Huawei has decided to do eschew its Android-based mobile OS and go the route of Apple and Google, which is create its own grassroots operation system called HarmonyOS 5.0, also known as HarmonyOS Next.

Huawei formally launched its home-brewed operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT, on Wednesday, marking its official separation from the Android ecosystem. Huawei declared it released and "officially started public beta testing" of the OS for some of its smartphones and tablets that run its own Kirin and Kunpeng chips.

Previous versions of HarmonyOS still had Android app capabilities since Huawei was stopped from working with Google in 2019.

Huawei's HarmonyOS Next debuts with enhanced privacy, security, AI integration, and smoothness, featuring a fully self-developed system architecture and native app support.

Chinese-based Huawei has announced HarmonyOS NEXT. It's an Android-free operating system that will launch in China only for now.

Huawei's proprietary HarmonyOS NEXT, devoid of Android and its AOSP, is out in public beta, but you likely can't try it out just yet