Huawei is ready to threaten Android and iOS

Huawei's history and relationship with the US government is long. I remember that the Chinese giant was banned from doing business with American companies. Including Google, in 2019, citing security concerns by US authorities. But five years later, Huawei's mobile devices are based on the company's HarmonyOS system, and the brand is witnessing a revival in the Chinese smartphone market, and thanks to Harmony OS, the company may return to the global market.

Harmony OS: Huawei is ready to threaten Android and iOS

The latest figures from research firm Counterpoint showed that while Apple's first-quarter sales fell from 19.7% in 2023 to just 15.7% this year, devices powered by Huawei's HarmonyOS are poised to overtake their US rival with a 15.5% market share.

Huawei is expected to surpass China's iOS market share this year and may even compete for the top spot on this list of best-selling smartphone brands, which Vivo currently holds at 17.7%. However, Huawei's ambitions go far beyond the national market, with HarmonyOS being the core element.

As you mentioned RecordHuawei has a plan that will eventually put HarmonyOS in a position to compete with iOS and Android. This is on a global stage citing recent statements by the company's president, Eric Shaw, who also stated:

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In the Chinese market, Huawei smartphone users spend 99% of their time in about 5,000 apps. Therefore, we decided to spend 2024 porting these apps to HarmonyOS. First in our efforts to unify the operating system and application ecosystem. We also encourage porting other apps to HarmonyOS.

Xu explained that Huawei is porting the first 4,000 applications while speaking with the developers of the remaining 1,000.

Once this important suite is filled out and supplemented by thousands of other apps, HarmonyOS will be ready to make its way outside of China.

While Xu claims that Huawei's “mega-project” has broad support in the industry, the reality is that creating a relevant mobile platform to compete with iOS and Android is a huge challenge, one that many others, including Microsoft, have not been able to manage. from reaching it.

Windows 10 Mobile suffered from an “app gap” and attracting developers and proving that Microsoft’s mobile platform was relevant was key. However, Microsoft never achieved this goal, and the rest is history.

HarmonyOS is sure to face similar challenges. Huawei is working with Chinese academia to attract young programmers and teach them how to work with the platform. However, the company will have to replicate it abroad. Until then, Huawei's plan is just a plan.