Huawei made a completely unexpected announcement about the replacement operating system for Android, which is now unofficially known as Hongmeng, but it is not known what name it will have if it is released publicly. The information was disclosed by Liang Hua, the president of the Huawei company's board of directors, saying that for now Hongmeng is not ready as an operating system for mobile phones.
Huawei thought of Hongmeng as an operating system for interconnected devices, cars, and more, and at the moment it is not ready to be released even in a version that works on phones. The revelation is a surprising one, and that's because many contradictory rumors told us that Huawei is ready to launch the Android replacement on phones if the US sanctions don't disappear until the fall of this year.
Huawei can't launch Android replacement for phones
Android remains the main choice of the Chinese company for the phones it develops, and this is because it is in a situation where no other alternative exists to be able to launch its products globally. The chairman of Huawei's board of directors said that Hongmeng could be turned into an operating system for mobile phones if the US does not waive sanctions, but that will be very difficult to achieve in the end.
Liang said Huawei's self-developed mobile operating system, Hongmeng OS, was meant for so-called Internet of Things applications and that Google's Android remained the preferred system to run on its smartphones. The name of Huawei's self-developed OS was previously mentioned by founder Ren. "We haven't decided whether to develop Hongmeng into a smartphone OS yet," Liang said. He added, however, this position may change if the US completely bars Huawei from access to Android.
If at this moment the company really cannot release its Android replacement on phones, then it is unlikely that it will be ready until the fall, when it should be implemented in Huawei Mate 30 Pro, at least in China. Some of the officials from Huawei have stated that the operating system could be launched worldwide at the beginning of next year, but based on the statements from now on, this seems quite improbable at the moment.
The good thing is that Donald Trump seems almost ready to allow the Chinese to license Android for their phones again, but that could take some time, and the company doesn't have much at its disposal.
