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In the past two days, have you noticed Huawei's developer conference?
Huawei's developer conference, as an annual event that attracts the attention of developers and technology circles, can be described as a frequent "big move". Among them, the focus of attention is the release of the new HarmonyOS 4. This is the fourth major version update of HarmonyOS, introducing many new functions and features, and after several years of unremitting efforts, the HarmonyOS system has become a unique existence.
However, in addition to HarmonyOS 4, Huawei has an important move at this developer conference, which may bring a new breakthrough to the entire folding screen field. Before the official announcement, let me introduce a question: what problems do you think there are in folding screen mobile phones?
Whether you have used a folding screen mobile phone or not, I believe you can list some problems, such as screen creases, excessive weight, insufficient thickness, short battery life, poor image quality, and overall reliability to be improved. Of course, these problems have indeed been the pain points of folding screen mobile phones in the past, but some powerful mobile phone manufacturers have successfully broken through the bottleneck of folding screen design through technological innovation.
Take the Huawei Mate X3 as an example, this thin and light body up to 239 grams integrates a series of powerful functions such as a quad-curved body, a 5x periscope telephoto lens, a 5060mAh ultra-large battery, 50W wireless flash charging, and two-way Beidou satellite communication. In addition, the addition of Kunlun glass, ultra-impact flexible inner screen and IPX8-rated waterproof gives the machine excellent reliability, whether immersed in water or subjected to external impact, it can be unharmed.
However, one of the main problems faced by folding screen mobile phones is software ecological adaptation.
Since the shape of folding screen mobile phones is different from traditional straight mobile phones, and even the screen ratio is inconsistent, simply applying the original logic to the folding screen will lead to difficulty in adaptation. This has also led to many applications that have not yet adapted to folding screens.
This makes that when using folding screen mobile phones, we often encounter too large pop-up frames, picture distortion, incomplete display, large area of white space, horizontal and vertical screen switching problems, etc., which seriously affects the user experience. However, these problems cannot be solved overnight.
Faced with this reality, what measures has Huawei taken at this year's developer conference?
In order to better adapt to folding screen mobile phones, Huawei joined forces with 13 NSFOCUS organization members, including Baidu, ByteDance, Weibo, and NetEase, to release a complete and detailed set of Folding Screen/Tablet Application Experience Evaluation Standards.
Starting from four aspects: the integrity of basic functions, reasonable and beautiful layout, easy-to-use and efficient interaction, and folding adaptation, this set of standards provides developers with a better folding screen application experience evaluation scheme to verify whether the best adaptation effect is achieved. Compared with the adaptation methods that developers need to explore on their own in the past, now they only need to refer to this set of standards to adapt to the folding screen, which is undoubtedly expected to solve the pain points in the folding screen mobile phone experience.
Tony also studied the specific content of this standard in detail, and it can be seen that the design of the standard is very detailed. Almost all of the details covered are reflected on the Huawei Mate X3, a folding screen phone.
For example, the split-screen function is one of the features that can best improve the efficiency of large-screen operations. On Huawei Mate X3, not only supports the common left and right split-screen mode, but also chats while shopping, directly dragging product pictures into the chat box. There's even split-screen up and down, so you can play games or view meeting materials while watching a movie.
Mate X3 also provides the ability to switch between split-screen apps with one click, and you can even save your favorite two split-screen apps directly on your desktop for quick opening next time. This efficient operation is amazing.
In addition, the multi-window adaptation recommendations mentioned in the Standard correspond to the application on the Mate X3 that support two split-screen modes, up, down and left and right, thereby significantly improving the large-screen operation experience. The unique multi-angle hover feature of folding screen mobile phones has also been innovatively applied in third-party applications that come with the system and are adapted.
For example, on hover, you can tap the light screen, and the upper half of the screen will display information such as weather, time, and more.
When you fold your phone to watch a movie on hover, the screen automatically switches to the upper half of the screen, and the lower half becomes in control
Heart, control functions such as play, pause, fast forward, and volume adjustment. The hover adaptation and crease avoidance scheme proposed in the Standard coincides with the application of Mate X3 on folding screens, making full use of the characteristics of folding screens and creating a different experience from traditional straight mobile phones.
It is worth noting that applications such as Weibo and QQ have also been specially adapted for Huawei Mate X3. When using QQ for a video call, if the system recognizes the folded state, the upper half of the screen will display the video window on the left and right split screens, while the lower half of the screen will display function buttons such as speakers and earpieces.
Weibo not only supports left and right split screens, but also displays three columns of popular searches at the same time, and supports hover viewing, which is really pleasing.
The positive adaptation of these third-party applications not only provides users with a better experience, but also brings value growth to the application itself and improves user satisfaction, which can be described as a win-win move.
Not only that, the addition of HarmonyOS 4 adds a unique experience to Huawei Mate X3. The new panoramic weather wallpaper with the phone's gravity sensor function can automatically switch between three different viewing angles: head-up, top-down and upward, allowing users to feel the immersive weather changes on the large screen.
The new live window function dynamically changes according to different scenarios, such as Ele.me, Meituan, recording, Bluetooth, timer and other information, which can be displayed in real time, which is convenient for users to obtain various information efficiently.
In addition, Huawei's voice assistant Xiaoyi will even support large-scale AI models, which will surely bring new breakthroughs in the field of intelligent voice assistants. It can be said that in the field of folding screens, Huawei has always played a leading role. Whether it is hardware, system, interaction, or adaptation, Huawei is far ahead.
Looking back, Huawei has been exploring the folding screen field for several years.
As early as 2019, Huawei launched the first generation of folding screen flagship - Huawei Mate X, which marked a pioneering attempt in the field of domestic folding screen mobile phones. The Huawei Mate X2, released in 2021, pioneered a dual-spin droplet hinge, which achieved an almost seamless inner folding after folding. Subsequently, other manufacturers adopted this innovative design. The Huawei Mate X3, released in 2023, has made a huge breakthrough in the field of folding screen mobile phones, and the realization of functions such as thinness, waterproof, durable, and wireless charging has made it the best in the flagship.
In the past four years, Huawei has released a total of seven generations of folding screen products, covering three folding methods, such as horizontal internal folding, horizontal external folding, and vertical internal folding, each release is accompanied by technological innovation, leading the folding screen mobile phone industry to move forward. Market feedback also verifies Huawei's leadership in this area. Last year alone, Huawei occupied 51.3% of the domestic folding screen mobile phone market, maintaining more than 50% for three consecutive years, becoming a leader in this field.
When launching the first folding screen mobile phone, Huawei also took the lead in releasing the "Huawei Folding Screen Application Development Guide", becoming a pioneer in formulating industry specifications for folding screen mobile phones.
Subsequently, the "HarmonyOS folding screen design specification" was released, which made the large-screen adaptation of the top 1000 domestic applications reach more than 95%.
Huawei has excelled in product innovation and ecosystem construction. Yu Chengdong once said confidently: "We don't have a strong opponent yet, our opponent is mainly ourselves." "This confidence comes from Huawei's continued leadership in the field of folding screen mobile phones. In the future, with the continuous development of technology, Huawei is expected to create more possibilities in the field of folding screen mobile phones.
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