Since the official release of the Hongmeng system, two years have passed, after it has successively covered smart home appliances, smart wearables and car-machine systems. Among them, the most important HarmonyOS 2.0 was also released in December last year for developers and partners on the mobile terminal “HarmonyOS 2.0 Developer Beta”, announcing the official arrival of the mobile terminal system.
On April 21, Huawei added Beta recruitment of HarmonyOS 2.0 developers for other models of the Mate X2, Mate 40 series, P40 series, Mate 30 series, and MatePad Pro series, and began to push updates in batches to users who have obtained the test qualifications. , Which means that HarmonyOS 2.0 has come to the last stage before large-scale push.
Faced with the upcoming HarmonyOS 2.0, many Huawei users are eager to try, but there are also Huawei users who hesitate to worry about the stability and BUG of HarmonyOS 2.0, which will affect daily use. As a new system, the latter’s concerns are justified. So the question is, if it were you, would you be willing to try Huawei’s HarmonyOS 2.0?
How to experience Hongmeng 2.0 in advance?
If I want to try HarmonyOS 2.0, what should I do first? The first step is naturally to own a Huawei mobile phone or tablet. At least in the currently announced support list, there is no other brand product on the list, so first of all, you must be a user of Huawei products.
Second, the product system needs to be upgraded to the latest version of EMUI. Users who have not upgraded the latest version of EMUI will find it difficult to qualify for the test. After ensuring that your device is on the support list and the latest system has been upgraded, you need to go to Huawei’s HarmonyOS 2.0 official website to find the entrance to the test event and submit an application. However, the registration time has ended, and users who want to experience HarmonyOS 2.0 next are only Able to wait for the large-scale push in June.
The above is a normal personal user experience process. What should I do if I do not have a Huawei mobile phone or tablet, and I have not submitted the registration application within the specified time? In this regard, Huawei also provides another way of experience. Users can download HUAWEI DevEco Studio on the computer and use the remote simulator to experience the HarmonyOS 2.0 Beta version.
What will be the impact of upgrading to HarmonyOS 2.0?
If the phone is upgraded to HarmonyOS 2.0, will it affect the use? Judging from the current user feedback, there is not much impact on daily use. Although HarmonyOS 2.0 uses a new kernel, the bottom layer still retains the support for the Android system, which can support most of the daily Android software, and there is no need to upgrade it. Download it again and use it directly.
Some people may be curious, isn’t it that Hongmeng is a new system developed by itself? Why can it be seamlessly compatible with Android software? Indeed, the kernel of HarmonyOS 2.0 is independently developed, but the Android kernel is still retained in the bottom layer of the system to be compatible with the current Android software ecosystem.
The reason is that the current Huawei mobile phone software ecosystem itself is built on the Android system, and replacing the Android software ecosystem with Hongmeng Software in a short period of time is no different than talking about it. Therefore, the Android kernel will still exist for some time to come. In HarmonyOS 2.0.
Therefore, in general, you don’t need to worry about the software you use daily cannot run in HarmonyOS 2.0. Except for a few software that needs to be installed through Root and other operations, most of the software can run normally. Moreover, HarmonyOS 2.0 also retains the design of EMUI to a certain extent in terms of operation and interface. Although many new designs have been added, most users only need to spend a little time to familiarize themselves and use it smoothly.
In addition to the above two points, there are probably only unknown bugs that really affect the user experience, just like all initial-stage systems, although HarmonyOS 2.0 is designed on the basis of EMUI, and Huawei also has a wealth of system development experience. But for a system that is re-developed from the kernel, many of the bugs are still difficult to find in the development stage.
Moreover, some hidden BUGs can only be known through user feedback when the user scale reaches a certain level. For example, user experience, software optimization, etc., and there may also be some underlying BUGs that affect the experience. At least compared to the mature MIUI and other systems, the chances of encountering BUGs with HarmonyOS 2.0 will be higher.
However, what is basically certain is that HarmonyOS 2.0 is unlikely to have a BUG that seriously affects the daily experience. For most users, the risks associated with updating HarmonyOS 2.0 are still acceptable.
Why update HarmonyOS 2.0?
Although from the feedback of existing users, the risk of updating HarmonyOS 2.0 is not great, but a question is placed in front of many people: “Why should I update HarmonyOS 2.0 instead of using the more mature EMUI or Buy other brands of mobile phones?”.
In other words: “Is there any benefit to me by updating HarmonyOS 2.0?”
Although many people want to experience HarmonyOS 2.0 in advance, some users even bought Huawei phones for this purpose. However, some Huawei users who are pursuing system stability think that Huawei’s next large-scale push of HarmonyOS 2.0 will affect their experience. Therefore, some users expressed dissatisfaction with this, and hope that Huawei can continue to update EMUI instead of forcing everyone. Replace HarmonyOS 2.0.
In this regard, Xiao Lei still has a different view. The first is about the mandatory update of HarmonyOS 2.0. At least for some time in the future, EMUI will coexist with HarmonyOS 2.0, and it is unlikely that Huawei will force all users to update HarmonyOS 2.0. , The user can still choose whether to update.
In addition, for the question of “Why should I update HarmonyOS 2.0?”, in fact, many people have mentioned the related problems of Zhihu: a system ecology that is just starting, needs the support of users to grow. As the most successful independent research and development system in China, HarmonyOS 2.0 is actually only the second step. After the development and preliminary adaptation process, the next is the most difficult and also the most critical system ecological construction.
So how can we build a system ecology? The answer is the number of users. Only with sufficient user support can software vendors value and be willing to develop and optimize HarmonyOS, and then form a software ecosystem. Only when a software ecosystem is successfully created can a system be considered a real success.
Therefore, although there is no practical benefit for most users to update HarmonyOS 2.0, it is the key to whether Huawei can finally establish the HarmonyOS ecosystem. And a system independently developed by our company and having a complete software ecosystem is obviously of great significance to domestic mobile phone manufacturers. Even if one day in the future, Google will completely cut off the connection with domestic manufacturers (the possibility is very low), we can rely on HarmonyOS 2.0 to rebuild the mobile terminal ecosystem in a short time.
Conclusion
In fact, everyone may have their own answers to whether they are willing to try HarmonyOS 2.0. Some are for early adopters, some are for researching the system and trying to develop software, but some are purely for supporting domestic systems.
In an article about Android “flashing” that Xiaolei updated before, many people in the comment area mentioned that although there are very few flashing devices now, if one day Huawei’s HarmonyOS 2.0 can open the flashing package, then you must be sure Go and experience it.
If it was you, would you like to experience Huawei’s HarmonyOS 2.0?
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