In response to the long-rumored HarmonyOS mobile phone, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, admitted to its existence in the latest interview and said it would be launched as early as next year.
Huawei has officially confirmed that a new version of HarmonyOS will be released at the 2020 HDC Developers Conference on September 10, and many new products with HarmonyOS will be released soon.
The newly released version of the HarmonyOS is named HarmonyOS 2.0. Compared to HarmonyOS 1.0, this version will be applied to Huawei’s computers, watches, bands, and cars.
Everyone cares more about when HarmonyOS will be used on mobile phones. In response to the long-rumored HarmonyOS mobile phone, Richard Yu admitted to its existence in the latest interview and said it would be launched as early as next year.
Huawei TVs have already adopted HarmonyOS. Richard Yu revealed that Huawei’s smartwatches will also feature HarmonyOS this year. In the future, all of Huawei’s IoT products, including computers, tablets, and even phones, may adopt HarmonyOS.
He said that the phones equipped with the HarmonyOS system are already ready, but due to an agreement with Google, they have to wait. Starting next year, HarmonyOS can be used on smartphones, smart TVs, smartwatches, personal computers, cars, and other products.
According to Richard Yu, HarmonyOS will become a worldwide operating system in the future.
In the face of the U.S.’s ongoing escalation of restrictions on chip supplies to Huawei, how will Huawei respond? Richard Yu stated that Huawei is currently seeking solutions.
Richard Yu revealed in a previous speech that the Huawei Mate 40 will be equipped with the next-generation Kirin 9000 chip, which will offer stronger 5G capabilities, enhanced AI processing power, and improved CPU and GPU performance.
“Unfortunately, under the sanctions of the United States, TSMC only accepted orders before September 15th. After September 15 it will not be able to produce chips for Huawei. So, the Kirin 9000 may be our last generation of Huawei Kirin high-end chips. ” Richard Yu said helplessly.
According to the latest news from the upstream industry chain, in order to meet Huawei’s 5nm order demand to the greatest extent, TSMC is producing non-stop 24 hours a day, and it must deliver all of it before September 14 because it will not be able to take orders for Huawei chips after that.
TSMC Chairman Liu Deyin has previously confirmed that it will no longer ship to Huawei after September 14 and will not accept new orders from Huawei after May 15.
Huawei is actively deploying HMS to accelerate the development of HarmonyOS. Based on its own progress, Huawei’s top priority is to build the HMS ecosystem.
On February 20 this year, Huawei confirmed the establishment of a new secondary department to be responsible for the ecological construction of HMS.
At present, Huawei’s terminal devices have 700 million global monthly active users, Huawei’s global registered developers have reached 1.6 million, and the number of applications connected to HMS Core has exceeded 81,000 worldwide.
Currently, Huawei has officially announced that HMS Core 5.0 will open services in seven major areas, including application services, graphics, media, AI, smart devices, security, and systems.