The native HarmonyOS, considered a "super project," has finally unveiled its "veil." On the evening of the designated day, Huawei announced its official release and the commencement of public beta testing for more models. According to the latest data released by the official, as of now, the number of HarmonyOS ecosystem devices has exceeded 100 million.

Yu Chengdong, Executive Director and Chairman of the Terminal Business Group at Huawei, revealed at the launch event that the HarmonyOS codebase now exceeds 100 million lines, with 2.2 million registered developers and over 10,000 native HarmonyOS applications and meta-services already available. "An operating system with a foundation and an ecosystem is truly an operating system! It cannot be done by Huawei alone. With the joint efforts of partners across various industries, the native HarmonyOS has been rapidly iterated, almost reaching a pace of one version per day, and the HarmonyOS ecosystem has achieved a historic breakthrough," Yu Chengdong said.

Currently, the HarmonyOS has surpassed to become the second-ranked operating system in the Chinese market. Globally, according to the latest data released by research institutions, the global market share of the HarmonyOS also reached % in the first quarter of this year, with its penetration rate rising from % in the first quarter of the year to %.

But when Pureblood HarmonyOS takes the lead, what's the next step? The First Financial Daily reporter found in interviews that HarmonyOS is no longer just a simple replacement for the existing operating system industry; more and more people are hoping to leverage its cross-device capabilities to find new opportunities for traffic.

In the long run, after passing through the darkest moments, the construction of the pure-blooded HarmonyOS ecosystem will rely on the participation of more developers and partners. This is HarmonyOS's opportunity, and it is also the key to whether China's operating system can continue to "take root" in the global market.

The number of native HarmonyOS applications and meta-services has exceeded 10,000. In the past half year, the coverage of HarmonyOS has gradually expanded from top-tier applications to long-tail ones. According to the data released at the HarmonyOS Night and Huawei's full-scenario new product launch event, over 10,000 applications and meta-services have been launched, including top-tier apps such as Feishu, DingTalk, Alipay, JD.com, and WeChat, all of which have integrated with the native HarmonyOS system.

"As early as last month, we started the development of the HarmonyOS version of DingTalk, mainly for two considerations. On one hand, there was a strong demand from our DingTalk customers, and on the other hand, based on the design ideas of native HarmonyOS intelligence, we believed that we had the opportunity to recreate a brand-new DingTalk on the HarmonyOS system," said Cheng Caohong of DingTalk at the event.

Ant Group Vice President Chen Liang stated, "Starting from the first day of last month, Alipay has fully invested in supporting HarmonyOS, with hundreds of technical experts working intensively in closed-door development, closely collaborating with Huawei in multiple areas such as application architecture, and by the first day of this month, Alipay HarmonyOS version was launched. After ten iterations, the native HarmonyOS version of Alipay officially went live on the first day of this month." Chen Liang mentioned that the native HarmonyOS version of Alipay has already launched millions of mini-programs and over a hundred types of life services, with overall performance improved by 20% compared to the previous version. Alipay and the HarmonyOS system have also been further optimized for deeper integration, aiming to fully leverage the system's advantages.

On-site demonstrations also showcased capabilities including interface, interaction methods, cross-terminal functionality, and system integration. For example, through the Control Center upgrade and lock screen capsule notification feature, it enables shallow interaction design and convenient real-time information viewing. In terms of capabilities, the "Xiaoyi Intelligent Agent" boasts a knowledge base of trillions of entries and can distinguish between referential languages like "here" and "this".

Yu Chengdong stated in his speech that since the launch of the native HarmonyOS beta testing, they have received over ten thousand suggestions and feedback. "We call on more partners and users to support and embrace native HarmonyOS. Starting anew, together, we will build and share a new world of HarmonyOS."

A Huawei representative from the Terminal Software Department stated that the construction of HarmonyOS is not merely aimed at replacing Android, but rather to forge a unique path of innovation. The scale of HarmonyOS's construction is comparable to that of the Two Bombs and One Satellite project, with Huawei investing over 10,000 R&D engineers and tens of thousands of people from over 10,000 application partners participating in its development. "In the years of operating system research and development, we have accomplished what our European and American counterparts took decades to achieve, realizing the autonomy and control of the operating system. Only with a solid foundation and an ecosystem can it be considered a true operating system," said Yu Chengdong.

Since Huawei announced the full launch of native HarmonyOS applications in [month], companies and developers from various fields including social media, audio-visual, gaming, news, finance, and food have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem construction. "When a large number of our applications migrate from the Android ecosystem to the HarmonyOS operating system, HarmonyOS will truly be completed and become the third global mobile operating system alongside Apple and Google Android. We first focus on building the HarmonyOS application ecosystem in the Chinese market and will gradually promote it to other countries and eventually to the global market," said Xu Zhijun, Huawei's Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, in the first quarter of this year. The application migration work is enormous, but it has received extensive support from the entire industry and application developers.

Yuan Earth's head, Lin Zhibiao, previously told the First Financial Daily that if the development of a purely HarmonyOS application is merely aimed at Huawei phones and serves as a substitute for other systems, the value of gaining new traffic is not significant, as the application would need to achieve the same level of perfection as other systems, which would inevitably result in high development costs. "However, if the pure HarmonyOS can 're-dispatch' the previously fragmented operating systems through new distribution capabilities, it presents a new traffic opportunity for developers," Lin Zhibiao believes. The native HarmonyOS, under the Ark engine technology, can intelligently distribute services. This means that after users open their phones, they no longer need to search specifically for apps to order taxis, order food, or buy movie tickets. All services can be completed in one step through the phone's built-in voice assistant or by entering the negative first screen or search.

In other words, the internet era has given rise to a business model based on search. In the era of mobile internet, its terminal has evolved into the smartphone, which, when continuously enhanced, has formed an ecosystem. Within this ecosystem, several commonly used applications have become traffic giants. However, as the industry enters the next stage, extending from single devices and single smartphones to tablets and cars, the form of devices undergoes significant changes. Consequently, the mechanisms and technological paths for information and service distribution also change. Huawei insiders suggest that the native Hongmeng has the potential to break through the "traffic barrier" by adopting new distribution strategies to uncover the value of more applications.

From the current pace of implementation, the timeline for the advancement of "Pure Blood Harmony" is significantly earlier than what was widely predicted externally. Multiple developers and Huawei external experts interviewed by reporters believe that the native HarmonyOS for smartphones will most likely be implemented in the next series, which is also a crucial battle for Huawei in competing with Android and its ecosystem. On one hand, in this era, operating systems have become the cornerstone of terminal devices, and their importance cannot be overstated. With the deep integration of large model technology and the interconnection between multiple devices, this has become a new focus of competition in the consumer electronics industry, with both Apple and Google accelerating their efforts, and Huawei cannot afford to lag behind. On the other hand, the HarmonyOS market share has surpassed the survival warning line, and the flywheel effect of the ecosystem is gradually emerging.

"The main focus of developers is on R&D efficiency, hoping to develop at lower costs. This is the stage from the pure HarmonyOS to the future. However, in the future, these developers will eventually care about what makes the HarmonyOS different and how Huawei's capabilities can make developers' work different." A technical leader of a top application told reporters that in the future, people will be more concerned about the exploration directions of HarmonyOS on the side and in meta services. However, any exploration cannot rely solely on Huawei; it also requires the participation of enterprises from thousands of industries and hundreds of thousands of developers.