Earlier this year, when the first reports of bans on Huawei began, we "heard" that the Chinese company was developing its own operating system like an Android replacement.
In May, Huawei added to a blacklist, which effectively prevents the company from having any dealings with Americans Companies and to use them producttheirs. These include the Android operating system.
At the time, it was thought that Huawei was accelerating work on developing its own operating system as an alternative to Android. The liturgical was even referred to as HongMeng, and the goal was to be released initially in China by the fall.
This would help Huawei reduce the impact of the US ban, as it would have an operating system for its new devices.
But as it turns out, Huawei is not developing an operating system replacement for Android, and that the operating system HongMeng, is actually an IoT platform.
Huawei President Liang Hua, said at a press conference last week that the company has not yet decided whether to develop an alternative to Android, suggesting that HongMeng, despite being an IoT project, could easily be developed as a complete mobile operating system.
Hongmeng OS is mainly developed for IoT devices and will reduce delays. As for smartphones, we will continue to use the Android operating system and the ecosystem in general as a first choice. We have not yet decided whether OS Hongmeng will be developed as a smartphone operating system in the future.
The United States, however, will begin to grant temporary licenses to sell products to Huawei in a few weeks, so it remains to be seen whether the Chinese company will try to create its own operating system, as a replacement for Android or not.
