From September 19th to 21st, Huawei Connect 2024 (hereinafter referred to as HC 2024) was held in Shanghai. During the conference, Zhu Yonggang, President of Huawei Terminal Cloud, delivered a special speech entitled “Building and Sharing a New World of Hongmeng” and announced the latest progress of the native Hongmeng ecosystem: more than 10,000 applications and meta-services have been launched on the new Hongmeng App Market. For a new application ecosystem that has just experienced a year of development, such progress can be described as rapid.
Tens of thousandsApplications and Meta ServicesalreadyOn the shelf,Hongmeng Ecosystem17 years of journey in 1 year
Zhu Yonggang said that as of now, more than 10,000 applications and meta-services have been put on the shelves, and the Hongmeng ecosystem has achieved coverage of 18 vertical domains such as automobiles, education, travel and accommodation, financial management, social communications, business and office, meeting the time of 99.9% of users.
In the past few decades, the development of software root technologies of operating systems such as the Linux kernel and programming languages has been dominated by foreign companies, while HarmonyOS NEXT has made comprehensive breakthroughs in the core technologies of operating systems, taking root from the kernel, file system, AI framework, large models, etc., forming a complete set of core technologies of operating systems that belong to China and achieving a comprehensive upgrade of the experience. This has also become a solid foundation for Huawei to build a new ecosystem with partners and developers.
Among them, the Hongmeng kernel used by HarmonyOS NEXT has obtained the world’s first general-purpose operating system kernel CC EAL6+ certification, and has obtained the highest level of automotive safety certification and high-level functional safety certification in the field of industrial software, achieving the ultimate in security. In addition, the Hongmeng kernel has a unified architecture, high elasticity of on-demand deployment, and high performance advantages that surpass the Linux kernel, bringing an unprecedented security process experience.
With the new system architecture, HarmonyOS NEXT improves the performance of the whole machine by more than 30%. Hongmeng’s native intelligence can realize multi-modal understanding, user personalized data understanding, privacy protection, and has full-scene perception and collaboration capabilities. Relying on Hongmeng’s unique distributed soft bus design, HarmonyOS NEXT’s connectivity capabilities are further improved. With lower power consumption, the connection speed is increased by 3 times, and up to 4 devices can be connected at the same time, providing stable and smooth communication support for users’ full-scene usage experience.
In the past few decades, there have been many manufacturers who have tried to build systems, but it is easy to build systems but difficult to build ecosystems. Almost all manufacturers have failed at this stage. Hongmeng has not only achieved breakthroughs in root technology and a comprehensive innovation in system experience, but also, thanks to the support of a large number of partners and developers, has overcome the ecological barrier and prospered. Zhu Yonggang said that a person can go fast alone, but a group can go far. All partners and developers have jointly created the Hongmeng speed, allowing the Hongmeng ecosystem to complete 17 years of journey in one year. All partners and developers are heroes who create history.
Today, the Harmony ecosystem built on independent core technologies is becoming increasingly prosperous. It not only keeps security firmly in our own hands, but will also build an unprecedented ecosystem to empower every developer, partner and user.
Hongmeng does not compete for profit, does not set limits, and does not stop. In the future, it will invest6 billionexcitationDeveloper Innovation
Developers are the decisive force in building an application ecosystem. In 2019, before Huawei released Hongmeng, there were only 560,000 registered developers. But today, the number of registered Hongmeng developers has grown rapidly, increasing more than 10 times in 5 years to 6.75 million. Currently, 305 universities have launched Hongmeng courses, and 38 professional talent training institutions have participated in Hongmeng talent training, laying a talent foundation for the Hongmeng operating system to enter thousands of industries.
Adhering to the altruistic ecological concept is not only the basis for the rapid growth of the application ecosystem, but also an important factor in attracting developers. Zhu Yonggang emphasized that only by allowing developers to grow and benefit first can the ecosystem develop sustainably. Only when developers win first can the Hongmeng ecosystem win together! Hongmeng does not compete for profits, set limits, or stop, and insists on investing more than 6 billion yuan each year to encourage innovation. The real financial encouragement also shows Huawei’s attitude and determination to allow developers to gain benefits while developing services and continue to innovate.
HarmonyOS NEXT Beta updated 6 versions in three months and received over one million feedback suggestions
HarmonyOS NEXT, which will be commercially available in the fourth quarter, has been well received by consumers in the Beta stage, and a large number of users have also taken the initiative to optimize the new system. Since the developer and pioneer user Beta was launched on June 21, HarmonyOS NEXT has been updated to 6 versions and received more than one million feedback suggestions. It is believed that HarmonyOS NEXT will evolve again in the fourth quarter to bring more full-scenario experiences. And now is the best time for partners and developers to join the Hongmeng ecosystem.
