Huawei mobile OS Harmony falls out of tune with growth

U.S. sanctions hurt ability to release 5G phones and capture market share

Huawei originally unveiled the HarmonyOS as an operating system for connected devices, before U.S. sanctions pushed the company to modify the OS for mobile phones. © Reuters

TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

August 23, 2023 00:28 JST

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies has rolled out a new operating system for mobile devices, but the OS faces a slowdown in growth as market share remains mired in the single digits.

The Chinese telecommunications company recently released HarmonyOS 4. The system includes voice assistant Xiao Ai, which is linked to the company's large language artificial intelligence model, Pangu. Xiao Ai is capable of engaging in a more natural conversations and of summarizing texts.