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Re:Huawei's homegrown operating system may soon overtake App... by johng on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:40PM (#38875082)
I mean, isn't it just Android?
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Re:Huawei's homegrown operating system may soon overtake App... by apollo1213 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:54PM (#38875165)
no. apps on android are not compatible. they have to rewritten in order to run on new os.
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Re:Huawei's homegrown operating system may soon overtake App... by ClassyJacket on Thursday January 04, 2024 @10:14PM (#38875292)
I thought the same and looked it up - nope, apparently not Android based
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Re:Huawei's homegrown operating system may soon overtake App... by yorwba on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:04AM (#38877123)
The HarmonyOS on current Huawei devices is still Android-based. They've announced a new system "HarmonyOS Next" that'll supposedly drop Android compatibility for real this time https://www.pocket-lint.com/huawei-harmonyos-next-coming-soo...
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