China has a possibility to unseat Android forever. One called Harmonyos

Android supremacy on mobile devices is indisputable. So much that more than 70% of the world’s population uses a device with this operating system. The rest is configured by iOS and, in a tiny part, the rest of the operating systems. But there is a small fish starting to look at the surface: Huawei with Harmonyos.

In Europe it is a minority operating system with hardly any presence, but Huawei’s commercial success in his native country He is achieving the unthinkable a few years ago: Harmonyos has surpassed iOS in China. After achieving this goal, the approach is clear: could Harmonyos be China’s weapon to completely displace Android?

A little context. In case you don’t know the situation of Harmonyos, the quick summary is simple. In 2019 Donald Trump signed an executive order To veto any company that assumed “a threat to national security.” Huawei was one of them and, after the veto, Google was forced to suspend any type of relationship with the Chinese company.

This left Huawei without Google applications and with an Android version without updating, Which was a debacle for the company both in Europe and its native country. While in China Google’s lack of services is not relevant, Huawei stopped having access to American companies components, facing a scenario in which they had to start building from scratch to be competitive again.

Huawei’s response. From the first moment, Huawei was willing to face this situation. That same 2019 presented Harmonyosan operating system as an alternative not only to Android, but Windows, Wearos and even smart cars. If you do not let me use full android, develop a system for everything.

The proposal took to arrive, landing first on PC and later on mobile phones. It should also be noted that, from the beginning, Harmonyos was an operating system focused on China. It was still based on Android and existing platforms, although with several modifications. In fact, the company’s telephones in Spain still have EMUI (Android).

There is no operating system without application store, so Huawei developed its own ‘App Gallery’. Since its launch in 2018 (it was already the alternative store of Huawei before the veto) until today, it has become the third largest application repository, behind Play Store and App Store.

The state of Harmonyos. Currently, Harmonyos is beginning to reach its sweet point with Harmonyos Next. An operating system created from scratch, without any code of Android, and focused on all types of technological devices.

It is an ambitious objective that we have already begun to see fruits. He Avata 11Huawei electric car, use Harmonyos as an operating system. Mobile devicesthat sweep sales in China, too. Harmonyos is more than an operating system: it is a huge ecosystem that celebrates Huawei hardware, and has the potential to spread beyond the brand.

Chinese hope to flee from Android. The million -dollar question is if Harmonyos has the potential to replace Android in China, and the answer is a resounding yes, but with nuances. China is a unique market, where Google applications and services have hardly any presence. This gives the system a significant advantage, although difficult (not impossible) to replicate.

In fact, Huawei has already managed to migrate much of its user base to Harmonyos. According to company data, more than 300 million devices They are already using the operating system, which makes it one of the fastest growing operating systems in history. In addition, Huawei has been working in its own applications ecosystem, Huawei Mobile Services (HMS)which includes an alternative application store to Google Play, as well as maps, payments and cloud services.

One of the keys to popularizing the system would go through trade agreements. Many trade agreements. Huawei needs to attract developers to App Gallery, and get a real competitor of Play Store and App Store. In other words, that a single popular app in your store is not lacking.

After achieving that, it would be to enter conversations with large smartphones manufacturers. Given that in the Chinese house there are giants such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme or Lenovo, it is a plan that does not sound crazy.

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