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On June 2, 2021, Huawei announced the latest version of the company's development OS "HARMONYOS 2".HARMONYOS was announced in August 2019 and the first version is already installed on Huawei's smart TV.The latest version, HARMONYOS 2, has also expanded compatible devices to smartphones and smartwatches.In the future, HARMONYOS will be installed on Android OS for Huawei products.

Smartphones corresponding to HARMONYOS 2 will be released sequentially after June 3.One of the most promising is the "P50" equipped with a Leica Camera.The "P" series, which was announced in March or April, was officially announced at this HARMONYOS 2 presentation.However, the detailed specifications are unknown, as the introduction of the exterior by the video.The release date and price are undecided at this time.

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The model equipped with HARMONYOS 2 of the existing 5G smartphones "Mate 40 Pro", "Mate 40E", "Mate X2", and "NOVA 8 Pro" that has already been released has also been announced.These four models are affected by US sanctions, and all communication methods are only 4G.

As a new product equipped with HARMONYOS 2, "Mate Pad Pro 12.Announced 6 inches.The chipset is 5G compatible with KIRIN 9000, and a 13 million pixel camera is equipped with a 3D sensor camera.The keyboard and the new stylus pen "M-PENCIL 2 (2nd generation)" are also available.It is equipped with three languages, such as English, Chinese, and seven dialects, as well as the functions of HARMONYOS 2, and the function of writing text conversion directly with M-PENCIL in the character input space.

In addition, HARMONYOS 2 smart watches have been announced for the third generation "Huawei Watch 3" and "Huawei Watch 3 Pro".

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On the other hand, a upgrade schedule to HARMONYOS 2 of the Huawei smartphone and tablet already on sale has also been announced.

As the first step in the upgrade, HARMONYOS 2 will begin to the latest products, such as "Mate 40", "P40", "Mate 30" and "P30" series.In the third quarter of this year, Harmonyos 2 will be provided for old products such as "Mate 20" (released in 2018) and "NOVA 6" (released in 2019).And an additional upgrade will be provided in the fourth quarter.There are more than 100 compatible models.

What are the benefits of harmonyos 2 for Android OS?HARMONYOS 2 can be mounted on all products, such as a smartphone -like high -speed CPU, a product equipped with large -capacity memory, but also a low -spec smartwatch, and a smart home appliances with limited memory capacity.By componing the OS to be components, only the functions suitable for each device can be installed.

By shareing the base OS of each product, the cooperation between the devices will be more seamless.Not only file sharing, but also smartphone tasks can be easily used on other devices.For example, if you use an SNS app on a smartphone or fly the screen to the tablet, you can use the SNS without launching the app on the tablet side.

What surprised me at the recital was the sharing of multiple smartphones camera images.While shooting videos with your smartphone, you can take in and record videos from other smartphones.For example, you can use a friend near a friend with a selfie stick or from a smartphone camera attached to a drone from your smartphone like a remote camera.Eventually, if Harmonyos 2 is installed in the drone, you will be able to control the drone camera directly.

The communication style will also change significantly with the HARMONYOS 2 meetime function.You can switch multiple displays seamlessly, reflect the video calls on your smartphone on your smart TV, and then show your opponent with a smart TV camera.You can freely switch the display of device equipped with HARMONYOS 2, such as smartwatches, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, as well as infotayment displays mounted on cars.

Smart home appliances can not only have simple functions such as "sending recipes", but also "search for low -fat drinks and send recommended menus to home appliances" based on health data collected from smartwatches.increase.In other words, it enables "intelligent operation" instead of automating home appliances.

HARMONYOS 2 is also more usable for user interfaces.Specifically, the SMART FOLDER function automatically summarizes apps in similar categories into folders.The two appsicons are layered, and the folder is created, and at the same time, it automatically puts similar apps in the same folder.

In addition, the folder has the size of the four frames of the app icon, and can display nine app coicons in the folder as thumbnails.Even if you have a lot of installed apps or automatic folders, you can find them immediately by looking at the icon when searching for the desired app.

When you want to know a few simple information, it is troublesome to launch multiple apps, but Harmonyos 2 just swipes the home screen app and displays the basic information in the app.You can see the current time, global clock, health app for watch apps, current steps, music apps, albums and songs being played.And it is also possible to stick it on the home screen with the information open.In other words, the app becomes a widget as it is.

In addition to placing your own apps on your home screen, you can easily create your favorite custom home screen by using a widget and sticking the app.

In this way, Harmonyos can be equipped not only for smartphones but also for all smart devices, and can use multiple devices seamlessly as one product.In addition, it is aiming for a UI that is easier to use than Android OS.In the future, we are worried about how much the app will respond, but the new ecosystem by Huawei is likely to have a major impact on other manufacturers.