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Huawei's Harmony 'could become fifth-largest mobile OS by 2020'

Trade talks progress means Google services might return to Huawei devices

Richard Yu, head of Huawei's consumer business group, unveils HarmonyOS at the company's developer conference in Dongguan in August 2019.    © Reuters

BEIJING -- Huawei's in-house operating system, HarmonyOS, is set to surpass Linux to become the world's fifth most popular operating system for smart digital devices by the end of 2020, according to Counterpoint Research's latest report.

The Chinese-developed operating system is predicted to hold 2% of market share globally and 5% domestically by December next year, the report said.

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