Huawei News
HarmonyOS local emulator goes online
During the Huawei HDC 2021 Developers Conference, Huawei announced that the HarmonyOS local emulator was coming. This type of emulator is an important tool for developers to develop and debug code.
The HarmonyOS local emulator launched by Huawei can be used on a personal computer without a dedicated test machine. The product has been launched in major mobile phone categories at the end of October, smartwatches and smart screen categories will be launched in the future.
According to the official demo video, this emulator provides convenient application installation functions, while supporting application debugging, data, and other functions.
Highlights of the local emulator:
(1) Local operation, real machine performance
The local emulator runs directly on the user’s local PC, does not require login authorization, has zero delay, and is not limited by the duration of use, and has the same performance as the real machine. Users can create their own dedicated emulator based on the type of hardware required on the emulator management device. For example, select the mobile phone category of the emulator. Users can adjust the resolution, screen size, and pixel density of the mobile phone emulator by themselves.
(2) Device simulation, all-round simulation
A complete application debugging environment is inseparable from various hardware and driver devices. The launch of the local emulator fills up this shortcoming for HarmonyOS developers. The local emulator provides a variety of general-purpose device simulations such as audio, battery, location, etc., and provides developers with a running environment similar to the real machine.
In addition, the local emulator also provides product-specific simulations for Huawei devices, such as the rotation and pressing of the function keys of the smart watch , and the remote control simulation of the smart screen.
(3) Data injection, fast and convenient
The local emulator provides a separate data injection page to facilitate developers to operate specific sensors. As shown in the figure below, the right window is the virtual sensor simulation operation window, and the user can set the parameters of the specified sensor on the right as needed.
(4) Application debugging, support multiple languages
The local emulator also supports Java, JS, C/C++ single-language debugging, and JS+Java cross-language debugging capabilities, helping developers to debug applications more conveniently and efficiently.
The HarmonyOS remote emulator has also added many new features. This type of emulator is divided into a single device emulator and a hyper terminal emulator. The updated contents are as follows:
1. New “folding screen” for single device emulator
The single-device emulator already supports 5 product categories: mobile phones, PADs, smart screens, smart watches, and folding screens . Next year Q1 will launch the car and machine category . The folding screen has been launched in DevEco Sdudio version 3.0.0.601. Friends who want to use the folding screen for early adopters can finally arrange it, let’s take a look at the steps and effects of the folding screen~
As shown in the figure below, after logging in to the remote emulator, you can see the newly added Mate X2 5G device, click to run the device.
After clicking Run, the expansion and folding effects of the folding screen are as follows:
2. Newly added “Mobile + Smart Screen” to the HyperTerminal Emulator
How to adapt a single application to multiple terminals, developers may face many problems, such as:
There are many categories: mobile phones, smart watches, smart screens, car machines, etc.
High cost: For individual developers, the equipment price is high, and it is difficult for individual developers to afford it.
High networking threshold: Even if you have multiple devices, it is difficult to interact with each other, and physical networking is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Data closure: At the same time, the data of each device is not interconnected or shared.
In response to the above problems, we provide developers with a super terminal emulator, which allows developers to realize multi-device joint networking with zero cost and zero threshold. This time the upgrade of the hyper terminal emulator, a mobile phone + smart screen has been added. Currently, we have implemented three combinations of mobile phone + mobile phone, mobile phone + smart screen, and mobile phone + PAD. Let’s take a look at the highlights of the new category~
(1) Highlights of HarmonyOS Emulator:
Support distributed file management (such as cross-device file access), distributed task scheduling (such as cross-device task pull) and distributed data management (such as cross-device data transmission).
Support FA pull-up and circulation, cross-device application debugging and interactive operation. One-click circulation, easy interaction.
There is no need to configure and log in to the account, and the operation is simple.
(2) Steps and effects of using mobile phone + smart screen
As shown in the figure below, the mobile phone + smart screen device can be seen in the hyper terminal device.
(Via)
Huawei is getting ready to release a new super-thin phone called the Mate 70 Air. Some details about this phone have already been leaked online, and now a new picture has appeared showing what it looks like.
What the phone looks like
A promotional poster for the Huawei Mate 70 Air was leaked today. The phone looks similar to other phones in Huawei’s Mate 70 family, but it’s much thinner.
The back of the phone has a round camera area with Huawei’s XMAGE camera logo on it. The edges of the phone appear to be shiny and polished. The back cover has a textured surface, similar to another Huawei model called the Mate 70 Pro+.
What’s inside the phone
There isn’t much information available yet, but the Mate 70 Air might be a mid-priced phone. Early reports said it would have 12GB of memory and either 256GB or 512GB of storage space. However, newer information suggests it will actually have 16GB of memory.
The phone is expected to have a large 6.9-inch screen. It will also have a high-quality main camera.
Other features
Unlike Apple’s iPhone Air, the Huawei Mate 70 Air will have a slot for a physical SIM card. The phone will run on Huawei’s HarmonyOS 5.1 software. It will come in three colors: black, white, and gold.
Huawei is expected to launch this phone in November, around the same time as its Mate 80 series.
Tipster Digital Chat Station has confirmed that the Chinese tech giant Huawei will release new phones called the Mate 80 series in November. These new phones will have better designs, cameras, and speed.
The company is expected to compete with Apple’s new iPhone 17 phones. Huawei will make four different Mate 80 phones: the regular Mate 80, Mate 80 Pro, Mate 80 Pro+, and Mate 80 RS. Each phone will have different cameras. The regular Mate 80 will have a 50-megapixel camera.
The Pro version will have a bigger 50-megapixel camera. The Pro+ and RS models will have even bigger 50-megapixel cameras.
The Pro model might have a flat screen and face recognition. The Pro+ and RS models might have curved screens that bend more.
The best phone, the Mate 80 RS, might have a 6.9-inch screen with special technology.
This screen should be brighter, use less battery power, and last longer than normal phone screens. Huawei might also use strong titanium metal for the frame and special glass on the back. Inside the phones, there will be a new chip called the Kirin 9030. The battery might be bigger than 6000mAh and charge very fast – 100W with a wire and 80W without wires. The phones might work with 5G internet and satellite communication.
The phones will use Huawei’s own software called HarmonyOS. This might work better with other Huawei devices and have more AI features. Some people think these improvements will help Huawei compete better with Apple, especially in battery life, communication, and smart features.
A Chinese company called HiSilicon Semiconductor just changed who’s in charge. The old boss, Xu Zhijun, stepped down from his job as the legal representative and chairman. Now the company’s CEO, Gao Ji, is taking over these roles.
Xu has been working at Huawei since 1993 and still has other important jobs there – he’s a vice chairman and sometimes serves as the rotating chairman. Him leaving this position is probably just Huawei moving people around to different jobs within the company.
HiSilicon is completely owned by Huawei and makes computer chips. This change in leadership might mean Huawei is trying to make things work better.
HiSilicon started in October 2004 when Huawei took its computer chip design team and turned it into its own company. The main office is in Shenzhen, but they also have offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities in China.