Huawei has filed a trademark in the EU for Harmony, which could end up being some software to help get the company off of its reliance on Google's Android OS. Ever since Huawei was tentatively given the green light to keep dealing with Google and other US suppliers they've been trying to figure out the details to finish out the year, but you know they're still lining up alternatives just in case this happens again in a couple of years.
The application for Harmony says it's software for both mobile operating systems and computer operating systems, which makes sense considering Huawei's limited presence in the PC space. They use Windows on their regular computers, but with Microsoft being a US company just like Google, another ban would put Huawei right back in a bad spot. Harmony would potentially bridge the gap between mobile and desktop software and would give Huawei a solution to replace both Android and Windows in one go.
It's not clear if this trademark would replace or complement their rumored Ark OS. It sounds a little more comprehensive, since Ark OS seems to be just focused on the mobile side of things, but we're going off of rumors, trademarks, and scraps of information without anything official from Huawei.
The only thing that's a 99% safe bet is that Huawei is certainly working on some software as a backup plan. It's not guaranteed that they'll ever actually have to use it, or how good or functional it'll be. There's still the challenge of Huawei trying to re-enter a market that's fully dominated by Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows for mobile and desktop, respectively, and there's a realistic chance they'd fail to keep the same traction that they've had with Android so far.
What are your thoughts? Would you still be willing to pick up a Huawei phone that didn't run Google's Android, or a laptop without Windows?
source: Tech Radar
