Service Widgets Archives - Huawei Central https://www.huaweicentral.com/tag/service-widgets/ Home for all Huawei News Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:37:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.huaweicentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-HC-Newsroom-favicon-32x32.png Service Widgets Archives - Huawei Central https://www.huaweicentral.com/tag/service-widgets/ 32 32 HarmonyOS 3 Features: Stack Widgets, Large Folders, Security, Performance and more https://www.huaweicentral.com/harmonyos-3-features/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:36:38 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=89005 HarmonyOS 3 is an evolution that symbolizes features improvements and advancement over HarmonyOS 2. Huawei brought in a number of new additions that makes this software superior to competitors. The HarmonyOS 3 release has long been awaited by Huawei device owners and it is a whole new user experience that enhances the power of Huawei […]

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HarmonyOS 3 is an evolution that symbolizes features improvements and advancement over HarmonyOS 2. Huawei brought in a number of new additions that makes this software superior to competitors.

The HarmonyOS 3 release has long been awaited by Huawei device owners and it is a whole new user experience that enhances the power of Huawei smartphones and smart devices such as the Huawei Mate 50 series.

From the user interface to performance and stability, HarmonyOS 3 covers all sides at once. The more you explore, the more you will find. Therefore, it’s time that we dive into the new additions and know more about them.

HarmonyOS 3 Features:

  • New Super Device
  • Network sharing
  • Entertainment
  • Seamless exercise
  • Mobile apps sharing
  • Network sharing
  • Widget group
  • Widget Stacking
  • New Widgets
  • More service widgets
  • Auto home screen layout
  • 3D avatar
  • Music sharing
  • AI voice
  • Performance and Gaming
  • Privacy and security
  • App control center
  • Image privacy

New Super Device:

Launched with HarmonyOS 2, Super Device allows you to connect and control several other platforms from one smartphone or device. This gives you so much power to make a one-click connect solution for all of your HarmonyOS devices.

harmonyos 3 super device

With HarmonyOS 3, Super Device has further improved and it now supports more platforms to collaborate with various other IoT devices. This helps the user to inherit amazing functionalities such as screen sharing, live streaming, music streaming, and a bunch more smart collaborative features on the go.

harmonyos 3 super devie

Network Sharing:

Powerful software has useful connectivity resolutions, such as the new Network sharing. This HarmonyOS 3 feature let you share the phone’s cellular network with a tablet to answer calls or receive SMS directly on the large-screen device.

There’s no need to check the phone, everything will be available on the tablet, while it’s connected to the smartphone using network sharing. Also, it’s power efficient as compared to mobile hotspot internet sharing.

harmonyos 3 network sharing

Entertainment:

HarmonyOS 3 takes care of your movie and music listening experience. while watching a movie, the Huawei Vision TVs will automatically enable a 3D stereo field to immerse the viewing experience. Don’t want to disturb anyone? Don’t worry, Huawei will create the same experience in your ear once you connect your Huawei FreeBuds device.

harmonyos 3 entertainment

Seamless exercise:

Your Huawei smartwatch is ready to collaborate with a variety of IoT devices. For example, when you want to start exercising on the treadmill, drag the treadmill icon on the watch to start exercising. The data on the treadmill can also be synchronized with your smartwatch in real-time.

Want music? Yes, the earphones icon in the super device menu plays songs right away while running.

Mobile apps sharing with car screen:

Being a multi-kernel operating system HarmonyOS 3 owns a big power and allows you to share all of your mobile apps right into the in-car infotainment system. These include operations such as watching videos, playing games, video calling, recording videos, and interacting with the internet.

harmonyos 3 mobile app sharing

IoT Connectivity:

HarmonyOS 3 further optimizes connectivity with IoT devices and enables Super Device connection with thousands of smart home gadgets that are easy to navigate with a smartphone.

iot

Just touch a refrigerator and you can control the temperature via phone or make tap it on an oven to check all of its recipes and bake it accordingly. There is a lot more than HarmonyOS 3 could do on the ground, so, let it slip into other HarmonyOS devices to feel the power of IoT connectivity.

Home screen management:

There are some massive upgrades made in the home screen management. HarmonyOS 3 features include new widget stacking and widget grouping features that help you to save home screen space and keep the screen nice and clean.

widgets

Large Folders also got a sweet upgrade with 4 different kinds of layout support to resize. Read more here.

