Huawei has since announced its own operating system, HarmonyOS. However, early last month, the company officially commenced the release of this update for smartphones. The HarmonyOS rollout is the largest in the history of the Chinese manufacturer. According to the company, over 100 models will have this system before the end of the year. As of now, 69 Huawei and Honor models and over 25 million devices already have the HarmonyOS update. The company will release this update for a wide range of devices including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and more.
According to HarmonyOS, the fourth batch of internal beta recruitment will commence in mid-July. This is only a few days from now. This fourth batch will include 14 devices. The models are
- Huawei P20
- Huawei Mate 10
- Huawei-P20 Pro
- Huawei Mate 10 Pro
- Huawei nova 5i
- Huawei-Mate 10 Porsche Design
- Huawei nova 4
- Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design
- Huawei-nova 4e
- Honor X10
- Honor 30S
- Honor-X10 Max
- Honor 30 Youth Edition
- Honor Play4
If you have any of the smartphones above, you can sign up using the following methods
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- Pollen Club App – Homepage – Recommendation – Closed Beta Registration
- Member Center App – Homepage – Experience Pioneer (Supports only smartphones and tablets. You need to update the app to the latest version for it to work)
In addition to the smartphones above, there is also a “closed beta” recruitment for a variety of smart screen products. The models for the beta are
- Huawei Smart Screen V75 2019
- Huawei Smart Screen V65 2019
- Huawei-Smart Screen V65 Premium Edition
- Huawei Smart Screen V65i
- Huawei Smart Screen V55i.
HarmonyOS adoption rate is pretty swift
According to Aurora Mobile, in just 14 days, HarmonyOS 2 got over 18 million upgrades. The data from Aurora Mobile is for the period between June 2 and June 15. This number is the cumulative value for both internal beta and public beta. Specifically, the total number of users as of June 15 was 18.349 million. As of now, HarmonyOS 2 upgrade partner shows that most of the users are male. Presently, 71.7% of upgrade users are male while 28.3% are female. In terms of age, 45.0% of HarmonyOS users are between 16-25 years old. In addition, 30.7% of users are 26-35 years old while 20.4% of users are 35-46 years old. This means that about 96.9% of HarmonyOS 2 users are below 46 years. In terms of specific models, the Huawei Mate 30 series is far ahead with 44.6%. This includes the Huawei Mate (30 22.5%), and Mate 30 Pro (22.1%). The Huawei P40 series accounts for 30.6%, including P40 Pro (17.9%), P40 (12.7%). We also have the Huawei Mate 40 Pro with 15.7%. These are the Huawei smartphone models that have most adopted the HarmonyOS 2 system.
I always enjoy your articles. I'm expecting Huawei to have a commanding feature lead over Google within 12 months and processor supremacy within 30 months.
I'm also interested in what they'll contribute to the Linux world.
We're watching the leapfrog of American weaponized technology by China. It's scary how fast they're moving and how unaware American Presidents are of the dangers they have created for the entire US tech sector.