Huawei announces first devices running in-house HarmonyOS

Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, has announced the first range of devices that run on its in-house HarmonyOS operating system. This includes two new tablets and a smartwatch.

The company’s HarmonyOS is an operating system that’s supposed to replace Android on its devices, after the US trade ban on the company barred it from using the Google-run platform..

Google withdrew its Android license from Huawei after the trade ban, which means the Chinese giant is no longer able to install native Google apps on its devices out of the box. HarmonyOS comes with its own app store, called the App Gallery, which is meant to replace the Google Play Store.