Huawei finally wants to 'take three parts of the world'

Author | Huang Yu
Editor | Zhou Zhiyu

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In the mobile operating system market dominated by Apple iOS and Google Android for a long time, how long does it take for a new operating system to break out? ? The answer given by Huawei is five years.

On June 21, Huawei ushered in its most exciting developer conference in the past five years. On the first day of the conference, HarmonyOS NEXT officially launched developer beta testing. This means that the commercialization of "pure-blood Hongmeng" has entered the sprint stage, with the goal of reaching ordinary consumers in the fourth quarter.

Today, Hongmeng has become a trend and is about to become an independent ecosystem that can compete with iOS and Android. Huawei has also ushered in its “Hongmeng Moment.”

However, Huawei’s ambitions don’t end there. The arrival of the AI ​​era has caused all walks of life to face reshaping, and traditional mobile operating systems are also facing the possibility of being eliminated. If Hongmeng is just a replacement for iOS and Android, it may be subverted at any time.

To this end, Hongmeng took out Harmony Intelligence (Hongmeng Native Intelligence), based on Pangu Model 5.0, truly integrating AI capabilities into the system and bringing some AIGC functions. This is somewhat comparable to Apple Intelligence, but it is not just on limited devices, but to achieve a consistent and efficient experience in all scenarios.

This is a breakthrough and subversion of past operating systems, and it is also Huawei’s answer to the AI ​​era. Hongmeng, which is already the second largest operating system in China, shoulders a more arduous mission. It must take the Hongmeng software and hardware ecosystem to fight a tough battle with traditional technology giants on the global stage.

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Five years ago, to say that there was an operating system that could challenge the status of iOS and Android would only be called a "dream".

Hongmeng OS, which was forced to "turn from backup to regular" at that time, also designed a dual framework that is compatible with Android applications. So much so that it has been questioned and considered to be a "shell" of Android.

Five years have passed, based on the self-developed Hongmeng kernel, the Hongmeng system has broken away from the limitations of mobile phone systems and has become a full-scenario intelligent terminal system for the AI ​​era.

Yu Chengdong, Huawei’s Managing Director and Chairman of Terminal BG, said that “pure-blood Hongmeng” achieves full-stack self-research from the inside out and is an independent and controllable operating system originating from China.

As a truly independent operating system, the system base of HarmonyOS NEXT is fully self-developed, removing the traditional Android AOSP code, bidding farewell to the Linux kernel, and only supports Harmony kernel and Harmony system applications, and can only use Hap format installation packages .

The number and richness of applications are important indicators to measure the completeness of the ecosystem, which determines whether a mobile operating system can ultimately survive in the long term. According to Wall Street Insights, Huawei has formed a dedicated team. Since the second half of last year, it has been working hard to discuss cooperation with application manufacturers to develop Hongmeng native applications.

Last year, Huawei launched a comprehensive counterattack. Taking advantage of the momentum of the return of 5G mobile phones, Hongmeng also officially announced in September last year that it would separate from Android. At the 2023 Huawei Developer Conference in August last year, Huawei not only released a new generation of Hongmeng system, HarmonyOS 4, but also launched the HarmonyOS NEXT developer preview version, which was also opened to developers at the beginning of this year.

With this series of foreshadowing, whether Hongmeng can truly succeed depends on this year’s ecological construction. Xu Zhijun, Huawei’s rotating chairman, once said bluntly that building the Hongmeng native application ecosystem is the most critical thing for Huawei in 2024, and ecological construction is very challenging.

In the past six months, Huawei has accelerated ecological construction. As of now, TOP5000 applications have joined the Hongmeng native ecosystem, and more than 1,500 applications have been launched.

The number of Hongmeng devices and the strong return of Huawei mobile phones are now a medal of Hongmeng’s development in the past five years, and are also a key factor in attracting more developers to join the Hongmeng ecosystem.

According to CounterPoint’s report, Huawei’s Hongmeng system’s global market share increased from 2% to 4% in the first quarter of this year, while its share in the Chinese market surged to 17%, crossing the 16% life-and-death line; during the same period, Apple iOS The share of China's smartphone operating system market fell by four percentage points to 16%, which also marked that Hongmeng's market share in the Chinese market has officially surpassed iOS.

Of course, due to development cost issues, more small developers may have a wait-and-see attitude towards developing Hongmeng native applications. In this regard, Huawei has demonstrated the advantages of the pure-blood Hongmeng system to the outside world, hoping to allow these developers to accelerate application development.

Gong Ti, President of Huawei Terminal BG Software Department, pointed out that the Hongmeng kernel surpasses the Linux kernel and is smoother, more secure, and has a performance improvement of 10.7%. In addition, the overall performance of HarmonyOS NEXT is 30% higher than that of HarmonyOS 4.

Gong Ti also emphasized that Hongmeng is by no means a replacement for Android or iOS. Developing Hongmeng native applications is not simply about rewriting the code, but redesigning the user experience so that even familiar functions can look brand new.

