Huawei is approaching the launch of its own operating system

Huawei platform apparently titled Oak OS and coming August or September

Huawei may launch its own operating system in August or September this year, according to English-language Chinese newspaper Global Times (via IndiaShopps). The news arrived in a tweet earlier today following speculation regarding Huawei’s Android alternative in the wake of recent U.S. sanctions.

Global Times said this operating system would be called “HongMeng OS” in China, but would go under the name “Oak OS” in other markets, according to its sources. Huawei is also said to be “intensively testing” the system.

We have known for a while Huawei is developing its own mobile operating system. This is said to have been created as a failsafe should Huawei ever lose access to Android; it would potentially be installed on upcoming phones in place of Google’s operating system.

What’s behind the moves?
The U.S. government recently restricted the use of Huawei equipment in the nation and added the company to its Entity List. This will severely impact Huawei’s U.S. trade deals and its status with Google, which revoked Huawei’s Android license shortly after the move.

Huawei was later granted a temporary license to continue its business as usual, including Android access. However, this is set to run out by the end of August, at which point Huawei will have to access Android through the Android Open Source Project (losing access to official security updates and the Google Play Store in the process) or roll out its own system to use on its smartphones instead.

Earlier today, Financial Times reported that Google had warned the U.S. government of potential security risks regarding the blacklisting of Huawei. Apparently, Google is worried that Huawei will roll out an Android-based system (via the Android Open Source Project) that would be less secure than the regular Android software Google supports through the Android license.

According to one of the Financial Times sources, the hybrid system Huawei may release “is likely to have more bugs in it than the Google one, and so could put Huawei phones more at risk of being hacked, not least by China.”

source: androidauthority.com

كشف مسؤول تنفيذي في شركة هواوي تكنولوجيز الصينية إن عملاق الاتصالات الصيني بصدد عملية إطلاق نظام التشغيل الخاص به “هونغ منغ” ليحل محل نظام التشغيل الأمريكي “أندرويد”.

وقال أندرو وليامسون نائب رئيس هواوي للشؤون العامة والاتصالات في مقابلة إن هواوي سوف تحاول “على الأرجح” إطلاق العلامة التجارية لنظام هونغ منغ.

وتظهر بيانات المنظمة العالمية للملكية الفكرية (ويبو) أن هواوي قدمت بالفعل طلبا لتسجيل العلامة التجارية لنظامها التشغيلي ”هونغ منغ“ في عدد من الدول.