On September 29, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director and Chairman of Huawei's Terminal BG, released a video announcing that the number of HarmonyOS 5 terminal devices had exceeded 20 million.
According to Yu Chengdong, it took Huawei nearly 10 months for the number of HarmonyOS 5 terminal devices to grow from 0 to 10 million, but only 2 months to double from 10 million to 20 million.
It is reported that with the launch of new phones such as the Huawei Mate 80 series, Huawei nova Flip S, and Huawei Mate X7 series, the number of HarmonyOS 5 system terminal devices is expected to exceed 60 million in 2025, and may 冲刺 100 million around the Spring Festival in 2026.
On August 17, Yu Chengdong stated in the "Dialogue" program on CCTV that the R & D cost of the HarmonyOS system is very high, with an annual investment of more than 10,000 people for six consecutive years, and the R & D cost has reached tens of billions of yuan. It is reported that the HarmonyOS system has open-sourced 130 million lines of code, most of which are developed by Huawei, and some come from Huawei's partners, open-source users, and the open-source community.
As early as March this year, there were rumors that Huawei's PCs would fully switch to the HarmonyOS system because Microsoft's Windows system license for Huawei was about to expire.
On May 8, at the HarmonyOS PC Technology and Ecosystem Communication Conference held in Shenzhen, Huawei's first HarmonyOS PC equipped with the HarmonyOS operating system was officially unveiled. 至此，HarmonyOS has fully covered all-scenario terminal devices such as mobile phones, computers, watches, large screens, tablets, and cockpits.
On May 19, Huawei officially released the Huawei MateBook Pro and Huawei MateBook Fold Ultimate Master. These two computers mark the official entry of the HarmonyOS system into the personal computer field, achieving the ecological unity of the operating system between mobile and desktop terminals. Among them, the MateBook Pro focuses on lightness, portability, and efficient office work, while the MateBook Fold Ultimate Master takes the 18-inch foldable screen design as the core highlight, taking into account both the large-screen experience and portability.
The HarmonyOS PC is built based on the HarmonyOS kernel and adopts a new Star Shield security architecture, which can protect user privacy security from the bottom layer. The intelligent assistant " Xiaoyi" integrates AI capabilities and can quickly generate PPTs through voice commands, realize cross-device knowledge management, and automatically generate meeting minutes. With the help of the distributed soft bus technology, the HarmonyOS PC supports the sharing of keyboards and mice among mobile phones, computers, and tablets.
On December 10, 2024, Huawei officially released a "Native Interconnection" function demonstration video of the HarmonyOS NEXT system, introducing the interactive situation of multi-device collaboration under the "Pure-Blood HarmonyOS" system, including cross-device intercommunication scanning, cross-device intercommunication gallery, cross-device clipboard, audio and video casting, Huawei Share, etc. According to the official description, the HarmonyOS NEXT system does not require a data cable, and files can be quickly shared between Huawei mobile phones through Huawei Share, and it also supports group sending to multiple people.
Public information shows that on August 9, 2019, Huawei released HarmonyOS, the world's first micro-kernel full-scenario operating system. In August 2023, the Huawei Mate 60 was launched, and 5G and the Kirin processor returned simultaneously. On June 21, 2024, the HarmonyOS NEXT Beta was officially released. On October 22, 2024, HarmonyOS 5.0 was officially released. On July 30, 2025, the number of HarmonyOS 5 system terminals exceeded 10 million.
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