HarmonyOS
Here are the top Huawei HarmonyOS 2 features
Huawei HarmonyOS 2 for smartphones is a matter of huge discussion among consumers. Although, the software was initially announced at Huawei Developer Conference 2020 but its actual arrival on smartphones happened on June 2, 2021.
This new Huawei operating system comes with various new features and user interface changes that attract consumers and allow you to make the most out of its new ecosystem. Speaking of the ecosystem, HarmonyOS is cross-device software that allows forming a virtual bridge of connection between different devices.
The result of this cross-device approach brings a seamless inter-connect device user experience, that you cannot find in other smartphone makers. The combination of these features forms a powerful operating system + UI/UX.
We’ll not stop here, and it’s time that we share with you the top HarmonyOS 2 features. Just to be mentioned, these HarmonyOS 2 top features consist of the following aspects:
- Features
- Customizations
- Ease of access information
HarmonyOS 2 Top Features:
App Guard:
The apps on AppGallery are verified as safe, having passed rigorous security checks. Once App Guard is enabled, the system will recommend that you download apps through Huawei AppGallery, whenever possible, to protect your device and data from risky apps.
App Guard is enabled by default. To disable it, go to Settings > System & updates > App Guard and touch Disable.
Super Device:
Super Device makes it easier than ever to transfer tasks and share data between devices. For example, you could transfer a video you’re playing on this device to your Vision, or send music to a smart speaker, without missing a beat.
How to enable:
- Make sure that both your phone and the other device are logged in to the same HUAWEI ID and connected to the same hotspot, with Bluetooth enabled.
- Swipe down from the upper-right edge of your phone to display Control Panel. Super Device will automatically search for nearby devices. You can also touch Q to search for devices.
- Select a device to transfer a specific task from your phone.
Smart Listening:
Touch the Audio Control Panel section to transfer your music to a new audio device, without missing a beat!
Enable Bluetooth on your phone and connect to your preferred audio device in one of the following ways (depending on the device type):
- Bluetooth audio device – Connect your preferred audio device to your phone via Bluetooth
- Smart speaker and Vision – Enable Bluetooth on your smart speaker or Vision, connect it to the same WLAN network, and log in to the same Huawei ID as that on your phone.
Swipe down from the upper-right edge of your phone to display the Control Panel, and touch the switch icon on the top right corner
Touch the name of your preferred audio device to switch the audio to that device.
Note – Make sure to update your audio device to the latest version before using this feature.
Control Panel:
Control Panel takes you to the most commonly used settings, allowing you to manage media audio, shortcut switches, and paired devices, with greater ease.
You can try the following features:
How to access it?
Swipe down from the upper-right edge of the screen to display Control Panel, to access the following features:
Media Playback controls: To manage media audio playback on the device itself, switch audio apps, or switch playback to a connected audio device.
Shortcut controls: To enable, disable, or set frequently used features.
Super Device: To initiate multi-screen collaboration between your phone and another device (tablet, laptop, or Vision), for instance projecting your phone screen, or picking up a task right from where you had left off on another device.
Smart device controls: To manage devices paired in AI Life.
Service Center:
Service Center, get direct access to many new information that has been waiting for you.
Try it out
- Swipe up diagonally (or along the edge) from the bottom left or right corner on your phone to access the My services tab in Service Center.
- On the My Services tab, touch a service widget to directly access the corresponding service.
- On the Discover tab, touch and hold down on a service widget, and touch Open to access the service. You can also touch the service widget and follow the onscreen instructions to manage the widget.
More on Service Center:
Snippets: Display your most commonly used features and provide direct access to them. For example, you can simply touch the Notepad service widget to resume editing the note from where you left off last time
Service Center: This allows you to discover and managè Snippets, which are displayed on the My services and Discover tabs.
Try this out:
- Swipe up diagonally (or along the edge) from the bottom left or right corner on your phone to access the My services tab in Service Center, where the service widgets you have used or added to favorites are displayed.
- Touch the Discover tab to view all recommended service widgets.
