huawei: Huawei launches Harmony OS 3 to take on Google Android
According to the South China Morning Post, the company's third-generation operating system is designed to provide a more seamless experience across devices, including smartphones, tablets, printers, cars and smart home devices such as televisions.
The company said that HarmonyOS 3 will be available for more devices starting in September.
Huawei debuted the original HarmonyOS in August 2019, three months after the firm was added to the US's trade blacklist, preventing it from buying software, chips, and other technologies from US companies.
Soon after the ban was announced, Google stopped providing its suite of mobile software services to Huawei.
The first device to launch with HarmonyOS was a smart television, unveiled in August 2019 by Huawei's then-subsidiary Honor. Huawei's second-generation operating system, was adopted by the firm's smartphones last year, while the car-specific HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit can be found on an electric vehicle launched in China earlier this year, co-developed with domestic automotive brand Seres.
As per Richard Yu Chengdong, chief executive of Huawei's consumer business group, to date, over 300 million Huawei devices have been equipped with various versions of HarmonyOS.
Huawei also announced the launch of Petal Chuxing, a ride-hailing platform that pulls together third-party service providers. The new app is compatible with several Huawei devices, including smartphones, watches, and tablets, the report said.
While Huawei said that Petal Chuxing "does not aim to compete with anyone," the app marks the company's entrance into a field led by Didi Chuxing, which was recently fined USD1.2 billion by Chinese regulators following a year-long cybersecurity investigation.
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