Huawei officially released HarmonyOS 2 and a number of new products equipped with HarmonyOS 2. This also means that the “mobile phone equipped with HarmonyOS (Hongmeng)” has become an official product for the market. It is reported that Huawei’s Honor V6 tablet can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2 in the future, and the Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded.
Huawei announced that Huawei mobile phones, tablets, and other “hundred” devices will start HarmonyOS 2 upgrades. Including HUAWEI Mate 40 series, Mate 30 series, P40 series, Mate X2, nova 8 series, MatePad Pro series, and other devices.
In addition, Huawei P30 series/ Mate X/ Mate 20 X HarmonyOS 2 plans to start the internal beta recruitment in mid-June.
Will there be more Huawei/Honor models that will be upgraded?
It is reported that Huawei’s Honor V6 tablet can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2 in the future, and the Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded.
According to the news from Weibo blogger, Huawei’s Honor V6 tablet (product model starting with KRJ, including WiFi version and 5G version) can be upgraded to the Hongmeng system. The current system version of this type of tablet is Magic UI 3.1. The Honor V6 tablet produced by the follow-up Honor Company does not support the upgrade of the Hongmeng system for various reasons.
The Honor Smart Screen before independence currently has a rough adaptation plan to upgrade to Hongmeng 2.0.
Due to hardware limitations (non-Kirin A1 factors), watches such as the Huawei Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded to support the full-body Hongmeng system.
It is reported that Huawei’s Honor V6 tablet can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2 in the future, and the Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded.
The following is the full text of Weibo:
1. Which equipment can upgrade Hongmeng?
The equipment in the figure below is the list of upgraded Hongmeng equipment planned by Huawei (may not be all). In the figure, Q3 represents the third quarter and H1 represents the first half of the year.
It is reported that Huawei’s Honor V6 tablet can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2 in the future, and the Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded.
2. Can the Honor V6 tablet be upgraded to Hongmeng?
According to current feedback, the Honor V6 tablet (product model starting with KRJ, including WiFi version and 5G version) produced by Huawei can upgrade the Harmony system. The current system version of this type of tablet is Magic UI 3.1. The Honor V6 tablet produced by the follow-up Honor Company does not support the upgrade of the Hongmeng system for various reasons. Huawei’s Honor V6 Hongmeng upgrade plan is no later than the first quarter of 2022 and maybe advanced to Q4 or Q3 at the earliest.
3. When will Honor models be able to upgrade the Harmony system?
According to the current progress, the relevant technical personnel is working overtime to complete the adaptation work. The Harmony adaptation plan of various Honor models such as the Honor 30 series may be ahead of the currently announced time node as a whole. It is optimistic that there will be positive progress this month, and the time node of some public beta pushes may advance to Q3.
4. Can the Honor Smart Screen be able to upgrade the Hongmeng system?
The Honor Smart Screen itself is the first terminal product equipped with Harmony 1.0. Regarding the upgrade of Hongmeng 2.0, there is no definite answer to this question, but the Honor Smart Screen before independence currently has a rough adaptation plan to upgrade to Harmony 2.0.
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5. Does Huawei’s previous watches support upgrading Hongmeng?
Due to hardware limitations (non-Kirin A1 factors), watches such as the Huawei Watch GT2 series cannot be upgraded to support the complete Hongmeng system, but there may be plans to upgrade some Hongmeng features.