Celia Suggestions:
If we’re talking HarmonyOS 2 top features then Celia Suggestions is the top one to recommend, Celia Suggestions is a home screen app that recommends services that are likely to pique your interest, based on your usage habits. You’ll notice that recommendations get even better and better as Celia Suggestions continues to learn more about your usage habits and preferences.
For instance, it will recommend video streaming apps and provide easy access during the times of the day when you tend to stream your favorite content.
Go to Settings > HUAWEI Assistant > AI Suggestions > Celia Suggestions > Service widgets, swipe up and down to choose your preferred widget style, then touch ADD TO HOME SCREEN.
Touch and hold down on a service or app icon in Celia Suggestions and touch Not interested to have it replaced with another service or app.
Things to remember:
If you’ve accidentally added more than one Celia Suggestions, pinch two fingers together on the home screen to access the home screen editing mode, and drag Celia Suggestions onto Remove in the top right corner of the screen.
Large Folders:
Create a Custom Home Screen, with Large Folders: Design the easy-to-navigate home screen of your dreams, by categorizing apps and accessing them directly through large folders.
Try it out:
Switch display modes: Touch and hold a standard folder, and select Enlarge from the popup menu. Quickly access apps: Touch the large icon within a large folder to directly access the corresponding app. Then touch the lower right corner of the large folder to enter the folder.
App Snippet:
App snippets allow you to preview and access common app services and features, without having to open the apps themselves. For example, the Weather snippet takes you straight to the weather forecast, and the Music snippet allows you to control music playback.
Expand/Collapse an app snippet: Swipe up on an app icon to expand a snippet, and touch any area outside of the snippet to collapse it.
Pin/Remove an app snippet: Touch pin icon to pin an app snippet to the home screen, and touch and hold the snippet to move or remove it.
Select a style: Touch and hold a snippet, then touch
More snippets to select your preferred style, and touch Add to the home screen.
A few things to know:
Apps supporting snippets have a short bar at the bottom, which can be removed in the home screen settings. In drawer mode, you can expand a snippet by touching and holding down on an app icon. More apps will support snippets shortly.
Huawei is gearing up for a massive flagship launch event on March 23, other than smartphones, the Chinese tech maker will launch new HarmonyOS 3.1 software.
According to the information, the flagship Huawei P60 series and Mate X3 foldable will pack HarmonyOS 3.1 operating system out of the box. That’s not it, the MatePad 11 2023 tablet will also bring it onboard.
This is good news and the new software will provide new features for a better new user experience.
The tipster also suggests that the Huawei Enjoy 60 series will use HarmonyOS 3.0. This is due to the platform limitation of the Kirin 710A chipset. Still, we don’t have an official stamp on this matter but more information is awaited.
HarmonyOS 3.1:
At Huawei Developer Conference 2022 (HDC 22), Huawei announced HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta. Last month, Huawei opened the HarmonyOS 3.1 dev beta for physical devices and the first eligible smartphones launched with this beta campaign include Huawei P50 and P50 Pro.
Other than that, Huawei already tested HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta on the Huawei Mate 50 series. Unfortunately, all of this activity is happening only for the Chinese models. Meanwhile, global users are still waiting for a miracle to somehow access EMUI 13.
The developer beta doesn’t seem to have many graphical changes. Instead, it’s a major fix and performance improvement for Huawei devices. Yet some optimizations are clearly visible such as smoothed animations and fast on-screen operations.
As for now, Huawei has not announced the roadmap for this new HarmonyOS version but March 23 could bring it on stage. On the flip side, the official development roadmap of HarmonyOS 3.1 shows that Huawei will roll it out in April.
So, Huawei P60 and Mate X3 will give a grand debut to the HarmonyOS 3.1. Then the software will make its way to the old models in the following month.
That sums up the story, however, we’ll keep you posted with more development in this story.
Also, read:
Here are the new HarmonyOS 3.1 beta features and optimizations
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Huawei has released March 2023 security update details for the HarmonyOS, this patch mentions various security improvements for devices running the HarmonyOS operating system.
