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0 pointssgt5mo ago0 comments

Okay so it won't run Android apps necessarily or be able to access the regular app stores/Play Store. It will need popular apps to be re-released for HarmonyOS NEXT

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torginus5mo ago

Considering Huawei has hundreds of millions of users in China alone, I don't think getting big companies onboard will be difficult.

markus_zhang5mo ago

There are pushbacks from other Chinese giants like Tencent. No one wants some single company to have a monopoly in the OS business.

But by the look of it, Huawei has a lot of political capital to make it happen, because it is the only company competent enough to push out production OS not entirely based on Linux.

torginus5mo ago

Interesting! From your name I assume you're familiar with the Chinese OS/tech sphere, could you maybe take the time to tell a bit more about what the big Chinese vendors are up to? I've heard that Xiaomi is building their Linux (but not Android) based HyperOS. How is the indigenous OS/platform scene looking nowadays in China?

As for Huawei using their political capital to push their stuff, from what I've seen of the Chinese EV market, the government doesn't really pick winners there, and lets the market figure it out.

Is Huawei making some heavy-handed anticompetitive moves, or are they trying to standardize their OS across the government services?

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WhyNotHugo5mo ago

> Okay so it won't run Android apps necessarily

It does, they implemented a Linux-compatible API and ABI. They claim that apps run unmodified.

pjmlp5mo ago

Which is kind of easy on their home turf, most relevant apps on the Chinese market are available.

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torginus5mo ago

Considering Huawei has hundreds of millions of users in China alone, I don't think getting big companies onboard will be difficult.

markus_zhang5mo ago

There are pushbacks from other Chinese giants like Tencent. No one wants some single company to have a monopoly in the OS business.

But by the look of it, Huawei has a lot of political capital to make it happen, because it is the only company competent enough to push out production OS not entirely based on Linux.

torginus5mo ago

As for Huawei using their political capital to push their stuff, from what I've seen of the Chinese EV market, the government doesn't really pick winners there, and lets the market figure it out.

Is Huawei making some heavy-handed anticompetitive moves, or are they trying to standardize their OS across the government services?

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WhyNotHugo5mo ago

> Okay so it won't run Android apps necessarily

It does, they implemented a Linux-compatible API and ABI. They claim that apps run unmodified.

pjmlp5mo ago

Which is kind of easy on their home turf, most relevant apps on the Chinese market are available.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse