Recently, HarmonyOS NEXT has finally unveiled its mysterious veil, which can be said to be the limelight of the moment.
According to the official statement, by the end of this year, these devices can use "HarmonyOS NEXT"
But have you found that the above devices, including mobile phones, tablets, watches, and even smart glasses, are all lack of working PC devices.
It doesn't make sense! This is the ultimate move of Hongmeng. Moreover, as early as the end of August last year, Wang Chenglu, CEO of Shenzhen Kaihong, revealed that "Hongmeng PC version will be unveiled in 2024". At the end of last year, some media learned from insiders of Huawei that the system was nearing completion, including all kinds of revelations that Kylin would produce PC chips, but this press conference was nothing. Could it be that Hongmeng's PC terminal died?
Emm... Maybe Hongmeng was afraid that the user would worry, so he first revealed a big story.
Nah Not long ago, Huawei developers updated a HarmonyOS design guide for 2in1 devices on their official website.
This guide details the user interface design principles of Hongmeng operating system in PC application, to adapt to the unique hardware configuration and use mode of this kind of equipment.
This also emphasizes that the design of window frames is particularly critical, and the application container layer and content layer should be distinguished, while selectively displaying window names and application icons.
In addition, the guide proposes that each window is displayed according to the default size when it is first started, and supports stretching windows of any size; Support minimization and closing; Applications can choose whether to support full screen display according to their own conditions, and in special cases, all applications should support split screen display.
In the interaction mode, 2in1 devices should give priority to keyboard, mouse and touch pad.
In addition, the guide also shows several design cases for application developers, such as weather, notes, file manager, etc. The "File Explorer" interface also directly gives the prompt of "My Computer", which is inappropriate for Hongmeng PC.
Although at first glance it looks no different from the current Windows terminal, its icon and overall UI style are more flat, and its color matching is much better than the Windows terminal, which looks more like a tablet interface.
On July 1, some media also reported that the official version of HarmonyOS NEXT is expected to be the first to be launched in Huawei's PC products, because the native application ecosystem of PC is simpler than that of mobile phones.
Image source: Titanium Media
From the known information, Huawei has its own Hongmeng ecosystem, and its route away from Android and Windows has gradually become clear.
However, there are also some big shots who analyze that Hongmeng PC version is likely to go in two steps like the mobile phone. In the first stage, it will be equipped with a simulator to solve the Windows software compatibility problem. At the same time, Hongmeng is also building its own ecology. When the time is ripe in the second stage, it will launch the "pure blood Hongmeng PC version".
In February this year, some engineers completed the initial adaptation of OpenHarmony to PC. From the demonstration video, the computer can be turned on and off normally and can enter the desktop smoothly, but only some basic mild office applications can be realized.
In addition, the first PC processor independently developed by Kirin is coming out soon, and information about this processor has also been exposed.
Image source: Open source developer official account of OST
Image source: Open source developer official account of OST
It is reported that the processor is likely to be equipped with the Taishan V130 architecture and Mali-920 GPU independently developed by Huawei, and the actual performance is about equal to Apple M1 chip.
Although there is relatively little information about Hongmeng PC at present, it is a matter of time to estimate when it will go online. At that time, the official version of Harmony OS NEXT was launched, the Mate70 series came out with the new Kirin chip, and at the end of the press conference, the "one more thing" Hongmeng PC version was unveiled.
Tut tut tut, the picture is too beautiful for me to imagine~
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