According to the information, Huawei HarmonyOS March 2023 security bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities that have been fixed by security patch 2023-03-01 or the updated HarmonyOS version.
The latest security patch helps users to secure their phones, tablets and smartwatches from vulnerabilities designed for malicious intent.
HarmonyOS 3:
In the meantime, Huawei continues to sign up new smartphones with HarmonyOS 3 beta. As recently, Huawei P20 and Mate 10 series received closed beta in the homeland. However, there are also top Honor phones including Honor V30 and Honor 30 series already part of the test pool.
Both P20 and Mate 10 series are important and one of the oldest to receive a new HarmonyOS upgrade, which was released in 2018 and 2017 respectively.
HarmonyOS 3 also brings new improvements, such as the new Huawei Share optimizations. This automatically disables the phone’s Huawei Share within 20 seconds.
Another interesting feature that Huawei recently released is the ability to delete some system applications. It seems like the feature needs some optimizations to work to the fullest. Read more about it here.
HarmonyOS 3.1
HarmonyOS 3.1 is making moves and the developer beta activity is about conclude for Huawei P50 and P50 Pro. The HarmonyOS 3.1 roadmap suggest release in early April for old devices but the P60 series could grab it first.
HarmonyOS March 2023 security patch details.
This software update fixes 2 of the medium, critical, and high level vulnerabilities for HarmonyOS 3 and HarmonyOS 2 in the kernel section.
There are 5 vulnerabilities fixed in the system for HarmonyOS 3.1, 3.0, 2.1, and 2.0. The app section also got improvements by fixing 6 CVES in different parts of the app system.
Framework is the one with 7 CVEs fixed right away with high and medium levels of security threat for different HarmonyOS versions. These are some important fixes and we suggest all of the HarmonyOS smartphone owners upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.
Recently, Huawei announced HarmonyOS 3 software rollout for the Watch GT 3 smartwatches and brings a variety of new features. This upgrade will help you to get the most out of its capabilities.
Huawei is rolling out HarmonyOS 3 for the Watch GT 3 Pro 43mm, Watch GT 3 Pro 46mm, Watch GT 3 Porsche Design, GT 3 42mm, GT 3 46mm, GT Runner, and GT 2022 Collector’s Edition.
According to the information, Huawei Watch GT 3 users can download this new build with version 3.0.0.73 and OTA package size of below 100Mb.
There are additional and hidden options available for the Watch GT 3 series, we’ll walk you through some of the most interesting ones here. Let’s take a look at HarmonyOS 3 features that are rolling out for Huawei Watch GT 3 devices.
Quick Payments:
Although, Huawei is sending HarmonyOS 3 for both global and Chinese users but the latest firmware has a China-exclusive feature called WeChat quick payments.
Outfit watch face:
After installing HarmonyOS 3, Huawei Watch GT 3 series users can set up a customized version of watch faces to match their outfits. This makes the watch faces more intriguing and interesting.
To set a dial, open the Huawei Health app, select the device, tap on watch face market, and then select “My” from here you can customize the outfit watch face.
Kaleidoscope watch face:
Other than the customized outfit dial, Huawei Watch GT 3 will bring a brand new kaleidoscope watch face. This will unlock new patterns on the watch faces when you access the crown to adjust the kaleidoscope display effect.
To use this new watch face, navigate to the Huawei Health app, select the smartwatch, open the watch face section, tap on Me, and then select Kaleidoscopic watch face.
Flashlight:
This is another useful addition to the Huawei Watch GT 3 series and if you often wished for a torch in your smartwatch, then this is a right to upgrade to the latest HarmonyOS version.
The new flashlight comes with 8 standard and custom color schemes. You can customize colors, and flash effects and adjust the intensity of the color.
To use this new feature, open the app section, from here tap on the flashlight/torch app and then slide up to enter the flashlight settings.
HarmonyOS 3 grabs you a lot of reasons to upgrade over the latest software update and you should also download it right away as soon as it appears on your Huawei Watch GT model.