Huawei's idea of HongMeng OS is uncannily similar to Samsung's TIZEN OS
After it was served the blow by the Trump administration over trade regulations, Huawei had confirmed it will launch its own proprietary ecosystem, dubbed HongMeng, that will power future devices. Huawei is now reportedly going ahead to introduce its own mobile operating system HongMeng OS on a phone later this year. The Mate 30 series, which will succeed the existing Mate 20 line - will be the first to run HongMeng and cost around 2,000 yuan (approximately Rs 20,300), the report said.
According to a report by Global Times, citing a source familiar with the development, Huawei’s upcoming Mate series will introduce its mobile ecosystem. Given the price, the mid-range phones will come preloaded with HongMeng OS while its premium, flagship devices will continue shipping with Android, the licence ban for which was lifted after US government eased the trade regulations.
While there is no official word from Huawei on when it is planning to launch HongMeng OS, company executive Catherine Chen said earlier that the OS will be best-suited for devices beyond smartphones (such as IoT devices, smart TVs, and other network equipment) and that Huawei mobile phones would continue to be powered by Android. Chen said that HongMeng OS relies on simpler and less complex coding than Android, which makes it a little undeserving for flagship-level mobile phones. But, at the same time, would minimise Huawei’s dependence on Android for its low-tier phones, including those of its Honor brand.
It seems similar to Samsung’s TIZEN OS that, although does not support any phone from the brand, is the primary ecosystem for devices including its Galaxy Watch models.
It seems that Huawei simply stole the idea from Samsung, which thus develops the open mobile platform TIZEN based on Linux, although it froze the smartphone direction.
At one time, the Chinese defiantly did not support Samsung, abandoning the release of smartphones on TIZEN. Now they want to enter the market with their Linux-oriented platform, in fact, having copied the achievements of their main competitor (not for nothing that the Chinese were members of the TIZEN Association as observers).
Nikolai Iznov, a guest consultant for the Samsung Word blog, believes that if Samsung urgently does not return to the idea of launching TIZEN on its smartphones, it will lose the race to the Chinese. "The idea of creating a complete ecosystem on own software platform is vital for every self-respecting large company. If Samsung does not understand this, then I am truly sorry for them," said the expert.
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