Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei spoke about HongMeng, the alternative operating system for Android under development. Judged 60% faster than the Google OS, it lacks, however, a large component: an application store. So, in June, the Chinese company called on developers to publish their creations on its AppGallery platform.
In late June, Donald Trump spoke of a partial lifting of sanctions imposed on Huawei. However, no way out of the crisis has been communicated since his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Huawei minimizes its reliance on Google
Despite Donald Trump's appeasement, giant Huawei is still blacklisted by the US Department of Commerce. Thus, the Chinese company still can not use the Android operating system of Google for its terminals. However, recent statements by Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, suggest that the company appreciates its new independence.
Indeed, following the national urgency invoked by Donald Trump and the consequences that followed, Huawei has developed its own operating system for its future smartphones: HongMeng OS. In addition to meeting the constraints imposed by the United States, the goal of the latter was to minimize the dependence of Chinese society on Google and Android. A great success, since HongMeng OS would be 60% faster than Android.
Huawei may not return to Android
The operating system developed by Huawei is designed to work on many devices, including smartphones and cars. However, it lacks a serious alternative to the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. The Chinese giant is working to develop this alternative. Thus, in June, the company invited developers to publish their applications on AppGallery, the application platform of Huawei.
Since the development of HongMeng os is well advanced, Huawei could continue to use its operating system, even if the sanctions of the United States were lifted. In addition, although some smartphones from Chinese manufacturers are equipped with Qualcomm chips, most of its devices have Huawei Kirrin processors. Thus, the Chinese manufacturer could emerge from this event with more autonomy, and even stronger than before.
However, a spokesman for the company leaves room for doubt: " Today, we are still attached to Microsoft Windows and Google Android. But if we can not use them, we will prepare a plan B to use our own operating system ". Already, Plan B seems almost ready and effective enough.
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