Will HarmonyOS replace Android in other manufacturers? Huawei leaves the door open

Last week, a rumor announced the abandonment of Android by several major smartphone brands in favor of HarmonyOS. According to a leaker, firms such as Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi have contacted Huawei to implement its operating system instead of Android. Without confirming, Huawei left the door open.

Expected on the Mate X2 or the MatePad Pro 2 tablet, HarmonyOS would not be an operating system dedicated only to Huawei devices. In any case, that’s not the opinion of a leaker on Weibo who suggested last week that many smartphone manufacturers were planning to replace Android with Huawei’s OS, the TechRadar site had spotted. This was later confirmed by the MyFixGuide site, which even quoted another source.

Among the brands interested, the rumor announced Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi or Meizu. A Chinese front to support the great unloved of the Americans, which for nearly two years, is developing a system that can allow him to fight on equal terms with Android and other iOS.

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“Some cell phone manufacturers are also contacting Huawei and planning to adapt HarmonyOS to their devices,” wrote the leaker at the time. But none of the players concerned reacted at the time.

HUAWEI DOES NOT EXCLUDE SHARING

Huawei is finally the first to have responded to the rumor. According to the TechRadar website, the Chinese giant said that “HarmonyOS is available for all smartphone manufacturers”. A way of not confirming, but of leaving the door open to those who would like to be tempted… in addition to other possible candidates.

In this way, Huawei positions its OS as a real alternative to Android and iOS and not just as a system for its own galaxy of products. HarmonyOS can therefore be presented as an alternative for other manufacturers who do not need to abandon Android.

But no doubt many will wait to see what the OS is worth on the first Huawei devices to be equipped with it before giving in to the sirens of the (somewhat) fallen tenor. For its first appearance, reviewed by the Ars Technica site, HarmonyOS turned out to be very similar to Android…