Huawei has decided to do eschew its Android-based mobile OS and go the route of Apple and Google, which is create its own grassroots operation system called HarmonyOS 5.0, also known as HarmonyOS Next.

Huawei's latest mobile operating system, HarmonyOS Next, is also dubbed a "pure-blood" version of Harmony, as it does away with roots to the Android system and will no longer support Android-based applications.

Chinese tech giant Huawei announced the official launch of HarmonyOS NEXT at a launch event on2. The HarmonyOS Next is the 5.0 version of Huawei's self-developed mobile operating system (OS) HarmonyOS and is the first iteration to be built independent of the Android architecture.

Launch event of Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT on October 22, 2024 Photo: China Media Group. China's first domestically developed mobile operating system (O/S), HarmonyOS NEXT, Huawei's

Chinese-based Huawei has announced HarmonyOS NEXT. It's an Android-free operating system that will launch in China only for now.

Huawei last night introduced HarmonyOS NEXT, its self-developed mobile operating system and the first originating in China. The HarmonyOS ecosystem is now used by over one billion devices, Yu Chengdong,

Another step toward tech independence for China Huawei on Wednesday formally launched its homebrewed operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT, marking its official divorce from the Android ecosystem.… Huawei stated it released the OS and “officially started public beta testing” of the OS for some of its smartphones and tablets that run its own Kirin and Kunpeng chips.