Huawei launches its own mobile operating system on handsets

The launch of the operating system comes as Huawei is still cut off from United States technologies including Google’s services.

Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the United States put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist. The Shenzhen, China-based company announced that about 100 Huawei smartphone models will use its proprietary HarmonyOS system, and that the operating system will also be available on certain tablets and smart screens in the fourth quarter of the year. The launch of the operating system comes as the company is still cut off from US technologies including Google’s services and some computer chips to power its devices after the US put it on an “entity list”, saying Huawei might aid China’s espionage efforts, an accusation the company vehemently denies.