Since the trade ban has been lifted, the Chinese company has taken a u-turn by confirming that Hongmeng OS isn’t designed to be an Operating system running on smartphones. Recently, Huawei’s senior vice president Cathrine Chen said that the Hongmeng OS isn’t intended to be a mobile operating system.

HongMeng OS Isn’t Designed to Replace Android, Huawei Confirms

If you have been staying updated with the latest tech news, then you might know that after the ban, Huawei said that it’s designing an operating system to run on smartphones. The report came shortly after getting banned by the US Government from doing business.

After the ban, the Chinese company said that its Android rival, of course, Hongmeng OS could be launched as early as fall this year. The Vice President of Huawei Technology Co Ltd’s public affairs and communication, Andrew Williamson said “Huawei is in the process of potentially launching a replacement”

The company’s CEO reportedly said that the HongMeng OS would be compatible with various devices like smartphones, laptops, tablets, smart cards. Not only that, but the CEO also said that the upcoming operating system would be 60 percent faster than Android.

HongMeng OS Isn’t Designed to Replace Android, Huawei Confirms
HongMeng OS Isn’t Designed to Replace Android, Huawei Confirms

Since the trade ban has been lifted, the Chinese company has taken a u-turn by confirming that Hongmeng OS isn’t designed to be an Operating system running on smartphones. Recently, Huawei’s senior vice president Cathrine Chen said that the Hongmeng OS isn’t intended to be a mobile operating system. In fact, Huawei’s in-house OS was never intended to replace Google’s Android in the first place.

She further said that the new operating system contains just a few lines of codes than a phone OS and has a much lower latency. Cathrine Chen further went on to explain that HongMeng OS is specially designed for industrial use only.

HongMeng OS Isn’t Designed to Replace Android, Huawei Confirms
HongMeng OS Isn’t Designed to Replace Android, Huawei Confirms

According to the reports from Reuters, lots of tech companies like Google and Microsoft have reportedly resumed business with Huawei. So, it looks like the Chinese company is in no mood to ditch Android for its own operating system.

The Android operating system on Huawei devices is working well for a long time now, and the company might have plans to continue with Android on the future also.

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