Huawei is all about Android, using Google's mobile OS on all of its smartphones, but the company is reportedly also prepping its own OS.
Huawei is developing its own mobile operating system, say sources speaking to the South China Morning Post. The OS has been in development since 2012, when both Huawei and ZTE were investigated by the U.S.
There are few details known about the OS itself, but it's said that Huawei is working on it in case of "worst case scenarios". One source said that the OS is not as good as Android and doesn't have many third-party apps.
When asked about building its own mobile OS, Huawei said that it "has no plans to release its own OS in the foreseeable future," adding that it has a focus on Android products.
It makes sense that Android would be more polished and have more third-party apps than an OS developed by Huawei because Android has been available to the public for years and has become the most widely used mobile OS in the world, while Huawei's OS has not. However, it doesn't hurt for Huawei to have a backup, especially considering all of the issues Huawei has had lately with the U.S. government as well as ZTE's own issues with the government.
