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has officially launched its standalone smartphone operating system, with the beta version now available to developers who want to go deeper into Huawei’s Mobile Services. Launched at the Huawei Developer Conference 2024 (HDC 2024), the Chinese telecommunications company announced a new smartphone operating system, , which is not based on an Android fork. The new operating system does not contain an , and it runs on its own HarmonyOS microkernel (not truly Linux, but it replaces the old OpenHarmony multi-kernel system). In English, this means that Huawei’s new phone OS is neither iOS nor Android — it’s entirely another operating system that supports Huawei Mobile Services, so . Huawei's Harmony OS Next is not compatible with Android APK files. Finally, a worthy contender to both Android and iOS. Source - Whylab (Weibo) Also, HarmonyOS Next is a multi-platform operating system, although its HDC 2024 showcase focused more on the phone aspect. , Huawei has self-developed HarmonyOS Next in the past five years, including its architecture and components (like its Pangu AI large language model, ArkUI programming framework, and multimedia and graphics engines called Ark). The company claimed that the operating system improves overall performance efficiency by 30% and provides 3x faster connectivity between Huawei devices. It also said that power consumption is reduced by 20%, and that it can use generative AI to generate images and “repair sound” for users with speech impairments. that it comes with an onboard security and privacy core called Star Shield for privacy and security protection. Star Shield offers system-level file encryption and heightened security for nine specific app permissions.  The beta version of HarmonyOS Next is currently available only in China. Source: ,