After the introduction of US sanctions, Huawei is actively developing its own OS, which should become an alternative to Android. We talk about the features of HarmonyOS and its prospects in Russia
What is HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS is Huawei’s all-in-one operating system that powers a wide range of devices from smart home to smart watches, smartphones, tablets, PCs, and even cars. It is compatible with Android, Linux, Unix software and progressive web applications. In fact, Huawei took the open source Android as a basis, but without the built-in Google services.
In the summer of 2019, HarmonyOS was first introduced to Huawei smart screens. It supported video calls between devices, sending notes from a smartphone to a TV, and face recognition through a camera.
HarmonyOS 3 HyperTerminal
Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 supposedly does not officially support Google services, but in practice it does, Google Play works and all applications too!
Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 in Russia (Harmony OS) has recently become one of the best mobile operating systems, which has already joined the league of Android, iOS, Windows and KaiOS OS in 2021.
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Well, the whole idea of Huawei Harmony OS became public when the US government put Huawei on the list of banned entities. They are prohibited from doing business and doing business with US companies for reasons of national cyber security.
On May 16, 2019, when Huawei was blacklisted by the Trump administration, the Shenzhen-based brand quickly prepared its innovation team for “Plan B.”
Apple OS also lost to Huawei OS in terms of its ability to work with a very large number of applications that were running in the background!
In addition, the firmware from Huawei performed better than MIUI 12.5 from Xiaomi. Huawei win 100%. It’s not for nothing that the Chinese have been developing and “finishing” Harmony OS since 2012!
Harmony OS discussion on supported devices
This topic discusses the health of Harmony OS on devices and solutions to problems related to the operation of the system.
Discussion of specific devices in the topic is prohibited, for this there is an Honor section and a Huawei section with thematic themes of devices.
The topic is actively kept in order.
Harmony OS (formerly known as Hongmeng OS, Chinese: 鸿蒙OS; pinyin: Hóngméng OS) or Ark OS is an Android app-compatible operating system developed by Huawei since 2012.
Huawei is set to release Harmony OS alongside its new flagship smartphone Mate 30 (which will compete with most of the top smartphones of 2019, including the Google Pixel 4) in Q4 2019, as well as a new TV from Honor Honor Vision.
Post has been editedVolkodav. — 30.03.23, 16:14
Reason for editing: Huawei ecosystem (review on YouTube)
So far only from the Honor Vision TV, if you buy it) and even then, it still uses the Linux kernel, on a personal kernel from Huawei, Harmony will switch after the firmware update, and in the whole essence of being — from the rearrangement of American operators in the American programming language, another kind of Linux-like OS will turn out, moreover, open, read and Linux will take successful implementations of code and ideas from Harmony in the future, and it’s wonderful that Huawei was so pinned down. We can only hope that this case will not be covered up.
Huawei releases an open source Ark compiler (OpenArkCompiler) for the HarmonyOS platform. «Porting Android-enabled apps to HarmonyOS is simple and takes one or two days of work through the Ark compiler,» said Richard Yu Chengdong in an interview
Huawei introduced the HarmonyOS operating system for smartphones and smart devices Unlike Android, Huawei’s operating system does not have root access as a phenomenon, and all encrypted data is stored outside the kernel.
You don’t need to root with the warranty expired for a full backup! Zelo however + open source means. Did one of the infosecure firms do an analysis of the source codes?
Post has been editedLemus — 14.11.19, 07:23
If everything goes as it is written in the articles about HarmonyOS for the Chinese, and they really won’t stand aside if they take it on, then soon the market will be filled with this update. And I would like to see this creation of theirs and feel it)
I read the news here about the development of this OS. In technical terms, I’m a noob noob) I’m more interested in this. When they update their old phones to the new OS, what will happen to the data that people had on their Google account?
Will they synchronize their servers and Google. Because, for example, a person had all the data stored on Google servers, opened important documents through the phone, read, played, did everything online. And at one fine moment, he has a new OS and all data with Google is lost. How can he get everything back?
what will happen to the data that people have stored on google account? Will they synchronize their servers and Google.
nothing 😉 we can handle it! :victory:
general forum search // w3bsit3-dns.to/ HarmonyOS issued
Post has been editedLemus — 05.07.20, 01:34
root will be distributed or as it is now — no?
klokz, won’t
Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 began to be developed back in 2012, and it is quite popular in Russia!
