The most awaited HarmonyOS 2 finally arrives at the doorsteps of Huawei P30 and P30 Pro users in the form of beta. The registered P30 users can now download the initial HM OS beta on their smartphones and check out the completely changed user interface along with all the new features.
As the software is currently in the beta stage, so there might be some bugs that will be resolved in the upcoming beta builds. Following several beta builds, the company will release a stable update for these smartphones in the coming days. And finally, the HarmonyOS journey begins for the Huawei P30 users.
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The fresh HarmonyOS 2.0 carries some extraordinary capabilities for the Huawei devices and exclusive features such as supermodel which allows users to control a bunch of devices using one super device.
Furthermore, it brings a brand new home screen, service widgets, control panel, smart folder, HarmonyOS fonts, Huawei Share, and many more. Below you can check the adapted Huawei P30 models:
- Huawei P30 – ELE-AL00/ELE-TL00
- Huawei P30 Pro – VOG-AL00/VOG-AL10/VOG-TL00
This HarmonyOS beta is currently available for Chinese users, while the global rollouts are yet to be announced by the company. Meanwhile, the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro users in China can test the new OS and discover its new capabilities. For more details regarding what’s new in the HM OS, take a look at the changelog mentioned below.
HarmonyOS Detailed Changelog:
Home-screen: Swiping up on the app icon generates a service widget, which can be resized dragged to a new location, or added to your custom home screen.
Control Panel: Swiping down from the upper-right edge of the screen takes you to Control Panel. Device Control access has been added to the shortcut switches panel so that you can control all of your devices with the same ease as navigating on your phone.
Service Center: If you swipe up from the lower left or lower right corner on the screen, the system will lead to the Service Center. This is the place, where all of your collected service widgets are stored and ready to offer access to your desired services.
Smart Folder: HarmonyOS adds support for app categorization and management. By pressing down on a standard folder displays a large folder, which offers direct access to desired apps.
HarmonyOS Fonts: HarmonyOS brings support for step-free font Weight adjustments and adjusts the size of the font itself.
Smart Office: Under this label, HarmonyOS brings you the capability to transfer files on cross-device platforms without requiring a data cable with the power of Huawei Share, which increases the file transfer speed and provides faster and secure file sharing between Huawei smartphones, computers, and tablets.
Smart Home: Offers nimble, intelligent operations on household appliances, such as quickly accessing the phone’s network from the devices, controlling screenless appliances, installation-free apps, and direct service access, which can be accessed by tapping your phone against the selected household appliance, or bringing your phone into the proximity to the appliance.
Seamless Performance: All operations, including touches and swipes, are smoother and more natural, with images and videos loading more quickly as well.
App Guard: The App Guard mode is enabled by default, to ensure that all apps subject deep scans for malicious behavior, security vulnerabilities, privacy risks, and other related behaviors while being installed.
This prevents risky apps from being installed while helping safeguard the secure running environment of the entire system.
Collaborative Security: Add a mobile – Computer collaborative authentication feature and allows you to unlock your phone by entering the phone’s screen unlock password on your Huawei computer when your phone and computer are connected via multi-screen collaboration.
Certifications: The TEE OS security kernel has obtained the CC EAL5+ certification, indicating the highest security level for a global commercial operating system kernel. The HarmonyOS operating system has obtained CC EAL4+ security certification, China’s highest security certification.
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