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Huawei unveils its own PC operating system - HarmonyOS PC
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Ivan 09 May 2025

Huawei's emancipation from Western dependencies is progressing. The latest piece puts HarmonyOS on every device — meet HarmonyOS PC (or Hongmeng Computer for the Chinese market), Huawei's very own computer operating system.


The unveiling came during Huawei's HarmonyOS Computer Technology and Ecosystem Communication Event (yeah, that's a mouthful) at the hands of Zhu Dongdong - Huawei's President of tablets and PCs.


HarmonyOS PC is based around three core pillars - HarmonyOS Base, HarmonyOS Ecosystem, and HarmonyOS Experience.


The Base features the HarmonyOS kernel, the Ark Engine for graphics and UI performance, the StarShield architecture for security, and various other backend components.


HarmonyOS Ecosystem includes more than 150 exclusive apps and integration for more than 2000 universal ecosystem apps. There's an integrated WPS office and various apps to meet basic computing requirements.


HarmonyOS Experience brings support for more than 1000 external devices - 800 standard peripherals and 20 device categories like keyboards, mice, and monitors. There are also more than 200 secondary devices, like printers, scanners, and more.


As you can imagine, HarmonyOS PC has deep AI integration too! Huawei didn't share much about the UI, but looking at this video, which the company posted on its Weibo account, the OS has a dock of icons at the bottom center of the homescreen, not unlike Apple's macOS.
 
More technology in the world is great for competition and innovation. I just hope they don't use it as part of their social credit system used to track and control the behaviour of anyone who uses it.

Windows has become slower alienating those who don't use the latest high end gadgets, I've also noticed many people moving to or asking about Linux which was once mostly for computer experts, but has now become easier to use for everyday people while being free.

Microsoft must have done something wrong in the past few years
 
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