Remember HongMeng, the backup OS that we told you that Huawei could be employing following the Android blacklist? Well, recent reports reveal that it could be on its way sooner than we all hoped for – with a possibility of running Android apps even faster.
It is said that the software is likely to come in the form of a unified OS that will cut across for all Huawei products including phones, computers, tablets, television sets, cars, and wearables. The OS is likely to work with Android apps and web apps as well, with an anticipated performance that is 60% faster. The interesting bit is that a potential roll-out could happen as soon as September.
Lucky for Huawei smartphone holders in China, the natives there are quite conversant with handling Android phones that don’t come with Google’s Play Store including Google’s own apps. This is because Google products are banned in China and there are alternative third-party apps available for use from the domestic competition.
For the rest of the users across the world, their use of future Huawei smartphones – which won’t have access to the apps they want – is likely to be strained.
Despite a number of companies building their own smartphone software, like Microsoft with its Windows Mobile OS, Samsung Electronics with its Tizen system and Nokia’s Symbian platform; Android and iOS have remained dominant over the years.
If HongMeng OS is to become a reality, there is a likelihood that Huawei could adopt the Android’s open-source version with its own EMUI interface running on top for its future smartphones.
