Huawei introduced the HarmonyOS following the US ban and since then, the software has been receiving backlash from the media, especially from non-Chinese.
HarmonyOS has been seen by many as a cloned OS of Android. However, Huawei keeps denying this since the beginning. Recently, the man behind the software reaffirmed that HarmonyOS is different.
Mr. Wang Chenglu goes by “Father of HarmonyOS” in China. Back in 2014, he was appointed as the President of Huawei Consumer Business Group’s software department. A year later, he began to lead a team to develop HarmonyOS for the next four years.
As the CEO of Shenzhen Kaihong Digital Industry Development Co., Ltd., Wang Chenglu delivered a keynote speech at the 2022 China Integrated Circuit Summit at the end of December.
In his speech, he mentioned that HarmonyOS is neither Android nor iOS. It is not a single-device operating system.
He explained that, unlike Android and iOS, HarmonyOS is designed for multiple devices. It is a unified OS that supports flexible deployment.
The operating system follows the principle of hardware mutual assistance and resource sharing. It requires one-time development and can be deployed to multiple devices.
Last but not least, he proudly proclaimed that HarmonyOS leads all the operating systems in the world in terms of technical architecture.
This is not the first time Wang Chenglu has spoken publicly against the backlash. Back in March 2021, he responded to a rumor saying that HarmonyOS is not a clone of Android. The software uses AOSP (Android Open Source Project) components, which comprise code from the open-source community.
