The Chinese Telecoms Giant Huawei, in a mound to American sanctions, launched its home operating system, Harmonyos on Wednesday, in an attempt to ensure its survival in the world of smartphones after being deprived of Android license, owned by Google.

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The development of Harmonyos was closely followed by the tech world since the Trump administration launched in 2018 a very aggressive campaign to short-circuit the ambitions of Huawei, suspected by the United States of espionage.Huawei was placed in 2019 on black list by Washington, which prevents him from accessing American technologies, including the Android operating system, used by almost all the manufacturers of Smartphones outside Apple (with its iOS).

So far no company has managed to tackle the duopoly of mobile operating systems: Blackberry, Windows Phone from Microsoft and Amazon's Fire device have all abandoned.Experts who have analyzed Harmonyos claim that it is based on elements of the Android Open Source Project, the source code that makes up Android and Huawei and other companies remain free to use.

Go ahead

Its main developer, Wang Chenglu, explained to journalists that the OS would allow Huawei to take a step ahead in terms of the Internet of Things, a sector in full development with the arrival of smart vehicles and connections5g super fast.Harmonyos will interact with connected objects, "a need to which Android and iOS did not respond," said Wang Chenglu.“With Harmonyos, we were not going to just produce another Android or iOS, this would have no value for the consumer.Our special features are those who are missing in Android and iOS, "he said.Users can, for example, access files and other content on computers, televisions or tablets, he explained.

The world's leading supplier of telecommunications base stations and other network equipment, Huawei had launched in 2003 mobile phones, using Android.He had become one of the three main smartphones manufacturers in the world, with Korean Samsung and the American Apple, even occupying the number one place, stimulated by Chinese demand and sales in emerging markets.

Application challenge

But the American sanctions, which notably cut the company of the global supply chains into components, plunged its mobile telephony segment in uncertainty.According to analysts, the biggest challenge that awaits Huawei: convincing enough developers to design "apps" operating with Harmonyos, so that consumers continue to buy their phones.

According to Wang Chenglu, Harmonyos will also be able to accept a wide range of applications, even if they have not been specially developed for him.Being deprived of Android, Huawei cannot in any case no longer offer users very popular applications, such as the Google research browser or its Google Maps mapping function.Huawei's access to the fleas necessary for the manufacture of a smartphone has also been limited.

According to analysts, Huawei should easily be able to solve the problem of applications in China: he has his own "apps" menu designed for his compatriots.But in the rest of the world, the perspectives are much darker."In terms of content, when you talk about the international market, you cannot live without Google, Amazon or Youtube.This will be a challenge, ”says Elinor Leung, head of internet research and telecommunications in Asia at Clsa.For her, however, Huawei's choice to create links with connected objects is the "way of the future: all smart devices will be connected in the future".

Removing and new product lines

Huawei's problems led to an important reshuffle of the company, founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, former engineer of the people's liberation army who still holds the post of CEO.Since the American pressure has intensified, Huawei quickly turned to new lines of products considered less vulnerable and refocused on its domestic market.In an internal note last week, Ren Zhengfei called on his employees to an all -out transformation of his group and to accelerate autonomy in software.Thus, "the United States will have very little grip on our future development," he said.

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