Huawei Technologies has introduced its first PC, which has its own operating system in Harmonyos, noting the high -speed Microsoft Windows ecosystem after the PC License with the American Software Hig in March.
The new laptop, not mentioned as of Thursday, is marking a milestone in Shenzhen, which has gradually released from US technology after sanctions. This device operates in Harmonyo 5, also called Harmonyo next, the latest iteration of the Huawei home system, which has so far mainly working smartphones, tablets and other smart devices.
According to Chinese media, the laptop has been set for official start -ups on May 19 and is the first Huawei computer without pre -installed in Windows. If Huawei has previously offered Windows and in some cases Linux-based alternatives, this device marks the complete acceptance of PCS harmonyms.
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AI integration and application ecosystem
The new device, released during the closed event in Shenzhen, Huawei's hometown, has been stacked with artificial intelligence functions and ships with Huawei's voice -based assistant Celia. It is known that the assistant can automate routine productivity tasks, such as creating presentations, summarizing meetings and obtaining files – feuers that compare the resulting AI integrations in Western technology ecosystems.
Zhu Dongdong, CEO of the company's tablet and PC company President Huawei, described the device as a dawn of a new era of the Huawei terminal hardware, proclaiming that the company has “fully reached the Harmonyos era”.
This version of this laptop Harmonyos supports the mixture of traditional desktop and mobile applications. According to ITHOME, the local technical publication, the system includes important productivity applications such as WPS Office (Chinese home alternative to Microsoft Office) and Dingtalk, a business collaboration tool developed by Alibaba. The device also supports popular mobile applications such as Rednote, Bilibili and Bytedance's Feishu, reflecting aspiration to blur the border between smartphones and PC ecosystems.
By the end of 2025, Huawei hopes that the laptop will be compatible with more than 2,000 applications, according to the state supported newspaper Nanfang Daily.
Connected user interface
Harmonyos has personal computers connecting design elements from both smartphones and traditional desktops. The laptop interface includes a shortcut -dock similar to Apple MacOS and organizes software icons with customizable maps and folders, drawing mobile UX conventions.
This hybrid approach may be liked by Chinese consumers with increasingly accustomed smartphone -based workflows and signals the Huawei impetus towards the ecosystem of the integrated device where smartphones, tablets, carryable and PCs operate under a single platform, free Google or Microsoft.
Geopolitical undervent
Huawei has developed Harmonyos since 2015, speeding up its introduction after Washington placed the company in 2019 in the US list, reducing access to critical American technologies. As part of the wider efforts to ensure technological independence, Harmonyos has become a symbol of China's attempt to reduce dependence on foreign software.
In smartphones, Huawei has already benefited significantly. Harmonyo accounted for 19% in the fourth quarter of 2024 in the Chinese smartphone market, the counterpoint research reported, crossing Apple's iOS, which held 17%. It was the fourth consecutive quarter that Harmonyo's iOS created, although Android dominated 64%.
The successful expansion of Harmonyos will further strengthen the Huawei transition to a self-confident technology player and can eventually inspire other Chinese original equipment manufacturers to introduce the system, especially since geopolitical tensions continue to increase the tech disassembly between China and West.
Harmonyos' laptop is likely to operate both the operating system maturity and the ability of the company to maintain a full PC ecosystem, regardless of US technology. Although Harmonyo has increased rapid growth in mobile space, PCS software requires deeper compatibility, strong developer support and a wider ecosystem of periphery – where Huawei still stands with significant obstacles.
However, analysts believe that by positioning their new laptop into multiple devices as AI-supporting productivity machine, Huawei does not only offer an alternative-ite trying to re-define the experience of Chinese personal computers under its own conditions.
