Huawei remains on Android

Chinese Huawei, which remains blacklisted by the United States due to allegations of a national security threat, is not developing its 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 Katherine Chen.

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