Sebagai contoh, beliau berkata Meituan dan Hongmeng mempunyai pertukaran yang mendalam dan mereka bentuk semula pengalaman berbasikal. Pada masa lalu, ia mengambil sekurang-kurangnya 5 langkah untuk membuka kunci telefon semasa menunggang basikal. Kini melalui keupayaan akses langsung Hongmeng untuk mengimbas kod QR, anda boleh membuka kunci kereta dengan satu klik dan mengubah lima langkah menjadi satu langkah Apabila memulangkan penyewaan, anda tidak perlu masuk dan membuka operasi APP kereta terus pada skrin kunci.

Mengikut jadual waktu Hongmeng, ia kini telah menyelesaikan fasa kedua matlamatnya meliputi 5,000 apl teratas seperti yang dijadualkan. Pada peringkat seterusnya, matlamat Hongmeng ialah 500,000 apl.

Memandangkan HarmonyOS NEXT melancarkan ujian beta pembangun, karnival milik ekosistem aplikasi Harmony asli akan datang.

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Kejayaan "Hongmeng berdarah tulen" tidak diragukan lagi merupakan kisah yang cukup bersemangat, tetapi dalam era Internet Segala-galanya dan AI, ia juga perlu menceritakan kisah yang berbeza daripada sistem pengendalian telefon pintar tradisional.

Gong Ti pernah menegaskan bahawa sistem pengendalian yang matang perlu mempunyai asas yang kukuh, ekosistem yang makmur dan pengalaman terbaik.

Oleh itu, pada persidangan pembangun ini, Huawei turut menekankan bahawa HarmonyOS NEXT adalah berdasarkan sistem pengendalian pintar senario penuh dan mempunyai tiga ciri utama: senario penuh, perisikan asli dan keselamatan asli.

Selain kemajuan Hongmeng berdarah tulen, perkara paling popular dalam persidangan ini ialah kecerdasan asli Hongmeng. Ini ialah helaian jawapan "terminal AI+" Huawei di bawah gelombang semasa model AI besar. Ia perlu mengambil jalan yang sama sekali berbeza daripada Android dan iOS.

Model besar AI akan memberi impak revolusioner pada terminal, dan tiada siapa yang berani untuk tidak menyertai pusingan pertandingan ini.

Huawei adalah perintis pada Ogos 2023, ia mengumumkan bahawa sistem HarmonyOS 4 akan disepadukan sepenuhnya dengan Pangu Model 3.0 yang dibangunkan sendiri, menjadi sistem pengendalian terminal mudah alih pertama di dunia dengan keupayaan model AI yang dibenamkan oleh Xiaoyi juga telah diberi kuasa.

Walaupun ia mempunyai kelebihan tertentu dalam model besar yang dibangunkan sendiri, kami harus mengakui bahawa Huawei tidak mempunyai banyak inovasi dalam terminal AI sebelum ini, dan kecerdasan asli Hongmeng adalah jawapan yang lebih lengkap.

Dalam HarmonyOS NEXT, Huawei menyepadukan lagi keupayaan AI ke dalam sistem untuk memperkasakan ekosistem. Xiaoyi telah dinaik taraf kepada ejen pintar Xiaoyi, yang boleh melakukan operasi yang lebih kompleks dan memperoleh persepsi pemandangan yang lebih baik, pengecaman niat dan keupayaan pemahaman pengguna dengan sokongan kerjasama model besar awan peranti dan rangka kerja niat, yang boleh membantu pengguna mendapatkan perkhidmatan diperibadikan yang diperlukan dengan lebih baik. .

Dari segi fungsi AIGC, HarmonyOS NEXT memfokuskan pada risikan imej, risikan panggilan, risikan dokumen, kerjasama merentas aplikasi, dsb. Ia pada asasnya sama seperti pengeluar lain yang telah melancarkan telefon mudah alih AI.

Apple Smart, yang lewat tidak lama dahulu, pada asasnya sama dengan Hongmeng Smart Ia juga menekankan penggunaan AI untuk membentuk semula interaksi manusia-komputer, dan pada masa yang sama meningkatkan keupayaan pembantu pintar.

Sudah semestinya kepentingan keselamatan asli adalah topik biasa untuk Huawei dalam semua senario. Pada sidang akhbar ini, Huawei juga sekali lagi mendakwa bahawa Hongmeng telah benar-benar merealisasikan sistem yang menyatukan semua ekologi peranti dan menghubungkan berbilang peranti dan berbilang senario Ia adalah sistem pengendalian pertama untuk Internet Segala-galanya untuk tablet, telefon mudah alih, kokpit, dan peranti IoT.

Visi imaginatif seperti itu boleh membuka pasaran peringkat trilion untuk Huawei.

Dengan ketibaan "Hongmeng berdarah tulen", bahagian pasaran terminal pintar Huawei akan terus meningkat dan terus merebut bahagian iOS dan Android. Tetapi dalam persaingan teknologi AI global ini, Huawei dan Hongmeng masih mempunyai perjalanan yang panjang untuk menjadi pemenang akhir.

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