Thread by @neiltwitz

@Huawei at #HDC2019 announced its foray into its own OS platform built ground-up called Harmony OS (HongMeng in Chinese)

1/ Harmony OS is microkernel based and cross-device which makes it promising and similar to what Google is trying with Fuchsia OS.

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia 2/ The initial OS framework runs on Linus/Unix kernel underneath but will replace it with its own microkernel

Huawei has its own compiler - Huawei Ark supports C/C++/Java/JS/Kotlin and other languages making it scalable

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia 3/ Huawei has its own IDE for developers to develop once & deploy across different devices - IoT, smartphones, Tablets, PCs, HUDs, AR/VR in future.

The distributed bus architecture makes this possible and compatibility with different apps - HTML5, Android, Linux and so forth

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia 4/ Huawei's Harmony OS is ready for deployment, the first devices coming tomorrow from @Honorglobal

However, Huawei has no near-term interest to deploy it for smartphones unless Google Android is not available to them.

//Also, actually the dev ecosystem is not ready !! //

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia @Honorglobal 5/ Harmony OS will be a good strategy to be tested & deployed in masses across different product segments, brands in China & gain scale before opening it up off-shore.

The claimed +40% performance than G. Android needs to be tested though Harmony OS architecture looks robust.

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia @Honorglobal 6/ While the architecture looks robust - Huawei has two big challenges outside China to take on Google Android & iOS:

Firstly, to attract the global developers to optimize the apps for Harmony OS and integrate other monetization options via Harmony SDKs!

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia @Honorglobal 7/ Secondly, from smartphones perspective, it is not fully complete until Harmony OS is a good alternative from quality, diverse apps, AI, services and ad platform integration perspective to be on par with Google Android GMS.

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia @Honorglobal 8/ Building, maintaining app stores in each country along with localization options, developer support, GDPR guidelines, security scanning all will have huge overheads and is not trivial.

At some point, to maintain openness & scale, Huawei will have to spin off Harmony OS

@Huawei @james_a3 @CounterPointTR @Tarunpathak @mobilekang @MobilePeter @HuaweiMobile @HuaweiMobileUK @HuaweiIndia @HiHonorIndia @Honorglobal Compiled all my thoughts for a quick take on @Huawei Harmony OS - The Positives, The Opportunities and The Challenges

counterpointresearch.com/huaweis-harmon…

This comment in @CNBC @ArjunKharpal take on what @Huawei Harmony OS and wat it is up against if it wants to scale outside China and be on par with Google Android.

cnbc.com/2019/08/09/hua…