Huawei Says It’s Not Actually Working on an Android Replacement

Earlier this yr when the primary studies of a attainable Huawei ban within the United States made the rounds, officers of the Chinese tech big mentioned the corporate was absolutely ready for such a situation, claiming an Android substitute was already within the works.

Back in May, Huawei ended up being added to the blacklist, which basically blocked it from doing any enterprise with American corporations and utilizing their merchandise, and these embody the Android working system.

At that point, it was speculated that Huawei accelerated the work on its personal Android various, which was also known as HongMeng, with a launch goal for Chinese gadgets set for this fall. This would have helped Huawei cut back the impression of the US ban on its product portfolio, as an working system to energy its new gadgets was nonetheless accessible.

But because it seems, Huawei wasn’t truly creating an Android substitute, and HongMeng, the platform that sometimes made the rounds as a rival to Google’s cellular OS, was in truth an IoT platform.

Just an IoT platform

Huawei chairman Liang Hua mentioned at a press convention final week that the corporate is but to decide on whether or not an Android various must be developed or not, suggesting that HongMeng, regardless of being an IoT undertaking, can simply be promoted to a fully-featured cellular OS.

“The Hongmeng OS is primarily developed for IoT devices that will reduce latency… In terms of smartphones, we are still using the Android operating system and ecosystem as a ‘first choice.’ We haven’t decided yet if the Hongmeng OS can be developed as a smartphone operating system in the future,” he mentioned as per the cited supply.

The United States will start granting non permanent licenses for promoting merchandise to Huawei in a few weeks, in response to an official near the matter, so it stays to be seen if the Chinese tech big desires to proceed the push for an Android substitute or not.