Huawei Harmony 2.0 System For Smartphones IoT Devices

Huawei Harmony 2.0 System mainly enhances the three core capabilities of the distributed soft bus, distributed data management, and distributed security.

Distributed soft bus and distributed data management can integrate multiple devices into one device. As long as one Harmony system equipment manufacturer can call data files on other Harmony system devices, cross-device data access is like accessing locally.

Greatly improve the performance of remote reading and writing and retrieval of cross-device data, and finally achieve a smooth connection experience with high throughput, low latency, and high reliability within and between devices.

This looks a bit like Huawei’s multi-screen collaboration function, except that the Harmony system supports more hardware and stronger functions. Any hardware device equipped with the Harmony system can achieve multi-screen collaboration.

Distributed security ensures the right people, the right equipment, and the right use of data. It implements the flexible deployment of data on different distributed hardware and uses different devices to achieve multiple security authentication, thereby ensuring the security of the system and user data.

When the user performs actions such as unlocking, payment, login, etc., the system will actively pull out the authentication request, and through distributed technology trusted interconnection capabilities, collaborative identity authentication ensures the correct person.

Huawei Harmony 2.0 System is more powerful, supports more hardware devices, and has higher security.

For smartphones, the Harmony system can really replace the Android system?

It can be said that whether Huawei Harmony 2.0 System can replace the Android system is the core discussion content after this developer conference. Many people are wondering whether Harmony can replace the Android system in the future.

To this question, the answer is nothing more than yes or no. Of course, it is too early to draw conclusions.

We might as well look at this issue in another way. Assuming that the Harmony system really replaces Android, then this is for us. What if it can’t replace Android? Both Microsoft and Samsung have moved this idea, but they have not succeeded. Huawei is the same here. It is a great practice.

Although the ending is very important, it is not otherwise worthless. In fact, during the entire system development process, this practice will cultivate and bring up a large number of talents, which is a huge asset that cannot be ignored.

When can Harmony be used? Huawei’s consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong said this:

Next year, Huawei’s smartphones will be upgraded to support Huawei Harmony 2.0 System, which is the fastest. You may see Harmony system phones next year.

And how is the level of Harmony now? Yu Chengdong also said: The harmony system has now reached 70 or 80 of the Android system level.

Regardless of smartphones, which applications are Harmony systems more suitable for?

The advent of the Harmony system (or application on smartphones) has a slightly compelling implication. The system was originally planned to be used on IoT devices, not on smartphones.

When Huawei was sanctioned by the United States last year, Google’s GMS service could not be used. In this case, Huawei quickly launched the Harmony system. It can be said that the situation forced the Harmony system to advance.

Therefore, this immature system faced many doubts once it was launched. The biggest question is whether the Harmony system mentioned at the beginning of the official article is just a revision of Android.

From the current known situation, the development strategy of the Harmony system combination can be regarded as a road of rural surrounding cities.

The development plan of this system is to first solve IoT devices, gradually increase to mid-range devices, and then to high-end devices such as smartphones.

In this advanced process, with the help of concepts such as distributed and device virtualization, the so-called hyper terminal is created. This is also the key supporting technology for the Harmony system to penetrate IoT devices.

With smart appliances as the starting point, IoT is Harmony’s greatest opportunity

As we all know, home appliances do not have high requirements for systems and applications. At the same time, users spend the most time at home and use scenarios, which is a must for IoT manufacturers.

According to public information, Harmony’s first batch of hardware partners chose Midea, Joyoung, and Boss, a full-category giant and two leading companies in market segments.

In addition, as early as July of this year, Midea Group and Huawei upgraded their strategic partnership. Midea’s products have achieved a one-touch distribution network with Huawei mobile phones, based on cloud-cloud docking to share user data.

The former also introduced air conditioners, washing machines, steam ovens, and 15 Harmony appliances including smoke stoves, water heaters, water purifiers, and sweeping robots. Boss Electric and Joyoung also introduced range hoods and soymilk machines that support Huawei Harmony 2.0 System.

With the 51% market share of Huawei mobile phones in the Chinese market and the high-end user groups being a huge temptation, automatic discovery, and one-click network distribution can activate a large number of sleeping devices, allowing more users to try smart homes. Started from the segmented field of smart home appliances, and then gradually expanded to other IoT fields.

In the era of the Internet of Things, the growth rate of networked devices is beyond imagination. It has become the norm for a mobile phone to connect dozens of terminals, with multiple categories, poor interaction, and ecological fragmentation. 

Harmony System attempts to use technological breakthroughs to change the current status quo. It has solved the first connection problem, and the next step is interaction and service.

Today, the entire physical world is being digitized, and all products, content, and services are being redefined and presented digitally.

There are infinite possibilities waiting to be discovered in the future. People’s yearning for a better life is the biggest driving force for the advancement of the industry.