Huawei releases HarmonyOS 2.0 Developer Beta with support for running Android apps

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Huawei releases HarmonyOS 2.0 Developer Beta with support for running Android apps - CnTechPost

In a sense, HarmonyOS is just a change in the underlying system, which means that the Android + EMUI used by Huawei phones is now HarmonyOS 2.0 + EMUI.

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Huawei released the HarmonyOS 2.0 Developer Beta at its HarmonyOS 2.0 mobile developer beta event today, and launched a call for volunteers to test the software publicly.

HarmonyOS 2.0 is available on the Huawei P40, P40 Pro, Mate 30, Mate 30 Pro, and MatePad Pro, and it supports OTA upgrades and running Android apps.

In a sense, HarmonyOS is just a change in the underlying system, which means that the Android + EMUI used by Huawei phones is now HarmonyOS 2.0 + EMUI.

Huawei said that HarmonyOS is a distributed operating system for the Internet of Everything era, and Huawei hopes to work with partners and developers to create a super terminal experience for the Internet of Everything era.

Wang Chenglu, president of Huawei's consumer business software division, said that HarmonyOS is built for the Internet of Everything, with a better experience and more entrances.

He said, for example, with HarmonyOS, JD.com App can run on TVs, even refrigerators and other devices with screens, which will allow hundreds of millions of devices to become new entrances for users to reach JD.com.

HarmonyOS 2.0 Mobile Developer Beta enhances the following features:
15000+ APIs (support developing mobile / PAD, large screen, wearable, car applications)
Distributed application framework
Distributed UI controls
DevEco Studio 2.0 Beta3
HarmonyOS official website (www.harmonyos.com) has prepared SDK / Documentation / Tools / Simulator for mobile developers Beta version.

 

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It's is smart of Huawei to do that. That means android apps can cross over to harmony OS easily.

Very likely harmony OS will stay for long or dominate unlike Window Mobile

 

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Huawei unbeatable.
GO GO GO Huawei.

 

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What HarmonyOS 2 means for the Google and Apple duopoly

Huawei’s HarmonyOS is designed for the Internet-of-Things era, with the ability to run on everything from smartphones and tablets to home appliances as the tech giant tries to overcome US sanctions and move away from Android.

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It uses a different system but can install android apps. Sounds like a world beater smartphone OS. It takes the best out of it and combine the best OS fetaures.

I hope harmony OS apps will not allow install into android OS. Haha...

 

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China's Huawei Launches Invitation-Only HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta for App Developers

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China's Huawei Launches Invitation-Only HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta for App Developers

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Apps, especially game apps is more often than not what makes or breaks a platform. And with an increasingly successful mobile gaming industry in China, this is where the state can come in and put the weight of the industry behind the new OS.