Huawei Technologies plans to roll out its HarmonyOS operating system to all products, China Daily reported on Thursday.
Over 100,000 software developers have joined efforts in building HarmonyOS development projects, with hardware partners rising from five to 10, Yang Haisong, vice-president of software at the company's consumer business group said in the report.
Developers have been encouraged to build apps for smartphones using HarmonyOS to facilitate the rollout of the software next year, the report added.
Huawei plans to install the software on over 100m devices from roughly 40 major brands, she added.
A timeline from Huawei Central revealed that the Chinese tech giant plans to build a tablet and smartwatch with the Huawei P50 series running on HarmonyOS in 2021.
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But both Huawei and Beijing pledged to build tech self-sufficiency to counter the measures, with the former investing massive amounts into research and development and the latter funding tech initiatives via a $1.4tn plan unveiled in October.
"The US government's bans leave Huawei no choice but to accelerate research and development to build an open tech ecosystem of its own, from hardware to software for smartphones. It is a tough journey but Huawei must go through it to survive and thrive," Charlie Dai, principal analyst for research firm Forrester said as quoted by China Daily.
The world's largest IT equipment provider plans to launch HarmonyOS in five stages, namely with devices using the firm's Kirin 9000 system-on-a-chip (SoC) and Kirin 990 5G processors, reports revealed in October.
Huawei also announced a 'Go Global Ecological Alliance' in September aimed at boosting the HarmonyOS ecosystem, with 12 Chinese tech firms joining the alliance, it was announced at the Huawei Developers Conference 2020 at the time.
