Huawei says its all-important Android replacement Harmony might not be ready for years

[Jopie Fourie]

A senior Huawei executive has admitted that Harmony, the company's proposed replacement for the Android operating system on its phones, could take years to build.

Joy Tan, vice president of public affairs at Huawei US, made the admission in an interview with the Financial Times.

Asked if Harmony could take years to develop, Tan said: "Yes. We have to find alternative solutions for that ecosystem, but it's going to take some time to build. There are so many Android users in Europe and south-east Asia, and they're so used to these Google applications on top of Android phones."

Tan's remarks contradict comments made by Richard Yu, Huawei's consumer boss. Yu said earlier this year that Harmony could be ready to ship in early 2020 - effectively in a few months' time.

Huawei says its all-important Android replacement Harmony might not be ready for years | Business Insider

Harmony is viewed by Huawei as a future replacement for Android. Huawei is struggling to replace Google apps on its phones in light of US sanctions.

www.businessinsider.co.za

 

[Jopie Fourie]

Get China to the table and stop their nonsense or die, as simple as that. No other options. No replacements for Android. That is that. Take it or leave the game. By the way, it is difficult to build such system if you do not have access to IP rights of those who successfully managed to do it.

 

[HBee]

you can use Huawei's management to get hot air balloons off the ground with the amount of hot air that they spew.

 

[RaptorSA]

haha so they were bluffing initially. I'm so surprised.
Yo China, here's a Trump-shaped dildo, have fun...

 

[Spliffcat]

Silly twats locked the boot loaders so no private development can take place. Take that you idiots.

 

[Johnatan56]

I don't think it's in direct contradiction, they just said they could launch the OS soon, not that the OS would actually be able to compete well with Android/have feature parity.