Four reasons why Huawei's new Harmony OS won't solve its problems

Announcement of Harmony OS was much needed relief for Huawei smartphone owners who have been rightly worried that their expensive purchases would become obsolete more quickly

Huawei’s meteoric rise in the telecoms business was brought to a dramatic halt in April when the US government put a ban on US companies doing business with the Chinese firm. This includes Google and, crucially for Huawei’s smartphone users, access to the Android operating system updates.

Under pressure to come up with a solution, Huawei announced a new, lean operating system, Harmony OS, to the world on August 9. Similar to Android, Huawei’s new operating system can easily work across multiple device types, from TVs to smartphones.

The technology behind the OS certainly looks promising.