Moreover, there are new widget types and service widgets to provide you with better interactive controls over the smartphone and tablet.

service widgets

Talking about a clean home screen, we must not forget the new smart auto home screen layout feature will automatically organize the home screen based on the category or related use cases.

3D Avatar:

HarmonyOS 3 brings you a new 3D avatar generated by an AI face-pinching algorithm. These avatars could be used as profile pic on Huawei IDs.

3d avatars

Music Sharing:

The new HarmonyOS supports simultaneous music listening, as it allows you to share music in two different earphones simultaneously.

harmonyos 3 features music sharing

AI Voice:

The company has improved AI voice and it allows you to conduct various operations with this new HarmonyOS version.

harmonyos 3 features ai voice

Performance and Efficiency:

HarmonyOS 3 has achieved improvements in app launch speed, responsiveness, and animations. On the other hand, the operating system will boast graphics and optimize battery life for long-term use cases.

Privacy and security:

Huawei wants to improve the security aspect, therefore, HarmonyOS 3 brings three different security and privacy solutions. These include Privacy Center, Security Center, and Application control center.

Each of them has its own set of features to control and manage the phone’s safety.

security and privacy

Image privacy:

There’s one tiny addition that will extend data safety – called image information desensitization. Once enabled, the feature removes sensitive information such as location, time, and phone model. There’s also an image information erasure that will only share the information that you need to share with others.

image protection

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EMUI 13 Features: Super Device, App Gestures, Widgets, SuperStorage and more https://www.huaweicentral.com/emui-13-features-super-device-app-gestures-widgets-superstorage-and-more/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 08:54:25 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=89038 Huawei EMUI 13 is a complete reflection of the HarmonyOS 3 operating system and make no mistake to differentiate both of these. With EMUI 13, Huawei has rained a new type of excitement for global phone users with a bunch of new features. Although, EMUI 13 is kind of similar to the last version but […]

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Huawei EMUI 13 is a complete reflection of the HarmonyOS 3 operating system and make no mistake to differentiate both of these. With EMUI 13, Huawei has rained a new type of excitement for global phone users with a bunch of new features.

Although, EMUI 13 is kind of similar to the last version but the new features are something that you haven’t seen before in an EMUI software ecosystem. The level of accessibility and enrichment brought in by this new EMUI will further scale your user experience.

so, without further ado, let dive right into it.

EMUI 13 Features:

  • App Swipe Up Gesture
  • Service Widgets
  • Stack Widgets
  • Group Widgets
  • Smart Folders
  • Drag to share
  • Multi-Tasking and Sharing
  • Multi-screen
  • Multi-cam
  • Share Music
  • SuperStorage
  • Privacy and Security
  • Photo Security

App Swipe up gesture:

This is feature was introduced with HarmonyOS 2 but doesn’t come with EMUI 12. Therefore, EMUI 13 is the software that finally brought in-app swipe-up gestures also known as app snippets.

EMUI 13 features swipe gestures

The feature works as a trigger to expand app features such as the app’s own service widget or set of key features. This allows you to launch a specific feature on the spot. However, you can also pin an app’s service widget on the home screen.

emui 13 pin widgets

Service Widgets:

Making its grand debut in the EMUI universe, service widgets are home screen cards that provide quick access to an app’s key features or reading. For example, the health widget will show you consumption, as well as step counts, and the camera widget will let you take photos in four different modes. Widgets come in different sizes to fit in the layout.

service widgets

Stack and Group Widgets:

To save space and keep the home screen layout clean, there are two additions – stack widgets and group widgets. These two features work according to their names but are quite helpful.

