HarmonyOS
Here’s the meaning of HarmonyOS logo, boot animation, the big O and blue horizontal line
On June 2, Huawei unveiled its latest operating system – HarmonyOS for the consumers that will decide Huawei’s faith in the consumer business with a whole new software ecosystem and services.
According to the information, HarmonyOS has new features that enable cross-device experience as well as capabilities that allows user to control different devices using one super device, which hasn’t seen before.
For now, HM OS is rolling out for various Huawei flagship devices including Huawei Mate 40, Mate 30, P40, and MatePad Pro devices. The company is also expanding the HarmonyOS presence in other Huawei devices including Huawei P30, Mate 30, Huawei Nova 8, Nova 7, Nova 6, Nova 5, Huawei P30 as well as other smartphones.
To be mentioned, Huawei has aimed to install HarmonyOS in over 300 million devices and next year, the Chinese tech giant is looking to cover over 1 billion devices with the operating system.
Editor’s Pick – HarmonyOS Features:
Huawei also aimed big with this operating system and wants to expand its reach among every third-party smartphone maker. Therefore, Huawei donated all of the HarmonyOS source code to OpenAtom Foundation, so that every other company or organization can access and customize, according to their preference.
Huawei’s ambition with HarmonyOS is quite clear and the company’s aim to reach the new height doesn’t need an introduction either.
Aside from this, today, we brought you an interesting piece of news that will give you more insight and what HarmonyOS symbolizes as well as what’s meaning behind that new logo along with animation.
To understand the meaning of the HarmonyOS logo and animation, you must have to understand the word Hongmeng OS which is the Chinese name of the HarmonyOS
Meaning of Hongmeng:
The history of HarmonyOS starts with the Chinese word “Hongmeng”, which means the “primordial chaos or the world before creation” it also means, “beginning after chaos”. This is the name of the project when it was first mentioned in the development phase.
Meaning of the O and Underline Dash:
Regarding this, the HarmonyOS UX developer came forward and gave some useful clarification on the HarmonyOS name and its boot animation.
According to the designer, the Chinese character “Dan” first appeared in ancient oracle, and the original appearance of Dan is derived from the sunrise on the horizon. So, Huawei made the O of HarmonyOS to reflect the sunrise and the same behavior as the Dan, or should we say it, Dawn (in English).
Going back to the Chinese ancient mythology, the appearance of the HarmonyOS logo, tell the meaning of the first opening between heaven and earth, and the departure of darkness, with the arrival of light.
Horizontal Line:
The horizontal line below the ‘O’ painted dark blue because the blue horizontal line symbolizes the deep blue in the universe, and is also the spatial color of the entire HarmonyOS. Furthermore, HarmonyOS also carries the meaning of everything in the universe.
Although Huawei has decided to go with the HarmonyOS trademark (in English) but it incorporates the connotation of Chinese style, which is a perfect combination of Chinese and foreign ideologies.
This combination also symbolizes a community with a shared future for mankind, insisting on international cooperation and persisting in making outstanding contributions to human society.
TAILG has launched a brand new electric scooter, which is powered by the HarmonyOS operating system and an all-around stylish look to provide a better experience for consumers.
It has a custom-made avant-garde handlebar, as well as an exclusive smart touch screen, which can display various driving data of the vehicle in real-time. It also equips with a variety of smart unlocking features, including one-key ignition.
The latest TAILG brings HarmonyOS features such as APP control, NFC unlocking, mileage prediction, smart fortification, and vehicle inspection. The TAILG HarmonyOS electric scooter packs a 72V23AH graphene battery, a 1000W cloud-powered motor, and a GPS positioning system.
Looking at the price segment, the TAILG HarmonyOS scooter starts at 3899 yuan, and the high-end version is priced at 4588 yuan. This new electric scooter will be sold in offline stores across China.
Last year in August, TAILG and Huawei announced cooperation to upgrade electric vehicles, the two companies will establish a joint innovation laboratory to conduct research on IoT and other technologies. This will also allow both firms to achieve technological advantages.
