Huawei will release speakers, wearables and VR headsets with HarmonyOS next year

Huawei will not release any smartphones, tablets or computers with HarmonyOS for the time being. The company announced this during a sales event in China. Its own operating system will be used next year in speakers, wearables and VR headsets.

A Huawei spokesperson confirms to Reuters news agency that no phones and tablets with HarmonyOS will appear next year. Initially, Huawei will focus on wearables, speakers and VR glasses. The first of these products with HarmonyOS should be released next year. The company also comes with an Honor Vision television that uses HarmonyOS. This television should eventually also be released in Europe.

Huawei announced HarmonyOS in August. The operating system was seen as a possible alternative to Android because of the trade restrictions with Google and other US companies. It will be an open source operating system and unlike Android and many other operating systems, it will not be based on the Linux kernel. Instead, the OS uses its own microkernel.

During the announcement of Harmony OS, Huawei CEO Richard Yu stated that the operating system could possibly be used on smartphones, but Huawei says that the preference is for Android.