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[-] xep@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The current version of the OS has been built with open-source Android code to make Android apps compatible for the time being. It is designed to be used in all Huawei’s consumer products, including watches, televisions and vehicle systems, which makes it possible to integrate functions across devices. It is said to have 700m users and 2.2m developers.

The next version of Harmony is expected to drop all Android-linked code.

Harmony OS is an Android fork. Dropping all Android-linked code in an Android fork means removing almost all its code. I'm curious to know if Huawei have indeed developed their own OS, like Samsung's Bada, and if it really contains no trace of Android.

[-] cyd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I was curious about this too, but digging around on the internet doesn't seem to give a definitive answer to this question. The "breaking Android application compatibility" story is real, see this Technode article.

What I think seems to be happening is that Huawei is developing HarmonyOS the way GNU/Linux came out of Unix, replacing bits and pieces at a time. They started out using many prominent Android components which led to some commentators dismissing it as just an AOSP fork, but over time they're diverging into a genuine third mobile operating system, including their own ABI and development toolchain.

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