HUAWEI is asking for cooperation among application developers to develop native apps for Huawei’s HarmonyOS operating system. “We encourage developers and application business owners in China to join the ecosystem. Native Dedicated HarmonyOS operating system apps
Eric Xu, Huawei Rotating Chairman of the Board, said that application development in the HarmonyOS ecosystem has made great progress, with the goal of 5,000 apps developed specifically for the operating system. (Native App) Currently, there are more than 4,000 developers involved in creating apps.
“In the past, we adapted HarmonyOS for all types of smart devices. by various applications Still using the Android ecosystem in China, Huawei smartphone users spend 99% of their time using approximately 5,000 apps. Therefore, in 2024 We decided to develop these apps to support HarmonyOS as a starting point for true integration between the operating system and application ecosystem.”
In 2024, Huawei aims to achieve its goal of building an ecosystem for HarmonyOS native apps. Promoting the HarmonyOS ecosystem is a monumental task. When including apps developed for HarmonyOS and other apps that have been developed to support working on HarmonyOS, HarmonyOS will be the third-largest operating system in the world, in addition to Apple iOS and Google Android.
HarmonyOS is Huawei’s next generation operating system that runs on a variety of smart devices, such as smartphones, wearable devices. tablets and smart TVs. In 2023, there were more than 800 million smart devices running on HarmonyOS. Data from Counterpoint Research revealed that the global market share was 4% and the market share was more than 16% domestically. China
Mr. Eric Xu continued that developing HarmonyOS was a very challenging mission. Because previously HarmonyOS development was not part of our core strategy. But since we have decided to implement this strategy We will strive to create the best results.
Huawei has invested heavily in cultivating experts to meet the development needs of the HarmonyOS ecosystem, with more than 380,000 developers certified to work on HarmonyOS. In addition, Huawei is actively promoting cooperation projects between higher education institutions and industry to join in developing HarmonyOS, more than 150 projects
