Commentary: Huawei's new OS looks promising but is no magic solution

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CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom: Huawei’s meteoric rise in the telecoms business was brought to a dramatic halt in April when the US government put a ...

, to the world just two weeks ago. Similar to Android, Huawei’s new operating system can easily work across multiple device types, from TVs to smartphones.The technology behind the OS certainly looks promising. The launch presentation included some staggering benchmarks of improved performance and security, even when compared to what we know about Google’s latest in-development Android operating system, Fuchsia OS.

He is right, of course. Here are four reasons why Huawei’s latest OS is not a magic solution to the company’s problems. With over 2 million apps on Google’s Play Store, it would require a lot of patience and deep pockets to convince app developers to port their apps from Android to Harmony and keep them updated.Even with the right financial incentives for developers, just porting apps across is not a surefire recipe to get customers to adopt a new OS. A good example here comes from RIM, the company behind the ill-fated Blackberry phone.

With increased trade tensions between the US and China, the chances of leeway for these companies to obtain such a license any time soon seem low.

 

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