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Huawei s HarmonyOS has been designed to work across smartphones, appliances and other hardware.PHOTO: AFP
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It was the Chinese technology giant s most ambitious mobile software push, one it hoped would help its handset business to survive.
A spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that users outside of China would also be able to download it. The company s new foldable Mate X2 device, launched on Monday, would be one of the first to get HarmonyOS with other handsets to follow.
In 2019, Huawei was put on a U.S. blacklist known as the Entity List which restricted American firms from exporting technology to the Chinese company. Google cut ties with Huawei as a result. That meant Huawei could not use licensed Google Android on its smartphones. That s not a big deal in China where Google apps such as Gmail are blocked. But in overseas markets, where Android is the most popular operating system, it was a big blow.
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