Huawei Technologies, which has been blacklisted by the US, announced that it aims to develop 100,000 applications for its HarmonyOS operating system within the next 6 to 12 months.
Huawei currently has over 15,000 apps based on HarmonyOS, which meet basic consumer needs.
However, the company is focused on expanding its ecosystem to include more personalized and niche apps, as Huawei Chairman Xu Zhijun outlined in a speech at a conference on Saturday.
The ambitious target of 100,000 apps highlights the urgency for Huawei to enhance its homegrown technologies amidst rising tensions with the US, particularly in the areas of trade and technology.
Huawei launched HarmonyOS five years ago after US sanctions cut off its access to Googles Android. The company later released an open-source version of the operating system.
Xu emphasized that Huaweis push to develop HarmonyOS was driven by the necessity to reduce reliance on foreign technology due to ongoing US sanctions.
While significant progress has been made, Xu stressed that no operating system is valuable unless widely adopted, urging developers to contribute more apps to the platform. He also called on government agencies, state-owned companies, and other organizations to adopt HarmonyOS for their operations.
