Huawei does not develop its own OS

Chinese Huawei, which remains on the US blacklist due to accusations of threatening national security, is not developing its own mobile operating system to replace Android, or is doing so under an as yet unknown name. This follows from a statement by Huawei board member Catherine Chen.

• Hongmeng OS was considered an alternative to Android after American Google's steps to ban updates and installation of its OS on Huawei smartphones. However, Chen said that this system is intended for smart devices and industrial applications.
• Hongmeng has only hundreds of thousands of lines of code versus tens of millions typical for an OS, and it is designed for performance rather than user interface, Chen noted.
• If Google were to cut off Huawei's access to Android, it would be catastrophic for the company . As a backup option, she even considered switching to the Russian Aurora OS .
• At the end of June, after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20, the US eased sanctions against Huawei, making it easier for it to work with American companies. In early July, Reuters wrote that Huawei was awaiting permission from American regulators to use Android on new smartphones.