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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.
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Huawei Sound X4 smart speaker was launched on Huawei Mall, and full pre-sale started on the same day, and the first sale of the new product started at 20:00 on October 31.
The smart speaker is available in two colors: Rhythmic Black and Dynamic White, priced at 2199 yuan and 2599 yuan respectively.
The speaker contains eight units, including 1 woofer, 4 mid-range speakers, 1 tweeter and 2 passive radiators . Officials said that the high, medium and low frequency units work within their respective frequency response ranges, giving full play to the advantages of each unit. A HUAWEI Sound X4 can bring “symphony orchestra-like” sound effects.
The speaker has obtained Hi-Res high-definition sound quality certification, which can provide more sound details and also perceive the spatial sense of the sound. Its subwoofer has a power of 50W and is also equipped with 2 passive radiators. The low frequency dives to 36Hz and has a 25mm stroke.
In addition, its high-frequency unit has a power of 3W and the mid-frequency unit has a power of 5W, and they use pure titanium diaphragm and self-developed mica fiber diaphragm respectively.
The speaker is equipped with Huawei SOUND bass enhancement algorithm, which can actively control the vibration of the speaker, reduce distortion, improve the transient response of low frequency, and achieve deep and powerful low frequency performance. It adopts Sym-Pole mirror design to offset vibration noise and bring rich bass.
In addition, it supports control methods such as one-touch, one-cover, and two-tap, which can respectively complete operations such as lighting, muting, and turning off the lights. The speaker also supports intelligent recognition of spatial structure, emitting sound waves to detect the room structure and receiving feedback, and can automatically match the sound effect scheme in the spatial scene.
Huawei’s GoPaint App was released in May this year and officially launched in August this year. The App is a digital painting software provided by Huawei. Yesterday, the app was newly adapted to 4 tablets including the MatePad Pro 11-inch 2022 model.
A user recently asked in the community for the app compatibility and support replied that “This function is expected to be supported in the first quarter of 2025.”
According to reports, the official version of GoPaint App has over 150 preset brushes, more than 80 brush parameters that can be adjusted, and fluid brushes that can restore the real pen-and-paper rendering effect. At the same time, new realistic canvas styles have been added, including watercolor, ink, oil painting, rock color, etc.
The official version of GoPaint App also has Fangtian Painting Engine 2.0 built in, supports 100+ 6K high-definition layers and 8K ultra-large canvas, and is the first to use a floating splash brush, which can splash ink by double-clicking the pen.
Huawei has now started rolling out the September 2024 security patch update to the Pura 70 lineup in Europe.
Huawei Pura 70 lineup
LIST OF CHANGES
[SYSTEM]
Improves system stability in certain situations.
[SECURITY]
Integrates security patches released in September 2024 for improved system security.
UPDATE NOTES
Updating will not delete your personal information, but we recommend that you back up important data before updating.
If you encounter any problems during the update, please call the Huawei customer hotline or visit a Huawei customer service center.
The update package will be automatically deleted after the update is complete.