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HarmonyOS

HarmonyOS (HMOS) (Chinese: 鸿蒙操作系统; pinyin: Hóngméng Cāozuò Xìtǒng; trans. "Vast Mist") is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microkernel design with a single framework: the operating system selects suitable kernels from the abstraction…

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Available in
14 languages
Default user interface
Harmony Design (Design System) (multi-touch, GUI)
Developer
Huawei
Initial release
August 9, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-08-09)
Kernel type
Microkernel (HongMeng Kernel)
Latest preview
7.0.0 (Developer Beta) / June 12, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-12)

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HarmonyOS

Nodes190
Edges189
Triples369
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010526
Components1

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related to Framework transitions · 21
HarmonyOS → AAB, Android, Android APK, AOSP, App Bundles, Ark Compiler, Early, For, Huawei EMUI-based, Huawei's GT, It, KAL, L0-L2, Linux, LiteOS, LiteOS SDK, OpenAtom Foundation, OpenHarmony's L3-L5, This, TV
related to App development · 20
HarmonyOS → APP, App Pack, AppGallery, DevEco Device Tool, DevEco Studio, Each App Pack, HAP, HarmonyOS Ability Packages, Huawei, Huawei's SmartAssist, IDE, IDEs, IntelliJ IDEA, JSON, Linux, September, The, The IDE, Visual Studio Code, Windows
related to Early development · 20
HarmonyOS → Android, But, China, Commerce, Entity List, Huawei, In June, IoT, Iran, July, May, OS, Prior, Reports, Reuters, Sino-American, These, This, United States Department, Yu Chengdong
related to Android fork · 19
HarmonyOS → Android, Android Studio, Ars Technica, At, DevEco Studio, EMUI, Following, Huawei, IntelliJ IDEA IDE, Internet, It, JetBrains, Linux, OpenHarmony, OS, POSIX-like APIs, RAM, When, XDA Developers
related to File system · 18
HarmonyOS → Also, Android, Enhanced Read-Only File System, EROFS, Files, Harmony Distributed File System, HarmonyOS PC, HMDFS, Huawei, It, LAN, Linux-standard EXT4, NAS, Network Neighbor, PC, The, This, Windows
related to MineHarmony OS · 14
HarmonyOS → AI, B2B, B2C, Chinese, Huawei, Huawei's, Kuànghóng, MineHarmony, MineHarmony OS, On, OpenHarmony, President, September, Wang Chenglu
related to Release · 14
HarmonyOS → August, December, DevEco Studio IDE, Dongguan, Entity List, Huawei, Huawei Developer Conference, IntelliJ IDEA, IoT, On, OS, September, The, TVs
related to Trademarks · 12
HarmonyOS → Article, Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Chinese, Chinese Patent Office CNIPA, CNIPA, CRM Hongmeng, Hongmeng, Huawei, In, In May, May, PRC Trade Mark Law
related to HarmonyOS NEXT · 11
HarmonyOS → Android, APP, Ark Compiler, Built, HarmonyOS NEXT, HDC, Huawei, Huawei Developers Conference, Linux, On August, OpenHarmony
related to Historic data · 11
HarmonyOS → Android, CEO, China, Harmony OS, Huawei Consumer Business Group, June, Market, On December, Strategy Analytics, This, Yu Chengdong

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huawei system devices android apps operating app native openharmony kernel launched next also arkui 2024 version first announced smart chinese

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HarmonyOSAvailable in14 languages1.00infobox
HarmonyOSDefault user interfaceHarmony Design (Design System) (multi-touch, GUI)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSDeveloperHuawei1.00infobox
HarmonyOSInitial releaseAugust 9, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-08-09)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSKernel typeMicrokernel (HongMeng Kernel)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSLatest preview7.0.0 (Developer Beta) / June 12, 2026; 2 months ago (2026-06-12)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSLatest release6.0.0 / November 25, 2025; 8 months ago (2025-11-25)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSLicenseCommercial software, Proprietary software except for open-source components1.00infobox
HarmonyOSMarketing targetEmbedded systems, smartphones, tablet computers, Laptops, wearable devices, Personal computers, Cars, Audio equipments, smart TVs1.00infobox
HarmonyOSOfficial websitedeveloper.huawei.com/consumer/en/harmonyos/develop/1.00infobox
HarmonyOSOS familyOpenHarmony1.00infobox
HarmonyOSPackage manager.app1.00infobox
HarmonyOSPreceded byLiteOS, EMUI, Android and Microsoft Windows1.00infobox
HarmonyOSSource modelClosed, with open source components1.00infobox
HarmonyOSSupported platforms64-bit ARM1.00infobox
HarmonyOSUpdate methodOver-the-air1.00infobox
HarmonyOSUserlandSystem Service Layer (OSKA custom DHardwareUI)1.00infobox
HarmonyOSWorking stateCurrent1.00infobox
HarmonyOSWritten inC, C++, JavaScript (Lite), ArkTS, Cangjie, Rust and others1.00infobox

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