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Today I’m going to talk about Harmony OS 2.0 and why I think this OS is the future.
In this video I will cover what’s new about Harmony OS 2.0, what’s special about it,
and my conclusion.
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So first let’s check out what’s new about Harmony OS 2.0.
You may have seen many tech reviewers say oh, it’s basically Android 10 and looks
almost the same as Huawei’s previous EMUI OS without too much new stuff.
Is that true?
Now I’m going to tell you yes, it’s true and a big no.
Let me explain.
Why not start with the new features.
On the home page, you swipe down from the left side you will see the notifications.
Swipe down from the right side, you get to see the control panel.
One big thing is you click the music playing widget on the top left corner, you can play
music from all music apps that are on the phone without actually opening the app.
You see the background apps don’t include any music apps.
And this feature can be seen everywhere in the Harmony OS.
It can be seen as a microcosm of Harmony OS concept, which are minimalistic, systematic,
and de-applicationized.
Actually, I’m not sure the last word is a real word or not, but I bet you know what
I mean.
Under that are the shortcuts just like any other Android phone.
You can quickly disable or enable some features by tapping the icon there, nothing new.
What’s really new here is the Super Device section.
You can drag a device onto this device to connect to it or handoff task.
We’ll mainly elaborate on this later as this is the most important part.
Let’s keep exploring what’s new here.
You slightly swipe up on an app to get a snippet.
You can pin it to your phone interface.
You can long-press to remove or choose different snippets to display it.
You see what Huawei is trying to do here?
They try to modularize everything that lets you access your most-used apps even easier
and faster.
Like before if you want to buy something from an app, you first open the app, close the
ads and then search, now you just swipe and search.
You can also enlarge a folder so you can click the app directly.
Don’t need to click the folder specifically.
There are also other changes like new UI or animation, here I’m not going to show every
detail about it, otherwise, this video would be endless.
The thing is here you might ask: despite all those changes, what’s the fundamental difference
between the already existed Android system?
That’s a good question but have you ever thought about it?
The Harmony OS is a totally new OS that gives no additional learning cost burden for its
users, isn't it amazing?
But then you may ask so that’s just another Android system with new UI designs.
That’s not right, the core concept of HarmonyOS is to eliminate the limitations of Android
and hardware devices.
Now let me fully explain the Super Device feature.
I will use the tablet, laptop, watch, and TV to demonstrate this.
Let’s start with the MatePad Pro.
You drag the MatePad Pro onto your phone under the Super Device interface, wait for a few
seconds, and then will be connected.
Then you will have a Super Device of phone and pad.
You can do whatever you want for your phone on the pad!
Watching videos or full-screen videos wouldn’t be an issue.
Want to type long text?
No problem, and the content is syncing on your phone!
And if you want to exit just drag the MatePad Pro icon out of the circle.
Now for the Super Device of tablet and laptop.
Huawei offers three modes between the two.
First is mirroring.
This mode enables you to project the content from the laptop directly to the tablet.
Second is extending.
you use your laptop as a secondary screen.
What’s the smart here is it detects the tablet position automatically whether you
put it to the left or right and you drag the files accordingly.
One good thing I can think of for this mode is when I’m working, I can use my tablet
to watch some videos and when the boss is coming, I can quickly turn off the video and
pretend to work hard.
This is good.
Third is sharing.
You can drag any files between the two.
There are many benefits for this like you can use all applications from both the laptop
and tablet simultaneously, which will improve your working efficiency greatly because sometimes
you want to draw something on your laptop and now you can do that on your tablet and
drag the files to it once finished.
And for the smartwatch, as the display is small and maybe the only thing you need from
it is just some critical information so you don’t need to stare at your phone all the
time while doing sports or other tasks.
Now let’s move to something even bigger like Huawei MateView and TV.
You see the MateView display just uses my phone’s computing power to let me do everything
on it, and I can use my phone separately at the same time!
And TV, you can enjoy a much better way to communicate with your family members or friends.
After all these I guess we truly understand the core concept of Harmony OS here, namely,
to eliminate the restrictions or limitations of a single hardware device and let each fully
present its advantages.
It lets your phone device fully present its mobile communication advantage, your tablet
fully present its drawing advantage, your computer fully present its input advantage,
and your TV fully present its big screen advantage, or your watch present its compact advantage
when you are not convenient to check your phone.
It’s not about changing a few UIs or adding a few animations, it’s about an ideal life
that’s not going to entrap or be limited by a certain amount of devices, it unites
everything in one and lets you enjoy life.
You see Harmony OS is unlike Android or iOS, it’s not a replacement for them.
Before, we had one OS for one type of device.
Like Windows for PC, Android and iOS for smartphones, but now we have so many smart devices, it’s
such a burden to do one OS for each type of device.
Users will find it’s overwhelming too, not convenient.
Therefore, cross-platform and cross-device interaction is a problem that all manufacturers want to solve.
Google is trying to develop next OS, the Fuchsia, Apple is trying to use its in-house chipset
to fuse its ecosystem.
And for Huawei, Harmony OS is their answer for the future OS.
And that’s why I think Huawei Harmony OS is the future, is our new hope.
Alright, that’s the video, I hope it has helped you in some way, please let me know
what you think in the comments section.
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I’m Sami and I will see you in the next one.