Huawei’s consumer chief says Harmony operating system will be rolled out on its smartphones in 2021

  • Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer business group, said at the tech giant’s developer conference that the company’s proprietary OS will be installed on all of its smartphones next year

Richard Yu Chengdong, chief executive of Huawei Technologies’ consumer business group. Photo: Bloomberg

Huawei Technologies, currently the world’s biggest smartphone maker, said it is preparing to switch from Google’s widely-used Android operating system to its own Harmony OS, in a pivotal move as it seeks to keep its smartphones competitive as a result of US sanctions that have blocked its access to US-origin technology.

Richard Yu Chengdong, head of the Shenzhen-based company’s consumer business group, said at its developer conference on Thursday that Huawei’s proprietary Harmony OS would be installed on all of its smartphones next year.
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