EMUI 13 widget group stack

Smart Folders:

The new Large Folders are now smarter than ever, it comes in a variety of sizes, and you just need to hold and stretch the anchor to resize large folders according to the app inside the folder.

smart folders

Drag to share:

Sharing is further improved and becomes accessible, long press on any text, pic, or file that catches your eye, drags it to SuperHub, and paste or share it to any app or connected device. You can find, reuse, and delete previously pasted and shared content with ease.

drag to share

Super Device:

Super Device is a way to go, and it’s finally here. EMUI 13 brings you a Super Device feature that supports collaborations between a wider range of devices – including the Huawei Vision, Huawei MateBook, and Huawei MatePad Paper, Eyewear, Earbuds, Smartwatches, Tablets, and more.

super device

Multi-screen:

Multi-screen collaboration now comes with a landscape window mode, which allows you to open apps in large landscape windows to maximize the view.

screen share

Multi-Cam:

Another EMUI 13 feature allows you to shoot from any angle on any connected phone, and get a side-by-side view on a single screen. During video chats, you can switch between the cameras on your different devices, which is the next level of innovation.

emui 13 multi-cam

Share music:

Want to share music with your friend from a smartphone? Yes, you can do that with EMUI 13, just connect the FreeBuds devices and share up to two earbuds at the same time. While also controlling volume level.

audio share

SuperStorage:

EMUI 13 brings you this unique capability, SuperStorage to clear up to 20GB of storage space by stacking duplicate files, compressing less-used apps, and eliminating unnecessary re-downloads to create room for your important storage requirements.

Privacy and Security:

EMUI 13 takes care of the privacy and security of your Huawei smartphone. This happens with the courtesy of the privacy center and security center to review app access, and personal data and inform you about the device’s vital information.

emui 13 privacy center

Photo Security:

One of the innovations that EMUI 13 has over its competitor is the Sensitive information removal tool that could remove picture location, time, and device model used to shoot the picture.

photo security

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HarmonyOS 3: Stack and group widgets https://www.huaweicentral.com/harmonyos-3-stack-and-group-widgets/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 01:54:52 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=90977 Service widgets are amazing and Huawei has built them deep into the HarmonyOS ecosystem. HarmonyOS 3 comes with two new handy features called stack widgets followed by group widgets, which we’ll explore in this session. Service widgets: Service widgets allow you to preview app info and access key features without opening the app. You stack […]

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Service widgets are amazing and Huawei has built them deep into the HarmonyOS ecosystem. HarmonyOS 3 comes with two new handy features called stack widgets followed by group widgets, which we’ll explore in this session.

Service widgets:

Service widgets allow you to preview app info and access key features without opening the app. You stack different service widgets together with great ease or to save screen space.

First, you can swipe up an app icon to expand its service widget and touch on the pin icon on the top right corner to add its service widget to the home screen.

Alternatively, tap and hold an app icon with a widget bar indicator, then touch Service widgets, select your desired widget style and touch Add to the home screen. This will add that app widget to your phone’s home screen. However, there are different widgets size to choose from.

The difference between these two features of adding service widgets could be explained like these:

  1. Pinning service widget is a quick way
  2. While going for Service widgets will allow you to choose different sizes before you can even add that on the home screen.

harmonyos 3 service widgets

How to group widgets:

HarmonyOS 3 has a new Widget group feature, which allows you to put app widgets of different sizes into a large folder and access them with one tap, similar to applications.

To do so, hold and drag a service widget to another service widget of any size until the two widgets partially overlap with each other. Tap and hold down on a service widget group to edit or remove it. That’s how you can create a group of widgets.

service widget group harmonyos 3

Stack widgets:

HarmonyOS 3 brings you the ease of managing home screen space with stack widgets, just hold and drag a service widget into another widget of the same size. Make sure you hold and align these widgets completely until they overlap each other.

Now you can change these widgets by swiping up or downwards as they are now stacked in a single place.

stack widgets

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NetEase Cloud Music launches HarmonyOS service widget https://www.huaweicentral.com/netease-cloud-music-launches-harmonyos-service-widget/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:15:52 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=64387 More and more app makers are joining the HarmonyOS mobile ecosystem in China. Recently, one of the well-known Music Service providers from China – Netease Cloud Music has officially launched its Service Widget cards for the HarmonyOS operating system in mobile devices. This is quite an interesting development that has been made after NetEase Cloud […]

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More and more app makers are joining the HarmonyOS mobile ecosystem in China. Recently, one of the well-known Music Service providers from China – Netease Cloud Music has officially launched its Service Widget cards for the HarmonyOS operating system in mobile devices.

This is quite an interesting development that has been made after NetEase Cloud Music became the first third-party music streaming app to support the HarmonyOS operating system.

