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Huawei vs. USA: Harmony OS patented, Emui 10 release date
by Dominik Bärlocher
Huawei vs. USA: Harmony OS patented, Emui 10 release date
15.7.2019
Translation: machine translated
Huawei has filed a patent and secured the trademark for an operating system name. In addition: Emui 10 is coming for Android.
Huawei is leaving nothing to chance in the course of the ongoing trade war with the USA. The Chinese manufacturer is now publicly preparing for a possible change to its operating system if relations with the American company Google do not stabilise due to government policy. The latest prank: Harmony OS.
The (EUIPO) has published a corresponding patent. The industry service LetsGoDigital has mirrored the entire patent as a PDF on its website.
HongMeng OS, Ark OS, Oak OS, Harmony
Harmony OS may or may not be a completely new operating system and not necessarily a name for HongMeng OS. Nevertheless, there is speculation that Harmony is a name for HongMeng. Also confusing: HongMeng could one day also be called Oak OS or Ark OS. It looks as if Huawei is not sure what the operating system should be called and is securing rights to all candidates as a precaution.
The fact is, however, that Harmony OS is supposed to be an operating system, even if the patent application is rather vague.
Downloadable operating system programs; Recorded operating system programs; Mobile operating systems; Computer operating systems; Downloadable computer operating programs and computer operating systems.
Harmony should therefore be downloadable and work on both mobile devices and computers. But that is all that the name Harmony confirms. The patent was filed by the trademark law firm Forresters, which is based in England. However, the patent originates from the Munich store.
But once again Android
Huawei is currently taking a two-pronged approach, as a possible release date for the next version of Huawei's Android user interface Emui is known. According to an agenda for Huawei's Developer Conference on 9 August 2019, Emui 10.0 could be released on the same day or shortly before. The entry on the website reads as follows:
Source: huawei.com
联万物 融未来 - 华为EMUI10.0发布
Translation:
Connecting the future of the world - Huawei Emui 10.0 released
Emui 10.0 will be presented by Wang Chenglu, President of Huawei Consumer Business Software.
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