HarmonyOS

On June 22nd, Zhu Dongdong, President of the Tablet and PC Product Line at Huawei’s Consumer Business Group (BG), confirmed that HarmonyOS will support app side-load in Huawei Developer Conference 2025. This may reduce the lack of applications that affects the development of HarmonyOS, attracting more users to the ecosystem. The ecosystem is also growing — QQ now supports HarmonyOS PCs, and WeChat adaptation is underway. For a broader perspective on why HarmonyOS matters as a domestic OS alternative, see HarmonyOS NEXT becoming the world’s third-largest mobile OS — including its security advantages over Windows. ...

According to Chinese media reports, QQ has completed the adaptation for Huawei HarmonyOS computers. WeChat and Enterprise WeChat are also accelerating their adaptation process and will be launched successively. This is undoubtedly a huge piece of good news for the HarmonyOS ecosystem — especially since HarmonyOS has confirmed it will support app side-loading, addressing a key concern about app availability. For the bigger picture on HarmonyOS’s rise as the world’s third-largest mobile OS and its implications for Windows, see HarmonyOS NEXT overview on TheWindows12. ...