The OS was specially developed in advance!
However, the company denied all claims, noting that the software being developed was just a fallback.
In case their access to the Android APIs is restricted, and that the OS is in development and will only run on devices such as smart TVs, home appliances, and self-driving cars.
As soon as the new mobile operating system became legal and official, Huawei confirmed that China would get first-hand access to the new solution before the rest of the world did.
Although both Hongmeng and Huawei Harmony OS were trademarks, the company noted that both variants are the same (completely identical).
The Chinese have been preparing and developing an alternative to Android in advance, more than 6 years ago!!
So, on August 9, 2019, the official premiere of Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 took place as software for the Honor vision smart TV series.
And on September 1, 2020, Harmony OS 2.0 was announced with a beta version released on September 10, 2020 for use on smart TVs, portable devices.
The main idea of Harmony OS
The most important, basic idea of the new operating system is the ability to access everything and from any device, so that there are no limits and restrictions, prohibitions, etc.
The new Huawei Harmony OS is a free and open source microkernel operating system.
Thanks to microkernel technology, this operating system is able to run on a variety of hardware similar to the popular Linux kernel.
The system has 4 main features which include unification, smooth functionality and security as key goals to maintain its presence in the open source world.
Compared to Android, Harmony OS has improved security features as Huawei has been a major contributor to the Google-led open source project for years.
Look at HONOR smartphones on AliExpress or Yandex. Market!
In fact, Chinese manufacturers such as Oppo and Vivo have tested the latest Huawei Harmony OS 2.0 (Harmony OS, Harmony OS).
Just “Harmony” or “Harmony” in general — whoever calls it)). Huawei smartphones will be able to upgrade to Harmony within 1-2 days.
Huawei Mobile Services (HMS)
Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) — an alternative to Google services
Similarly, Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) is a software package designed to replace the standard Google Mobile Services (GMS) package.
It includes YouTube, Gmail, Maps, Chrome and Playstore as core services.
In addition, the developed applications will be able to work on all Harmony devices without restrictions, which means that the applications will be compatible with multiple devices.
This means you can turn on your blender to make smoothies, turn off the lights, control the freeze level of your fridge, all from your smartphone with Harmony.
I believe that this will lead to a change in standards, which will force Android to include new features and updates in the game in order to work in accordance with the new level of Harmony OS. Thus, despite the fact that Huawei Mobile is a high-end smartphone manufacturer.
It’s Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, who can abandon Android in support of the new platform. Given the fact that Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) will be used in China where Google Mobile Services (GMS) is blocked.
Widespread adoption of Harmony will not only solidify the new platform in the market, but it will also be a new way to interact with applications.
Check out the most popular Huawei smartphone on Yandex. Market:
According to new information, HarmonyOS still supports Google services!
It turns out that Huawei Harmony OS and Android have a common origin, the same roots, because you can run Google Play! This OS supports Google Play system updates, which Huawei itself distributes!
How to install Harmony OS on Huawei P40, P40 Lite and other smartphones
Already 8 Huawei devices have received the Harmony OS operating system instead of Android 11. By the way, you can rollback from Huawei Harmony OS to EMUI 11 with Android 10 through the Huawei Mobile Assistant app.
How to install Harmony OS on Huawei p40 and other phones
The beta version of the software has already become available for such flagship models as Huawei P40 and Huawei P40 Pro with the current version of the EMUI 11.0.0.156 shell.
In order to install a proprietary OS on your smartphone, you need to use the official version of EMUI! You also need to have a bootloader.
Please note that before updating, you must have at least 8 GB of free space on your phone and at least 50% battery power.
You might be interested in the article about the new OS for feature phones KaiOS, in which Google has invested as much as 22 million dollars!
Step by step guide to install Harmony OS:
Step #1 — Install My Huawei app
So, what you need to do before starting the transition from EMUI to Huawei Harmony OS is to install the application from AppGallery.
“My Huawei” App from AppGallery
It is necessary that Chinese services work at the same time! If necessary, change the phone region or download the .apk application from the Internet.
Step #2 – Check Your Phone Compatibility
When you enter the application, there will be a window with Harmony OS 2.0, which will give us 2 options to choose from. You need to choose the one to the left. The one that will give you access to the beta version of the OS.
Then you will see the smartphone models that are compatible with the OS, you need to understand whether your handset supports the new OS or not. You may need to enter your phone model there.
