Η Huawei has officially confirmed that some of the Smartphones running the EMUI 11, will be able to upgrade to HarmonyOS 2.0
Η new version of its operating system Huawei, is currently only available to company developers, and the first beta version for Smartphones, is expected to be publicly available next December.
A poster released at Weibo, claims that an upgrade program is already active, and as shown in the list posted, the Smartphones that will be equipped with the Kirin 9000 SoC, will be one of the first devices to get the upgrade to HarmonyOS 2.0 (these are in turn Mate 40), and then the Smartphones with Kirin 990 5G SOC (some models of the seriess P40 and Mate 30).
Even some old Smartphones powered by Kirin 710 and 810 SoC, will be able to participate in its upgrade program HarmonyOS 2.0, but the criteria are not yet clear.
The sequence of upgrades to HarmonyOS 2.0
| The first batch | Kirin 9000 |
| Second batch | Kirin 990 5G |
| Third batch | Kirin 990 4G (partial), 985, 820 (partial) |
| Fourth lot | Kirin 980, 990 4G (partial), 820 (partial) |
| Final batch | Kirin 810, 710 (partial) |
The trade war between the US and China prevented Huawei to launch a new flagship. The new flagships for their turn Mate 40 should have already been released, but the limited availability of chipsets and its loss Google Play Store for western markets, did not allow the company to proceed with their release.
Her new Mate Smartphone Huawei, are expected to be released on mid-October for the Chinese market, while global availability will start if all goes well for the company, the 2021. Note that there will also be a Tablet that will be equipped with Kirin 9000 SoC, and HarmonyOS intended to run on any smart device such as smart watches, smartphones, tablets, TVs etc.
