Huawei has been blocked from Google's Android mobile operating system since 2019. It is pushing its own HarmonyOS as an alternative, but analysts said it could struggle in international markets.
— but analysts told CNBC that might be tough to achieve, especially in markets outside China where U.S. technology giants have a strong foothold.
Huawei's smartphones have relied on Google's Android operating system for a number of years. But in 2019, the Chinese firm was put on a U.S. blacklist which restricted its access to American technology and meant it wasOn Tuesday, Huawei executives spoke about HarmonyOS, playing up its ability to be an operating system that can work across a number of devices rather than just smartphones alone, which could appeal to developers looking to make apps that work on different hardware.
Huawei's claim about being able to deliver an ecosystem "on par" with Google's and Apple's is a big one, considering the company only launched its operating system less than a year ago. In China, where Huawei is the biggest smartphone maker by market share, not having access to Google's Android is not a huge problem. That's because Google services, such as search, are blocked in the country and users can't really use them anyway. That also means Huawei's HarmonyOS has a chance of being successful in the domestic market.Counterpoint Research
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