Step #3 – Go to Download “Harmony OS 2.0”
After the compatibility check is done, you will need to click on the blue button, which will be at the bottom.
Download Harmony OS
After clicking again, a pop-up window will open offering us 2 solutions: ignore or download the software. Well, then you’ll figure it out, I think.
Phones that are compatible with Harmony OS:
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HarmonyOS 2.0 — EXPLAINING 🔥 Killer of Android and iOS?!
Prospects for HarmonyOS in Russia
Initially, Russia was indeed included in the list of countries for testing HarmonyOS 2.0. However, in 2022, after the introduction of US sanctions, Huawei began to curtail its activities in the Russian Federation, close offices, reduce sales and transfer employees to other countries.
How HarmonyOS differs from other operating systems
A number of Google services in HarmonyOS have already been replaced with their own. So, instead of Google Maps, you can use your own Huawei Petal Maps.
Russian users will not find the Google search engine in HarmonyOS. Instead, Yandex, Mail.ru, Petal and Bing are available to them. In the list recommended for installation, you can select Yandex applications «Disk», «Maps», «Music» and «Kinopoisk», other online cinemas, Sber, Telegram, YouTube services. With Google services, for example, with office programs, you can work in a browser. And many applications that are not available in the AppGallery are available for download on the websites of their developers using the GSuite tool.
Huawei HarmonyOS 3.0 HyperTerminal
First of all, let’s look at the Universal Card widget format. They easily adapt to different shapes, sizes and styles.
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And when there are too many to fit on one screen, you can stack them on top of each other and easily switch between them.
The new Huawei Harmony OS 3.0 also has the ability to connect to two pairs of specific headphones (such as FreeBuds Pro 2).
This will allow you to listen to music together with a friend. Connectivity is an important part of the system, but before we get into that, let’s take a look at the new privacy features.
HarmonyOS 3.0 introduced, now with improved desktop, privacy and performance
The new version of Huawei Harmony OS 3.0 keeps a log of how often each app accesses your location, camera, microphone, files, or contacts.
Harmony OS 3.0
It will show you a graph so you can remove the permissions manually, but the system can also do it automatically. It will also monitor for malicious applications, suspicious network activity, and other threats.
Fake permissions may be granted to untrusted apps. They will allow them to open, for example, a seemingly empty image gallery or a mailbox with nothing in it.
The system also has simple tools to remove potentially sensitive data when sharing photos. For example, it is time and location data.
The new Harmony OS 3. 0 has improved performance!
Huawei has also worked on optimization. Huawei Harmony OS 3.0 improves application launch time and responsiveness, and reduces power consumption during gaming (compared to Harmony OS 2.0).
HarmonyOS 3.0 expands on the system’s core idea of creating «superdevices», which are a combination of two or more smart devices working together.
Here’s a simple example — you’re editing videos on your Huawei MateBook 14 but want to use a larger screen. If you have, say, a MateStation X, then you can simply drag the monitor icon onto the laptop icon and you’ll have wireless screen sharing instantly!
Super Device Magic
Harmony OS devices do not need to be connected to a public Wi-Fi network to use Super Device Magic. They will see each other. For example, a Huawei tablet next to a Huawei phone will allow you to answer calls and display SMS messages as if they were the same device.
You can also do the above trick and play games and videos from your phone on the big screen of your tablet.
This multimedia relationship also applies to HarmonyOS smart TVs. For example, you can take two smart speakers (like Huawei Sound X) and use them as stereo speakers for your TV.
The ecosystem goes beyond Huawei products. You can purchase a compatible treadmill and connect it to your Huawei watch to track your exercise and play music if you add the headset to your super device.
HarmonyOS Connect allows third party devices to pair with your smartphone. HarmonyOS is now in cars (an alternative to Android Auto).
HarmonyOS 3.0 / Update Lists / Information from 01/20/23
Now you can sync a bunch of different devices!
Huawei Harmony OS 3.0 is a new major update of the original version 2.0. The operating system has reached its third major version.
The original was introduced in the middle of 2019, then version 2 appeared, which reached 90 million users by September of last year.
It currently powers over 300 million devices, and more than 170 million devices use the HarmonyOS Connect platform (a way for third parties to create compatible devices). And now comes version 3.
HarmonyOS Ecosystem
