Huawei will be in process of developing a new smartphone operating system, and development will take place in Scandinavia. This writes The Information in an article that is hidden behind a paywall. The article is, however, cited by including Ars Technica and The Verge.
According to the article, where three people with knowledge of the project cited, the new operating system to be a kind of “plan B” in case the relationship with Google turns sour for example by the conditions for using Android will be significantly changed.
Potential measures by Google to ensure that providers of Android devices actually offer Android updates to the devices, can be such a factor. It is rumored already that Google plans to make future versions of Android to proprietary software to ensure this.
Today delivered Huawei phones with Android with UI EMUI on top. According to The Information staff Huawei last fall Abigail Brody – a designer with extensive experience including Apple, to redesign EMUI.
Scandinavia?
But the development of the new operating system looks to happen quite independently of this, with a special team somewhere in Scandinavia. Including former Nokia engineers will participate in this work.
Other details have not been provided for this project, except that the work should not have come very far. The likelihood is, however high the operating system in any case based on a Linux kernel.
Nokia developed for more than ten years since the Linux-based operating system Maemo. The legacy of this can be found in today’s Sailfish OS, which specifically Finnish Jolla has supported.
However, it is not easy for alternative smartphone operating systems to compete for your attention to Android and iOS. Microsoft’s Windows Phone is a good example of this. Success for smart mobile platforms is as much about a well-developed ecosystem that the software itself functions satisfactorily.
Huawei is the world’s third largest supplier of smart phones. This can help to a certain weight and endurance at the launch of a new platform, but Microsoft and Nokia showed that there is no hold to be big to succeed.
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