17 Facts About HarmonyOS

HarmonyOS focused primarily on IoT devices, including smart TVs, wearable devices, and in-car entertainment systems, and did not explicitly position HarmonyOS as a mobile OS.

On July 27, 2022, Huawei launched HarmonyOS 3 providing an improved experience across multiple devices such as smartphones, tablets, printers, cars and TVs It launched Petal Chuxing, a ride-hailing app running on the new version of the operating system.

For general differentiation, some HarmonyOS apps are marked with an "HMOS" subscript on the app icon, and an underline beneath the app icon to signify the features of service cards available in HarmonyOS.

However, the distributed communication technology provided in HarmonyOS system is made available specifically for native HarmonyOS apps, not Android apps, based on the design of the operating system.

HarmonyOS integrates various smart devices into a Super Device, which is a software system to link the compatible products for wireless connection and back-and-forth interaction.

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HarmonyOS 3 provides more size options for smart folders, adding different sizes such as 1*2, 2*4, 2*1, etc.

HarmonyOS 3 allows users to adjust the shape, color, stickers, text and other elements of commonly used cards.

HarmonyOS platform was not designed for a single device at the beginning but developed as a distributed operating system for various devices with memory sizes ranging from 128KB to over 4GB.

Primary IDE known as DevEco Studio for developing HarmonyOS apps was released by Huawei on September 9, 2020, based on IntelliJ IDEA and Huawei's SmartAssist.

Applications for HarmonyOS are mostly built using components of ArkUI, a Declarative User Interface framework.

On May 18, 2021, Huawei revealed a plan to upgrade its HarmonyOS Connect brand with a standard badge during a summit in Shanghai to help industrial partners in producing, selling and operating products with third-party OEMs.

HarmonyOS Connect sets the platform apart from traditional mobile and computing platforms and the company's previous ecosystem attempts with its Android based EMUI and LiteOS connectivity in the past.

In terms of architecture, HarmonyOS has close relationship with OpenEuler, a community edition of EulerOS developed by Huawei, as they have inherited the sharing of kernel technology.

Speculations of Huawei's developer tools by Ars Technica, HarmonyOS running on smartphones was rumored as a "rebranded version of Android and EMUI" with nearly "identical code bases".

When testing the new MatePad Pro in June 2021, Android Authority and The Verge similarly observed similarities in "behavior", including that it was possible to install apps from Android APK files on the HarmonyOS-based tablet, and that it included the Android 10 easter egg app reaffirming earlier rumor mills.

On December 23, 2021, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group claimed that HarmonyOS had reached 300 million devices, including 200 million devices in the ecosystem and 100 million third-party consumer products from industry partners.

HarmonyOS was reported to be the fastest growing smartphone operating system in China, which remains the world's largest smartphone market.