GettyOn Tuesday evening, two Chinese websites reported that Huawei is set to launch its alternative to the Android operating system sooner than expected, as it battles Google's removal of Android from its next generation of smartphones following the U.S. blacklist. There have been conflicting reports in the media as to how viable the new operating system is, with the implication that this might be more PR crisis management than product announcement. According to the Information, the OS project "has had its ups and downs and remains far from ready." “I can’t believe that the U.S. government has limited Android," Yu told the Information. According to reports last year, Huawei "started building its own operating system after a U.S. investigation into Huawei and ZTE in 2012."

Source: Forbes May 21, 2019 22:52 UTC