It looks like Huawei's HarmonyOS - aka ArkOS, aka HongMengOS - the company's answer to Android, is not just a major flex towards Google.
The operating system does exist and Huawei unveiled it during their annual developers' conference which took place today in China.
Huawei CEO Richard Yu said that HarmonyOS is "the first microkernel-based distributed OS for all scenarios."
That means the operating system can be used for almost any type of technology like smartphones, smart speakers, computers, smartwatches, wireless earbuds, cars, and tablets. It's even capable of running on systems with RAM sizes ranging from kilobytes to gigabytes.
The operating system will support a range of apps like HTML5, Linux, and even Android apps in the future. It will also support programming languages like Kotlin, Java, Javascript, C, and C++.
Yu added that, “If we cannot use Android in the future, then we can immediately switch to HarmonyOS.” If Google were to ban them from using Android, Yu said it would not be hard to swap over to HarmonyOS.
Huawei's HarmonyOS will also be powering the Honor Vision TV which is set to launch August 10 in China.
There was also a rumor that the company would release a new smartphone running on HarmonyOS, but it was not announced during the conference.
Cover image sourced from Hindustan Times.
