oct 2024You still can't use the important apps in Europe. Like... moreJust for now.
I predict that before year 2030 Huawei will be top selling brand which making phones.
Cant say the same about Huawei cars or Laptops but in phones they will be far superior to other competition and competitors as they always was since P8 lite bestseller selling budget phone.

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    • 23 Oct 2024

    Chinese only. Lack of Google support is a big nope for me. Good to see Huawei banned.

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      • CGY
      • 23 Oct 2024

      Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024What do you think android is? It's one huge spyware ma... moreAndroid is a spyware because it's being controlled by a certain government. Huawei is built on a similar foundation. Stop being naive already. Android spies on you but so does IOS and this new one y'all are blindly praising. Every software has a creator and all it's users' data goes straight to the creator(s) and they do whatever they so please with that data. How about you stop using all of them...See? Problem solved.

        Cpt.Power, 23 Oct 2024Yes you are right they are better than Android or IOS. Fo... moreYou still can't use the important apps in Europe. Like money apps and identification apps needed in Europe.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 23 Oct 2024

          Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024AOSP is bare bones and a pain to work with. Google reserve... morethey don't have to deal with US non sense things like blocking other from the so claimed "free market" so free that you block whoever cuz you can't handle competition... to the ones coming to clame about spyware i just have to tell you about Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft amount other us tehc companies must have backdoors in their software and hardware...

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            • CGY
            • 23 Oct 2024

            Y'all are just a bunch of bias people. You call IOS & Android spyware cos they're backed by the US government. Well atleast those two get sued big time by the US government when they go wrong. But then you call HarmonyOS, an OS that's just an Android and IOS ripoff, an innovation. That OS is also backed by the Chinese government. Another country known for spying just like the US. Mind you, Huawei could never get sued by the Chinese government because they basically own it. My point is, y'all are just giving the same problem a different name.

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              • Anonymous
              • Sr6
              • 23 Oct 2024

              Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024"hauwei should start inviting xiaomi, bbk and others w... moreWhat u talking about?
              Xiaomi's HyperOS is just basic MIUI with a layer of extra spyware added on top. Like the icing on the cake. That's why it's so awfully slow.
              Xiaomi should really switch to Huawei IS bit only if bootloader is unlockable that is.

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                • Anonymous
                • Sr6
                • 23 Oct 2024

                Janssen, 23 Oct 2024Free trojans and viruses included. What do you think android is? It's one huge spyware malware festival.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PxE
                  • 23 Oct 2024

                  Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024hauwei should start inviting xiaomi, bbk and others who are... more"hauwei should start inviting xiaomi, bbk and others who are interested.
                  it will make a better app availability and not like windows phone situation."

                  If you notice on why Xiaomi creating an OS from a scratch (HyperOS) instead of using AOSP is because of this.

                  Xiaomi were ready to put Google or Huawei layer on top of their HyperOS.
                  I bet the only problem for Xiaomi is political.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • PxE
                    • 23 Oct 2024

                    srdjan, 23 Oct 2024Is there any practical reason for this being entirely separ... more"Is there any practical reason for this being entirely separate from Android? As in, how does this benefit the end user exactly? From the dev side of things, surely it’s annoying for developers to have to make a new app for the Chinese domestic market, even if the porting process is simple. And given that the AOSP code base is open source, preventing any sort of ban in that sense doesn’t make sense either."

                    1. If Huawei keep using Android, they can't dictate their own future. Google can always put some hurdle to Tonya's Huawei.
                    2. The media will keep saying Huawei is a loooooooseeeeeeer
                    3. When Huawei create some improvement, and if the improvement can break android, then, the improvement will be a problem.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • PxE
                      • 23 Oct 2024

                      Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024Since both are Chinese Phone, there is a chance they might ... moreActually,

                      For Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo
                      Switching to HarmonyOS is simple. Do able.

                      The only problem they're afraid is the hawk, I mean eagle will punish them.
                      This is the reason that China need to finish their 3nm ASAP, so they can't be punished for disobeying the drunken eagle.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PxE
                        • 23 Oct 2024

                        Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024AOSP is bare bones and a pain to work with. Google reserve... moreIn corporate space.
                        No google = more secure = better

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                          • 23 Oct 2024

                          srdjan, 23 Oct 2024Is there any practical reason for this being entirely separ... moreAOSP is bare bones and a pain to work with. Google reserves security updates, many useful features and its apps for its licensed Android version. HarmonyOS Next means Huawei doesn't have to deal with Google's Android bs anymore. Sure, some users will be inconvenienced, but it means that Huawei phones will be running on more secure, efficient and optimised code.

                            Zendroid, 22 Oct 2024No rival to neither ios or Android, when it can't prov... moreYes you are right they are better than Android or IOS.
                            For anything else you can istall and run Gbox app from Huawei store.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • PMT
                              • 23 Oct 2024

                              Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024I think to see if XiaoMi,Oppo,VIVO and Transsion will follo... moreSince both are Chinese Phone, there is a chance they might switch to Harmony OS, assuming if Huawei made their OS open source that is.
                              Otherwise they might take the Apple, Nokia, or Blackberry route where it's their own exclusive OS. Although there are some Non-Nokia Phones that had Symbian OS, but only a few.

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                                • 23 Oct 2024

                                srdjan, 23 Oct 2024Is there any practical reason for this being entirely separ... moreThis apply to IOS and so why do we need two spyOS which is controlled by US at kernel level? In the end this may not translate to a success without decent hardware and developers simply have to choose if the market worth effort.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 23 Oct 2024

                                  I think to see if XiaoMi,Oppo,VIVO and Transsion will follow this pace, huh.
                                  Not so easy if it isn't restricted by gov side

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                                    • 23 Oct 2024

                                    Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024Next version of SpyOS.Implying google doesn't lol

                                      Anonymous, 23 Oct 2024How do you know? Do you own one? I doubt they would'nt... morehttps://www.gizmochina.com/2024/05/19/huawei-harmonyos-next-follows-apples-lead-with-internal-app-distribution

                                      Technically, it can do sideloading, but mostly useless one anyways.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 23 Oct 2024

                                        Next version of SpyOS.