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GSM Arena
09-05-2025
- GSM Arena
Huawei unveils its own PC operating system
Huawei's emancipation from Western dependencies is progressing. The latest piece puts HarmonyOS on every device — meet HarmonyOS PC (or Hongmeng Computer for the Chinese market), Huawei's very own computer operating system. The unveiling came during Huawei's HarmonyOS Computer Technology and Ecosystem Communication Event (yeah, that's a mouthful) at the hands of Zhu Dongdong - Huawei's President of tablets and PCs. HarmonyOS PC is based around three core pillars - HarmonyOS Base, HarmonyOS Ecosystem, and HarmonyOS Experience. The Base features the HarmonyOS kernel, the Ark Engine for graphics and UI performance, the StarShield architecture for security, and various other backend components. HarmonyOS Ecosystem includes more than 150 exclusive apps and integration for more than 2000 universal ecosystem apps. There's an integrated WPS office and various apps to meet basic computing requirements. HarmonyOS Experience brings support for more than 1000 external devices - 800 standard peripherals and 20 device categories like keyboards, mice, and monitors. There are also more than 200 secondary devices, like printers, scanners, and more. As you can imagine, HarmonyOS PC has deep AI integration too! Huawei didn't share much about the UI, but looking at this video, which the company posted on its Weibo account, the OS has a dock of icons at the bottom center of the homescreen, not unlike Apple's macOS. Huawei says that its HarmonyOS PC is coming on May 19! Source | Via
South China Morning Post
08-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Huawei unveils first laptop running self-developed HarmonyOS as Windows licence expires
Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its first laptop that runs the company's self-developed operating system, HarmonyOS, following the expiration of its Microsoft Windows licence for personal computers (PCs) in March. Advertisement Stacked with artificial intelligence (AI) features, the laptop, which has not yet been named, operates HarmonyOS 5, also referred to as HarmonyOS Next , the latest iteration of the system. Most Huawei laptops in the market currently run Windows, although some models offer the option to use open-source Linux. The new laptop features Huawei's AI assistant, Celia, that is capable of performing tasks such as creating slides, summarising the minutes of a meeting and retrieving information from local documents, provided it has access to the necessary third-party software, according to state-backed newspaper Securities Times, citing Huawei's president of tablets and PCs, Zhu Dongdong. HarmonyOS on PCs includes a wide range of software catering to both work and entertainment needs, such as WPS, China's alternative to Microsoft Office , and Alibaba Group Holding's enterprise collaboration platform, DingTalk , according to Chinese tech news outlet ITHome. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Huawei's licence to use Microsoft Windows on its personal computers expired earlier this year. Photo: Weibo/林捂捂 The laptop is also compatible with a growing selection of mobile apps available on HarmonyOS smartphones, including social media platform RedNote , video-sharing site Bilibili and ByteDance's enterprise collaboration tool Feishu . By the end of the year, the device is expected to support over 2,000 apps, according to state-backed newspaper Nanfang Daily. Advertisement
