HarmonyOS NEXT

Not to be confused with HarmonyOS 4.2 and earlier.
HarmonyOS NEXT
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DeveloperHuawei
Source modelClose source
Initial releaseTBA
(TBA)
Latest previewHarmonyOS NEXT.0.0.71 (SP10C00E71)
(2024-10-13)
Supported platformsx86-64 (emulator only), ARM64
Kernel typeMulti-kernel: Linux kernel (for Kirin 8000 and emulator only), HongMeng Microkernel
User interfaceSystem 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).

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