The native HarmonyOS NEXT will be opened in the first quarter, and Huawei has completely distanced itself from Android
IT Home reported on January 4 that at the same time as the release of HarmonyOS 4 in August last year, Huawei also announced HarmonyOS NEXT for developers, which only supports HarmonyOS HAP format.
According to Huawei's plan, the new HarmonyOS NEXT developer preview will be available to all developers in the first quarter of this year.
According to China Fund News, Huawei will hold an important event on January 18, when the HarmonyOS ecosystem and HarmonyOS NEXT will be revealed.
It is worth mentioning that in recent months, major domestic Internet companies and leading enterprises have announced the launch of HarmonyOS native application development. At present, hundreds of leading partners, including iQiyi, Alipay, Meituan, miHoYo, Bilibili, and AutoNavi Map, have announced the launch of HarmonyOS native application development.
Wu Hao, CEO of Huawei's Interactive Media Corps and President of Huawei's Device Cloud Service Interactive Media BU, revealed last month that the number of devices in the HarmonyOS ecosystem has exceeded 700 million, and Huawei has launched comprehensive cooperation with developers and partners in 18 fields, including games, social communication, travel and navigation, business office, and travel and accommodation.
Yesterday, research firm TechInsights released a forecast report that Huawei HarmonyOS will replace Apple's iOS as China's second largest smartphone operating system in 2024.
In his New Year's speech on December 29, 2023, Ken Hu, Huawei's Rotating Chairman, said, "We will work with partners to accelerate the transformation of mobile applications into HarmonyOS and achieve a historic leap forward in the HarmonyOS ecosystem." ”
On the first day of 2024, He Gang, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei's Device BG, issued a document saying: 2023 is the first year of HarmonyOS native applications, and 2024 will be a key year for the comprehensive evolution of the HarmonyOS ecosystem.
One day later, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, CEO of Device BG, and Chairman of Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, issued a letter to all employees, bluntly saying that "2024 is a critical year for HarmonyOS native, and it is necessary to accelerate the development of various HarmonyOS native applications and focus on winning the two most difficult battles of the technology base and the tripartite ecosystem."
At present, the main applications or vendors that have been officially announced to adapt to native HarmonyOS include but are not limited to:
IT Home (Launched)
Same-way travel (launched)
Happy Pop (Completed)
Meituan (Launched)
Where to go (activated)
Sina Weibo (Activated)
Graphite Documentation (Completed)
DingTalk (Activated)
Fly Constant Accuracy (Activated)
Xiaohongshu (completed beta)
Station B (Launched)
Sunflower (Activated)
58 City(Activated)
Anjuke (Activated)
AutoNavi Map (Activated)
Quick Look Manga (Activated)
Get (Started)
Zhejiang Communication Brain (Activated)
Ovi Interactive Map (Activated)
Maverick Electric (Contracted)
"Three Kingdoms" series of games (completed)
China Construction Bank (Launched)
McDonald's (Activated)
Alipay (Activated)
Straight Flush (Beta Completed)
Bank of Communications (Activated)
HiPaint (Started)
Easy Car (Activated)
NetEase Games (Launched)
Hong En Literacy (Completed)
miHoYo (Launched)
Himalaya (Completed)
Dragonfly FM (completed beta)
Dingdong Grocery Shopping (Activated)
CamScanner (Activated)
360 Browser (Completed)
360 Weather Master (Completed)
Sohu Group (Launched)
Aviation Travel (Core Version Development Completed)
China Mobile App (Launched)