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Huawei's HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta Released

posted by martyb on Sunday September 13 2020, @11:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the write-apps-for-harmon[e]y dept.

takyon writes:

HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta Released, HarmonyOS Devices Coming in 2021

Due to geopolitical tensions, Huawei cannot rely on Google Android operating system over the long term, and in May 2019 we reported HongMeng OS may become Huawei's OS alternative to Android. HongMeng (鸿蒙) OS will finally be called HarmonyOS outside of China, and we recently reported Huawei was trying to attract more developers with monetary incentives to brings more apps to HMS (Huawei Mobile Services).

We now have a more clear timeline with the company's recent release of HarmonyOS 2.0 beta that's currently available for smart home applications, smartwatches, and head-on-displays, and will become available for smartphones in December 2020.

Previously: Huawei Announces HarmonyOS, a Smartphone OS and Android Alternative

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @04:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @04:27PM (#1050826)

    I agree, anyone that cares about privacy is better off with an Apple product. But that cuts out huge portions of the population. The privacy-respecting smartphone answer for someone making $11 per hour shouldn't be, "You are fucked, sorry."

    In 1985 people and companies would have paid millions for hardware we routinely throw out today. Yet there are no good options, at least that I've seen, for cheap, reliable, privacy-respecting smart phones.

  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Monday September 14 2020, @05:36PM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Monday September 14 2020, @05:36PM (#1050862) Journal
    The iPhones SE is $600 Canadian. Given that it will last 6 years, that's less than $2 a week.
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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @09:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 14 2020, @09:17PM (#1050979)

      Again, I agree that makes it the best option consumers have. But it's still absurd that $25 hardware should be fine, if the software was right.