China: Huawei unveils Harmony OS as potential alternative to Android

Huawei unveiled its own operating system, the HongmengOS, known in English as the HarmonyOS, at the Huawei Developer Conference in the Chinese city of Dongguan on Friday. Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Chengdong (Richard) Yu announced the news saying, “Harmony OS is the world’s first OS, first micro-kernel-based distributed OS for all scenarios.” HarmonyOS will initially be used on “smart screen products” later this year. The operating system will be introduced to other devices in the next three years, including car head units and wearables.