Huawei’s relationship with Android has been a tough one ever since the 2019 trade ban that cut the company off from Google apps. Now, it’s looking like Huawei is preparing to further give up on ...

Following its reveal last year, Huawei this week announced plans to go all-in with HarmonyOS NEXT, a new platform which removes support for Android apps entirely. Since the ban that changed Huawei’s ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Huawei launches Mate 70 series with HarmonyOS Next, aiming for 100,000 native apps in 2025. Mate 70 models feature Kirin 9100 ...

Huawei has decided to eschew its Android-based mobile OS and go the route of Apple and Google, which is to create its own grassroots operating system called HarmonyOS 5.0, also known as HarmonyOS Next ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Living in the US, I honestly haven’t given HUAWEI much attention since the US trade ban back in 2019. I also heavily rely on Google services, so with no access to the Google Play Store or all the ...

Huawei has announced a significant upgrade to its HarmonyOS operating system. HarmonyOS NEXT is entirely free of Android and, as such, doesn’t support Android-based apps. According to Android ...

Huawei recently introduced the next version of HarmonyOS, signaling a significant shift by excluding support for APK files, the native Android apps. This move, disclosed by Richard Yu, the CEO of ...