At the Huawei Pollen Annual Conference, Wang Chenglu, President of Huawei’s Consumer Business Software Department, introduced the progress of HarmonyOS. He also demonstrated four features of the HarmonyOS at the conference. Wang Chenglu said that one of the most important innovations of HarmonyOS is its wireless connectivity. He also claims that HarmonyOS will cover 300-400 million devices this year. At the conference, two engineering devices with the HarmonyOS were used for demonstration to interact with ovens and smart TVs.
The first function demonstrated is the smart oven connection. The mobile phone only needs to touch the NFC tag to pop up the oven control interface. The mobile phone automatically displays all the control buttons of the oven and supports displaying online recipes.
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HarmonyOS is currently in beta and the P50 range are expected to be the first Huawei devices to be installed with the new Android rival.
Due to US sanctions, the Google Play Store won t be installed on HarmonyOS - with Huawei fans having to turn to the AppGallery instead, which has many apps that are popular in the West missing.
But that hasn t stopped Huawei from setting lofty goals for their new mobile OS.
Recently Huawei s software chief Wang Chenglu gave an update on the rollout of HarmonyOS.
And Wang said HarmonyOS could end up being installed on 400million products in its first year.
Nova Watch: new smartwatch from Huawei coming soon
On January 11, 2021, Huawei applied to register a new Nova Watch trademark in China. It’s worth noting that Huawei’s Nova product line includes a series of low-cost flagships specifically designed for youth.
Since 2016, Huawei has been releasing smartphones of the Nova series. The company recently launched the new Nova 8 series, consisting of two models, the Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro, which have received a number of new hardware and software solutions.
So far, there are no details about the Huawei Nova Watch smartwatch, but the source believes that it will be presented soon. In addition, Huawei is expected to introduce more smart products in the Nova lineup this year and beyond.