HarmonyOS NEXT
Not to be confused with HarmonyOS 4.2 and earlier.
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| Developer | Huawei |
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| Source model | Close source |
| Initial release | TBA (TBA) |
| Latest preview | HarmonyOS NEXT 5.0.0.107 (SP8C00E107) (2024-11-19) |
| Supported platforms | x86-64 (emulator only), ARM64 |
| Kernel type | Multi-kernel: Linux kernel (for Kirin 8000 and emulator only), HongMeng Microkernel |
| User interface | System Service Layer |
HarmonyOS NEXT is a unified close-sourced OS distro of OpenHarmony, announced at HDC 2023 on 4 August 2023, which is the first version of HarmonyOS to use the HongMeng Microkernel[1] and first version to remove support for Android Apps. HarmonyOS NEXT was released to public beta testers on 8 October 2024 for Mate 60 (Barry) and Mate 60 Pro series (Allen), Mate X5 (Alta) and MatePad Pro 13.2 (Poincare), and then released to public beta testers on 22 October 2024 for Pura 70 (Audrey) and Pura 70 Pro series (Hepburn), Pocket 2 (Lembongan) and MatePad Pro 11 2024 (Xiaoyao).