Huawei launches own operating system applicable to mobile phones

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, unveils the HarmonyOS, or Hongmeng in Chinese, during the Huawei Developer Conference held in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 9, 2019. Huawei launched its open-source operating system, HarmonyOS, on Friday as a potential alternative to Android should the Google's operating system be banned from Huawei mobile phones. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)