Huawei's Hongmeng OS might launch soon

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Huawei's alternative operating system, Hongmeng, might be launching soon. At least this is what China's state-run Global Times, so you might need to take the information with a grain of salt. It's said the OS will be unveiled at Huawei's upcoming developer conference. This event kicks off on Friday, August 9th in Dongguan, China.

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Huawei has reportedly already shipped 1 million devices with its HongMeng OS

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As expected, Huawei isn’t waiting around for whether the US is going to lift its trade ban against the company. According to the firm Rosenblatt Securities, the Chinese company has shipped one million smartphones carrying its own operating system called HongMeng, which literally translates to Red Dream. It hasn’t been clarified if these phones are market-available products or development products. But the report claims Huawei’s in-house OS works with all Android apps and has “increased security functions to protect personal data.”

According to the China Daily website, Huawei CEO for its consumer business group Richard Yu said the OS “will be available as early as this fall or next spring at the latest.” And the company is preparing to install it on anything that needs an OS—whether that be a smartphone, PC, tablet, car, wearable device, TV, etc. The HongMeng OS has been in the pipeline for years, and it’s said the “HongMeng” trademark is already being acquired at multiple markets, including Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South Korea. As the trade ban reprieve is set to expire soon, we should expect to hear more about Huawei’s plans for its own OS in the coming weeks (or even days).

Source: GSMArena