Hongmeng surpassed iOS for the first time to become China's second largest mobile operating system, and Huawei's full-scenario ecosystem has taken shape

Recently, the research organization Counterpoint Research released the latest survey data. In the first quarter of 2024, Huawei's HarmonyOS surpassed Apple iOS for the first time in the Chinese market. This means that HarmonyOS has become China’s second largest operating system.

Report data shows that Huawei’s HarmonyOS’s share of the Chinese market increased from 8% in the first quarter of 2023 to 17% in the first quarter of 2024, while iOS’s share dropped from 20% to 16%. It also marks the first first quarter decline for iOS in China since the first quarter of 2019, largely due to Huawei launching 5G smartphones that compete directly with Apple. From the perspective of global mobile phone system market share, Android and iOS both dropped 1% year-on-year, with shares of 77% and 19% respectively; Huawei HarmonyOS’s global share doubled from 2% year-on-year. Reach 4%. The report also stated that HarmonyOS’s 5G adoption rate reached 50% in the first quarter of 2024, up from 9% in the first quarter of 2023. This ratio is expected to grow further as Huawei focuses on supply chain localization. It is worth mentioning that the research organization TechInsights also released a forecast report in January this year stating that Huawei HarmonyOS will replace Apple iOS as China’s second largest smartphone operating system in 2024. Data shows that since the debut of HarmonyOS 1.0 in 2019, HarmonyOS has gone through four major version iterations and has become one of the fastest-growing smart terminal operating systems in history. As a full-scenario distributed operating system, HarmonyOS opens up the software, hardware and software ecosystems, and provides a unified language for devices to communicate with each other in the era of the Internet of Everything. According to data previously disclosed by Huawei, the number of Hongmeng ecological devices currently reaches 800 million+ (700 million units in August 2023), which can support 180 smart devices. The brand awareness is as high as 88%, and has been chosen by more than 20 million users. In order to upgrade the Hongmeng OS4.2 version, a full-scenario ecosystem belonging to Hongmeng has been formed. The market share of HarmonyOS has been able to achieve rapid growth in the past year, which is closely related to the Mate60 series of mobile phones launched by Huawei in August last year and the Pura 70 series of mobile phones released at the end of April this year, both of which are equipped with Powered by the Hongmeng HarmonyOS operating system, these two phones have performed very well since their launch. According to the latest report from Canalys, they helped Huawei regain its No. 1 spot in the smartphone market in mainland China in the first quarter of 2024 with 11.7 million unit shipments and a 17% market share. For HarmonyOS, the most important thing this year is the promotion of HarmonyOS NEXT, the Hongmeng Galaxy version. From June 21st to June 23rd, Huawei will hold HDC.2024 Huawei Global Developer Conference, at which time the Beta test of Hongmeng Galaxy Edition will be officially launched. The new HarmonyOS NEXT, as the much-anticipated "pure-blooded Harmony" system, while leading industry innovation, is also attracting more and more partners and developers to join the Harmony ecosystem.

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