Huawei’s personal computer business is about to experience an important change. In the coming weeks, the Chinese company could be forced to leave Windows for the blockade imposed by the US government. According to Chinese sources cited by Mydrivers, the Guangdong -based company could soon lose the ability to sell PCs with Windows. As a result, Huawei will change his approach and as he had announced he will use Linux y HarmonyOS NEXTyour owner operating system.
He is known as Trump’s government blocked Huawei in 2019 in an escalation in the commercial war against China. Arguing reasons of “espionage” and under the argument of “national security,” the White House prevented US companies to Buy telecommunications equipment to Huawei and also prohibited its access to technology from US companies, Qualcomm or Intel hardware, or access to the software and Android services. And now it’s Windows.
PC con IA y HarmonyOS NEXT
Harmonyos began as an open source project based on Android and with the Linux kernel, which allowed compatibility with existing Android applications. However, Huawei presented in 2023 Harmonyos Next, a new version based on a personalized microkernel and owner technological frameworks.
Unlike its predecessor, Harmonyos Next is not compatible with Android or Windows applications. Technically, use a internally developed microkernel based on the Openharmony open source nucleus. It is compatible with applications through the Huawei Ark compiler with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) and promises a unified crackless architecture between the devices that use it (Huawei’s own), the cloud and the interconnectivity between different formats.
According to reports, the Chinese manufacturer prepares to launch a “PC with IA” completely newwhich will use an internal CPU of the Kunpeng series and the latest version of Harmonyos Next. This system, whose launch is scheduled for next month, will also include Depseek applications for artificial intelligence functions. Huawei has already launched more than 15,000 native applications and metastics for the system and in China, its main market, the main applications of social networks or electronic commerce (Meituan, Douyin, Taobao, Xiaohongshu, Alipay, JD.com …) are among those that have developed native applications for the system.
In addition to the PC with Harmonyos Next, Huawei is developing another alternative system based on Linux. It will be next MateBook D16 Linux Edition which will have the same hardware as the Matebook D16, but with a GNU/Linux distribution that will replace Windows.
