According to the China Mobile media, HarmonyOS NEXT will not reach smartphones sold outside the Asian country and, therefore, these will continue to be compatible with Android applications.
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Recently, Richard Yu, CEO of HUAWEI, announced HarmonyOS NEXTa new version of its operating system that aims to create a broader ecosystem of native applications, but to achieve this dispenses with Android librariessomething that implies, among other things, that Android applications would no longer be compatible with this software.
Well, finally it seems that this problem will not affect the HUAWEI sold in Spain, since the Chinese company has just confirmed that the devices sold outside of China They will continue to be compatible with Android apps.
HarmonyOS NEXT will not reach mobile phones sold outside of China
As confirmed by the China Mobile media, HUAWEI has clarified that mobile phones sold outside of China will not be updated to HarmonyOS NEXTthe new version of the brand’s operating system, but will continue to use EMUI, a variant that is based on AOSP, the Android open source project, but that not compatible with Google services and applications.
This means that HUAWEI mobile phones and tablets sold in Spain will continue to support native Android applications and that you can continue installing apps on your HUAWEI device via APK.
Likewise, this same media also states that HUAWEI will continue to use the EMUI (Emotion UI) brand on smartphones and tablets sold outside of China until they are completely sure that Your customers are ready to assimilate the change to HarmonyOS.
Furthermore, HUAWEI officials assured China Mobile, both officially and unofficially, that Support for phones and tablets sold in global markets will continue to grow and that your company “will continue to increase its support for developers around the world” to ensure that Android apps from third-party stores continue to work correctly on your terminals without Google services.
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