Established in 2004, TAILG is an enterprise specializing in R&D, manufacturing, sale, and service of new energy electric vehicles, Its products cover electric bikes, electric scooters, electric special bikes, electric tricycles, and other vehicles. It has an annual production capacity of 12 million vehicles and more than 30,000 stores exclusively in China.
(via – Sina Tech)
Today, HarmonyOS 3.1 developer preview testing is opened for smartphone users, this recruitment will enable developers to participate in the open beta activity with developer-only features directly into a real device.
According to the information, HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta is currently being announced for the first phase of devices including Huawei P50 and P50 Pro. However, Huawei has confirmed to add more devices to the test pool later on. Also, a more friendly and subtle beta test is likely to begin in March.
To be mentioned, HarmonyOS 3.1 developer open beta recruitment is applicable until February 13, 2023. Afterward, Huawei will review the test applications. Selected testers will receive an email or SMS to download HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta OTA rollout.
Also, this beta activity is available only for the Chinese models and only real authenticated accounts will pass the developer beta signup.
HarmonyOS 3.1 comes constructively adds a new ArkTS language, and with the latest public test, you will experience the improvements and efficiency of the app powered by ArkTS language, STage model, ArkUI, and more.
Below you can check the HarmonyOS 3.1 developer preview features:
- The ability framework adds a stage development model, including stage model life cycle management, scheduling, callback, context acquisition, authentication, and more. At the same time, the operation and management capabilities of the application are enhanced.
- The ArkUI development framework enhances the declarative Canvas/XComponent component capabilities, enhances component layout capabilities and state management capabilities, and optimizes the usability of some components.
- Application package management adds an interface for querying properties related to applications, ability, and ExtensionAbility.
- The common basic class library supports Buffer binary reading and writing.
- Web services add support for document preview and basic editing functions of document-type web applications, as well as cookie management and storage management.
- Added support for YUV, webp image codec, and other capabilities for graphics and images. Added native vsync capabilities, and supports self-drawing engines to independently control the rendering rhythm.
- Added camera configuration and preview functions in Media Services.
- The window service adds window-related interfaces under the Stage model, which enhances the window rotation capability and enhances the avoidance area query capability.
- The globalization service has newly added support for internationalization enhancement capabilities such as time zone lists, transliteration, and phone number attribution.
- The basic capabilities of common events are enhanced, and the commonEvent module is changed to commonEventManager.
- The resource management service adds a synchronization interface for resource acquisition, a new interface for querying resource values based on names, a new interface for querying number and float resource types, and a new way for Stage model resource query.
- Input method service adds input method cursor direction constant.
Android 14 is the next software version for the Android ecosystem. On February 8, Google stepped ahead to begin the development of this major upgrade with the first developer beta.
Google has released the roadmap for the development, beta testing, platform stability, and the final release of Android 14, which reveals meet the launch of Huawei HarmonyOS 4 later in the second half of 2023.
The first developer preview is already out for the Pixel devices. However, Google could open early access to other smartphone makers such as OnePlus by April when the open beta campaign kicks off.
As mentioned by the Android company, Android 14 is projected to reach platform stability by the end of July. But there’s still a possibility of these milestone timelines to delay, similar to last year.
For your information, the Android 14 developer preview will be a very useful and early gift to the developer community. It will pave a way for the app devs to know more about the upcoming APIs and app features ahead of the final launch.
Looking into the developer preview features, Android 14 promises to improve productivity, enhances performance, improvements to security, and privacy, and bring new customizations.
Yes, there are new tweaks and changes made over Android 12, while there are more that will be visible as the development progress further. Throughout this phase, these developers (and later users) will help to fix bugs and make improvements to the Android 14 source code.
HarmonyOS 4:
Aside from the Android 14 developer beta, Huawei is preparing for the HarmonyOS 3.1 rollout but the company is working on HarmonyOS 4 as a major release for the next generation of Huawei devices. For now, there’s no official launch date available but we are likely to hear more on this at the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2023 event.
HarmonyOS 4 promises big upgrades over HarmonyOS 3 and a major restructure in the user interface (UI). Nonetheless, we’ll keep you posted.
(source – Android)
