One in the eye for US sanctions Huawei has announced its new Mate 70 series smartphone lineup, which will be the first to feature the company's new HarmonyOS Next operating system that doesn't rely on Google's Android services and won't run any Android apps.

Huawei will launch its flagship Mate 70 smartphone on November 26, powered by its proprietary HarmonyOS Next. The company is mobilizing developers to build 100,000 applications within the next 6 to 12 months,

Alongside the launch of its Mate 70 and Mate X6 smartphones, Huawei has introduced HarmonyOS NEXT, its latest mobile operating system. The company claims that HarmonyOS NEXT is entirely built

The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro Plus, and Mate 70 RS will also be offered with Huawei’s HarmonyOS 4.3, which first launched in August 2019 as an alternative to Google’s Android OS and is still compatible with Android’s extensive app library.

Huawei HarmonyOS Next is a new mobile operating system that does not use any Android open source code. It will be an alternative to Android and iOS.

Huawei launches Mate 70 series with HarmonyOS Next, aiming for 100,000 native apps in 2025. Mate 70 models feature Kirin 9100 chipset, priced lower than iPhone 16 in China. Huawei's move to HarmonyOS could bring more competition to smartphone software, challenging Android and iOS dominance.

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 70 smartphone series on Tuesday, bolstering its premium smartphone comeback while showcasing its own operating system that looks to cleanly break away from U.

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its first smartphone equipped with a fully homegrown operating system, a key test in the firm's fight to challenge the dominance of Western

With launch of its Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6 smartphones, Huawei unveiled its latest mobile OS that no longer uses any Android open-source code.