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Huawei to Reveal HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta in December


Sun 06 Dec 2020 | 11:02 AM
Ahmed Yasser

Huawei announced on Saturday that a Mobile Developer Beta event is scheduled to take place on December 16, to introduce the HarmonyOS 2.0 beta SDK for smartphones.

At the event, the developers will have an opportunity to explain HarmonyOS 2.0 in-depth and get involved in a live tech session organized by Huawei.

Meanwhile, Huawei hopes to release the first demo units between January and February next year, before the first public betas will be launched around April 2021.

It's worth noting that the firm maintained during the past year about 10% of the global market share of cell phone sellers, following “Samsung”, the Korean technology giant by 31% and Apple by 25%.

On other hand, the reports noted that there is a slight possibility that the United States will soften its position and allow Google to work with Huawei again, amid US President Donald Trump’s loss in the elections.

Earlier, Chinese foreign ministry demanded Sweden on October, to remove its ban on Huawei firm to avoid hurting prospects for Swedish companies.

The decision was the latest in a series of restrictions by governments around the world on the Chinese companies, after continued pressure from the U.S. to avoid potential security risks in 5G networks. China was Sweden’s eighth-largest export market in 2019, according to Sweden’s official statistics agency.

According to Bloomberg, the continuing trade war between the U.S. and China has caused the once-tightly knit tech industry to come under pressure. Chinese technology companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Arm Ltd., potentially jeopardizing the $40 billion semiconductor deal.