Former Huawei executive claims that HarmonyOS for PC will release next year

In 2019, the US Department of Commerce put Huawei on an Entity List", which banned it from dealing with any US company. The move led Google to revoke Huawei's Android license, among other repercussions. Then, Huawei developed its own OS, HarmonyOS, for phones, tablets.

Wang Chenglu, former Huawei executive and now CEO of Shenzhen Kaihong Digital Industry Development, recently revealed on Weibo (Chinese social media) that HarmonyOS will be coming to PCs.

When someone had asked if a PC version of Hongmeng will be released next year, Chenglu responded with a Yes" to indicate that a HarmonyOS PC variant is planned for 2024. It is worth noting that HarmonyOS is called Hongmeng in China, and OpenHarmony for PC is available to some testers.

HarmonyOS is an interesting beast in that it's much more than just a modified Android", as its Wikipedia page details. Even if it never gains a foothold in the west, its potential in China is massive, and big enough to become a serious contender regardless of what we here in the west think of it. I love the gusto of bringing it to the PC, too, and aside from reservations I have about using an operating system developed by one of the many extensions of the Chinese government, I'm actually quite interested in using one of the HarmonyOS smartphones.