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Huawei makes a break from Android with next version of Harmony OS (www.reuters.com)

submitted 8 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I greatly doubt they'll break android app compatibility. Too many huawei phone users rely on android apps.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I imagine their goal is to not be reliant on Google ecosystem though. That means providing their own set of services and their own app store. So, they'd have to go through the exercise of updating existing apps for that. Breaking compatibility might just mean switching out gservices.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use the huawei app gallery rn even on another device, and my huawei watch requires a huawei services background app, similar to google play services.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Makes sense, they basically have to go this route because US could force Google to shut down services for Huawei any time.

[–] RuthlessCriticism@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

They 100% are doing it. It seems a bit crazy and I'm sure there will be virtual environments at launch, but they are breaking compatibility.