This means no access to the Google Play Store and that the phone (at least in stock, unrooted form) won't be compatible with Android apps. Last year we reported that HarmonyOS had a paltry 15,000 ...

The US sanctions knocked the wind out of Huawei's smartphone business.Due to the ban, the Chinese company could not use US technology in its phones, which also cut off its access to Android. To ...

The Huawei Mate 70 family has landed, as Huawei announced four phones here. All of them run HarmonyOS NEXT Android-free operating system.

A Huawei employee displays the Mate70 phone on November 26, 2024, in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) · CFOTO via Getty Images Shenzhen-based Huawei is ...

Huawei flips the foldable game with Pura X — a wide-screen flip phone powered by HarmonyOS 5, packed with AI, pro cameras, and zero reliance on Android.

The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro Plus, and Mate 70 RS will also be offered with Huawei’s HarmonyOS 4.3, which first launched in August 2019 as an alternative to Google’s Android OS and is ...

Huawei has unveiled a new flagship phone boasting entirely homegrown software that aims to give users an alternative to Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS, in another effort by the Chinese tech ...

TAIPEI -- Huawei on Thursday notched a milestone in its effort to cut its reliance on Google's Android operating system, releasing the first smartphone in its flagship Pura series that runs solely ...

The handset, which starts at 7,499 Chinese yuan (about $1,037), stands out for other reasons. The Pura X is the first Huawei phone that doesn't have a lick of Android.