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From next year, HUAWEI is officially done with Android. Harmony OS Next will roll out to the company’s new Mate 70 and Mate X6 series in 2025, and the first handsets will ship exclusively with the OS the same year, transitioning HUAWEI’s phones to an Android-free experience for the very first time.
Following the HUAWEI US trade ban, the company spun off its Android development efforts into 2019’s Harmony OS. Despite the hurdles, the project remained based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) to benefit from the huge range of apps developed for the platform, even if you had to install them through HUAWEI’s store, track down APKs, or hope your favorite app had a web app instead.