Huawei officially launches HarmonyOS NEXT Beta

Huawei officially launches the HarmonyOS NEXT beta version at the HDC 2024 conference. The new software is full of significant changes as well as performance improvements. After months of leaks and rumors, the new testing version is finally here!

Yu Chengdong – Huawei Consumer Business Chairman cited that the company has been working for five years on HarmonyOS. Over time, Huawei has tried to make HarmonyOS newer and better with interesting features and useful improvements.

Now HarmonyOS NEXT is arriving as a breakthrough in the operating system’s core technology with upgraded fluency, smart services, and the utmost convenience for users. It’s independent of Android components like Linux and uses self-developed parts like AI big model, AK framework, and other technologies.

Huawei launches HarmonyOS NEXT beta with many capabilities that will help users with seamless connections, safer operations, and smarter features on devices.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta components (Image Credits: Huawei)

The new software is based on OpenHarmony and uses a unified system architecture that combines the cloud facilities and brings three main traits: native intelligence, native security, and a completely revamped innovative experience for devices.

HarmonyOS NEXT mainly focuses on the seamless interconnection of apps on multiple devices. Users will be able to freely share content or connect applications between devices without going through several steps or installation processes.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta interconnectivity (Image Credits: Huawei)

Not only system applications but the OS also makes third-party apps smoother and more reliable on Huawei devices – thanks to the support of Ark Multimedia Engine, Ark Graphics Engine, and FFRT. It will also boost the gaming experience, making it more immersive, realistic, and PC-level ray tracing quality.

For devices, HarmonyOS NEXT has improved the overall performance efficiency by 30%. This will make your Huawei phones and tablets even more stable. The connectivity speed is increased by 3 times, resulting in quick connections between devices.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta performance (Image Credits: Huawei)

The company also looked after the energy part and reduced the power consumption by 20%. But this doesn’t end here. The highlight of HarmonyOS NEXT is AI.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta power efficiency (Image Credits: Huawei)

Huawei has HarmonyOS Intelligence which accompanies AI facilities to your doorstep. It sports features like AI image generation that glorifies images to a greater extent. The next is AI sound repair which helps people with speech impairment to communicate.

Celia now comes in an upgraded avatar and enables visually impaired users to read in a better way. Apart from this, the company has also introduced a new Star Shield security architecture to offer pure and controlled privacy protection for your data.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta security (Image Credits: Huawei)

To sum up, Huawei implemented new changes to make its HarmonyOS a way better version than previous upgrades. Things will get clearer when the official changelog will roll out to users.

HarmonyOS NEXT beta features (Image Credits: Huawei)