Huawei has been warning for a long time that its objective is to get away from the Google ecosystem to bet on its own operating system. It is true that the escalation of tension between Huawei and the government led by Donald Trump has caused the firm to find an alternative to Android. And the truth is that he has found it in Harmony OS 2.0.
We talk about the latest version of Huawei's operating system, and what We already knew that it could reach some phones of the firm. Now, Huawei itself has confirmed which phones will be able to upgrade to this Android alternative formerly known as HongmengOS.
Until now, HarmonyOS had been geared towards Smart TVs and other smart devices, but not mobile phones. Now things have changed a lot with its multipurpose microkernel operating system, since it is compatible with all kinds of products.
HarmonyOS can be installed on the Huawei P40
Now, Huawei has just release the first HarmonyOS Developer Preview so that developers can start working with this operating system. Say that the registry is already open through an emulator in the DevEco Studio IDE itself or by installing the ROM on a compatible device. Yes, you read correctly: HarmonyOS can be installed on a Huawei mobile.
Say that the terminals that can already use this alternative to Andrid are the Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, Huawei Mate 30, Huawei Mate30 Pro and the Huawei MatePad Pro tablet. To do this, you just have to register for the beta and have your application approved. In principle, two days later you will receive the update via OTA. The best? That you can downgrade from HarmonyOS 2.0 to EMUI 11 if you don't like Huawei's operating system.
A big step for Huawei, which is already starting to move away from Android to bet on HarmonyOS. Can it stand up to Google's mobile operating system? Time will tell