If you’ve been paying attention to Huawei’s moves over the past few years, you’ll know that the Chinese brand has been distancing itself from former partners. This wasn’t the company’s first choice but it eventually led to the creation of Harmony OS.
Huawei has revealed its ambitions for the operating system. In a bid for greater independence from… well, everyone, the company intends to expand the number of supported apps on Harmony OS.
Huawei gonna do it?
Presently there are some 15,000 apps available on Harmony OS. The company hopes to support several times that number before the end of 2025, according to a speech by Huawei chairman Xu Zhijun.
Xu, speaking at a conference over the weekend, said, “Based on our analysis, for the Harmony ecosystem to be mature in meeting consumer needs, 100,000 apps is the milestone, and that is the key objective over the next six to twelve months”.
That’s always been the challenge the company has faced. Having its access to American processors, components, and software restricted led to it creating EMUI, a Google-less mobile operating system that led directly to Harmony OS. But, Xu continued, “any operation system, no matter how advanced it is, it would be of no value if no one uses it”.
Huawei’s App Gallery isn’t as extensively populated as Google’s Play Store or Apple’s App Store but its new drive to provide more apps and services hopes to tackle that. Xu didn’t explain how the company intends to actually get this done but he did acknowledge just how hard it would be.
“Huawei will unwaveringly invest in developing the Harmony ecosystem, and strive to make the impossible possible.”