The local government of Shenzhen has launched a program to significantly develop the applications ecosystem for Huawei’s HarmonyOS, ChinaScope reported, citing state-run news agency Xinhua. Can be made stronger and more competitive than contemporaries. Xinhua’s story may indicate that China has a broader plan for HarmonyOS. However, Nikkei believes that Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next may have different purposes.
Huawei’s HarmonyOS — which is largely based on an open-source version of Google’s Android — was a way for the company to avoid US restrictions in 2019 and continue to manufacture its popular high-end smartphones. Eventually, it was adopted for Huawei’s entire range of devices, including PCs, tablets, smartwatches, and even TVs. For now, HarmonyOS appears to be quite competitive in the smartphone market, although without apps like Gmail, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, it’s not exactly competitive in Europe or the US. The OS operating system may still be The most viable way to replace Android, iOS, macOS and Windows based hardware in China.
Shenzhen Action Plan for HarmonyOS
Perhaps this is why the Shenzhen government recently launched the ‘Shenzhen Action Plan to Support the Development of Local HarmonyOS Open Source Applications in 2024’. The plan sets several goals to promote software development for HarmonyOS in the city and province.
A major goal for local HarmonyOS applications in Shenzhen is to account for more than 10% of China’s total by 2024. The plan includes the establishment of at least two specialized industrial parks for the development of HarmonyOS software in a variety of applications. It has also set a target of qualifying HarmonyOS development talent for more than 1,000 software companies in Shenzhen. Additionally, it encourages eligible companies to expand their outsourcing services for HarmonyOS application development, aiming to reach a scale of 500,000 HarmonyOS developers, which is quite impressive if fruitful. The initiative also aims to fully adopt these applications in Shenzhen’s key industries.
Huawei’s plan for HarmonyOS
Since HarmonyOS is open source, it can be adopted by anyone and for anything, just like open source Android. It will certainly create a competitor to the closed-source Android and Apple’s proprietary iOS, according to Nikki’s story.
In fact, Huawei is working with app developers and training coders to create apps just for HarmonyOS, aiming to create around 3 million jobs in the process. However, for now, this work is mostly focused on smartphones and IoT rather than client PCs.
Huawei’s smartphones, particularly the Mate 60 series, have been selling well in China, helping set the stage for HarmonyOS. The company has gained a good chunk of market share in China, with 16% of smartphones sold there now running HarmonyOS, which is important as it helps convince developers to build apps for the OS. Is.
Huawei plans to include more than 5,000 apps in HarmonyOS to cover what most people in China do on their smartphones every day, likely from Apple (iOS) and Samsung (custom According to Android) enough to compete. For now, Huawei has some big names like Bilibili and Alipay to build apps for the new system. However, some big apps and smaller developers are still on the fence due to issues like sharing revenue with app stores. Then a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. This step has definitely been taken.