Huawei launched the Concord OS 2.0 developer beta yesterday (December 16),  permitting Chinese language builders to test-drive the home-grown platform on choose Huawei telephones. The corporate additionally reiterated that the primary Concord OS telephones would launch subsequent yr.

Now, China’s Sina Tech web site has reported that the Huawei P50 can be “formally geared up” with Concord OS, including that the gadget is anticipated in Q1 2021. In different phrases, this may very well be the primary flagship Huawei telephone to obtain a pre-installed model of the home-built working system.

It’s unclear whether or not this may apply to all Huawei P50 collection telephones and whether or not it might apply to particular areas (e.g. China solely). Nonetheless, Huawei beforehand informed us that Concord OS is ready to convert Android apps to run on the platform. So a smartphone working the platform may nonetheless have app help akin to Huawei telephones with out Google integration.

The transition appears wise in mild of the producer’s present state of affairs then, because it sees sliding market-share in strongholds like Europe. It won’t have something to lose if Google help isn’t forthcoming any time quickly and its market-share continues to say no.

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“We don’t have something smartphone associated to say with reference to Concord OS aside from what we communicated yesterday [regarding the beta – ed],” a Huawei consultant informed BestAppsIneed in response to an emailed question.

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