Due to the complicated situation Huawei is going through at the moment, it’s no surprise that its software support is somewhat confusing. Indeed, Huawei currently maintains two distinct mobile systems: HarmonyOS and EMUI.
[Probamos HarmonyOS: hiperconectividad para el sistema operativo de Huawei]
HarmonyOS represents the future of Huawei, a multi-device system designed for both mobile phones and tablets, watches and smart home devices; but in Europe, so far, we have only seen it on some tablets and smartwatches. On smartphones, the company prefers to continue using its Android-based layer, EMUI.
It will be EMUI 13
Today Huawei announced the new version of EMUI, which should reach mobile phones currently sold in Europe, such as Huawei Mate Xs 2 and Huawei Nova 9; although the truth is that he didn’t elaborate much on the details.
New EMUI 13 Control Center
Not to know, we don’t even know what version of Android EMUI 13 is based on; We’re guessing it’s Android 13, as the new system was released recently and is already reaching the first phones, but we can’t be sure. Anyway, what seems obvious is that Huawei intends to unify its two systems a little more, and EMUI 13 will bring some of the new features of HarmonyOS.
Perhaps most important is great device, that Huawei’s concept of a unified platform across all of its devices; the idea is that what you do on your mobile can be continued on your computer, tablet or laptop. With EMUI 13 we will be able to connect the mobile to the rest of the devices and do things like drag files between one and the other as if they were identical.
Huawei mobiles and laptops will have more options to connect
It was already possible to connect Huawei mobiles and laptops to display the mobile screen on the desktop, but with EMUI 13 now too will work in landscape modethat is, horizontally so that applications make the most of the available space.
Huawei will allow us to take a photo from different angles at the same time
Another very striking feature that plays with the idea of ”Super Device” is Multi Camera. Basically, this allows uswe take a photo with different devices at the same time and from different angles; It also works in video calls, allowing us to switch from the laptop webcam to the mobile camera if we want to show something, for example. In the same way, any Huawei device will be able to share the music it plays with the rest, which is useful for transmitting the music we are listening to a friend who has FreeBuds headphones.
New type of widgets
As for the EMUI 13 home screen, the big change affects the widgets, which we can now put on top of each other and combine as we wish, changing their size in different combinations. It works in the same way as the smart folders that allow us to have several applications together; and besides, this function also improves with a greater variety of sizes that we can modify to our liking.
New types of widgets on Huawei phones
We also have a new type of widget, “Service Widgets”, which provide direct access to application functions; For example, the camera widget allows us to open the app and put it directly in portrait mode or selfie mode, without having to modify it in the app. The Health application widget will allow us to see data such as the number of steps, and the notes widget will allow us to create new ones directly from the home screen.
Apps can also display a new type of minimized view, called “App Snipets”; If we drag the icon upwards we can open the application in a small window that we can move and place where we want to always have the information in view, such as the steps we have taken.
New option to drag and share on Huawei
From any app we will have the option to swipe to share. For example, select text on a web page and swipe it up to see the option to share it on social media or even other connected devices.
There are still many details about EMUI 13 that we still don’t know, like its release date and compatible phones. Also remains the question of whether it is based on Android 13; We bet so, as some news seems to be adaptations such as the new privacy center or the new security options, but until Huawei clarifies it, this is only speculation.
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