NetEase Cloud Music is a music streaming platform with more than 800 million active users. It’s first debuted in April 2013 and offers playlist downloading for free. At present, it has upgraded to the 8.6.00 version to install various features compared to the other applications of this genre.

NetEase Cloud Music Service Widget:

According to the information, the NetEase Cloud Music HarmonyOS Service Widget supports playlist recommendations and selects popular playlists. It also includes daily recommendations, private FM, recently played songs and my favorite music.

netease Huawei harmonyos service widget

Similar to another service widget, it also comes in different sizes and has features based on the size of the widget itself. More importantly, you can select playlists and operate them without opening ht corresponding app from right on your phone’s home screen.

During the Huawei Developer Conference 2021, Huawei and Netease have announced their partnership to bring the music streaming service on the HarmonyOS platform and allow the consumer to engage with this music service in a new way.

(via – ithome)

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Air China launches Huawei HarmonyOS Services Widget https://www.huaweicentral.com/air-china-launches-huawei-harmonyos-services-widget/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:19:33 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=63992 HarmonyOS comes with a variety of services that brings a new user interface and brings simplicity to your smartphone devices. There’s one feature called – Service widgets that help you check information regarding any apps and their services components. As HarmonyOS operating system continues to expand its presence in Huawei devices and among consumers, more […]

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HarmonyOS comes with a variety of services that brings a new user interface and brings simplicity to your smartphone devices. There’s one feature called – Service widgets that help you check information regarding any apps and their services components.

As HarmonyOS operating system continues to expand its presence in Huawei devices and among consumers, more and more app makers are adapting its core APIs and releasing a new version of their apps along with HarmonyOS Features.

For instance, Air China has recently launched HarmonyOS Service Widget, which is powered by Atomic services. Air China Service Widget can be accessed through the service center and can be added to book tickets and check flight status with a single click.

Air China HarmonyOS

HarmonyOS Atomic Services:

Atomic services are future-oriented services provided by HarmonyOS. They are provided as installation-free apps (installed automatically by the application framework in the background) that offer one or more convenient services to users.

Each atomic service has an independent entry, and users can access it by tapping the service, using the OneHop feature, or scanning a particular QR code. Atomic services are developed based on HarmonyOS APIs and can run on 1+8+N devices. Users can conveniently use atomic services in proper scenarios and on proper devices.

Air China Atomic Service User Experience:

With just your HarmonyOS smartphone, you don’t need to download the Air China app, instead, you only need to add the service widget to the home screen and get all of the in-app user experience right on your fingertip.

Air China HarmonyOS Air China HarmonyOS

How to add Air China widget:

  1. Swipe up from the left or right corner of the home screen
  2. Enter service center
  3. Add Air China service widget

The Air China service widget supports different sizes to carry forward different options according to the size of the widget according to users’ preferences.

Air China service widget provides common functions such as “ticket reservation”, “flight status”, “check-in”, and “Special services”. Users can rely on the service widget to complete the entire process experience from ticket purchase to flight.

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Huawei Petal Search adds new HarmonyOS service widget cards https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-petal-search-adds-new-harmonyos-service-widget-cards/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:20:52 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=63753 Petal Search is a core service that comes with Huawei devices. However, it’s not just a Huawei mobile-based service but it’s also a new kind of search engine that helps you to find different kinds of news as well as mobile apps ready to explore. Petal Search is designed to work around all of the […]

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Petal Search is a core service that comes with Huawei devices. However, it’s not just a Huawei mobile-based service but it’s also a new kind of search engine that helps you to find different kinds of news as well as mobile apps ready to explore.

Petal Search is designed to work around all of the Huawei devices and software ecosystem including HarmonyOS. Talking specially about the HarmonyOS operation system, the app version of Petal Search offers a number of different options that make your user experience easier.

Despite its growing demand, Petal Search has been surfaced as a huge competitor to Google’s all-in-one application  – Google. The App contains different options in terms of accessibility and finding suitable solutions according to your search.

Huawei Petal Search is popular among Huawei smartphone owners in the global market and now, you can access the service widget options of Petal Search on HarmonyOS powered devices. According to the information, the Petal Search HarmonyOS service widget offers four kinds of Petal Search cards that shows different kind of services according to their size and space.

Petal Search Service Widget HarmonyOS

For instance, the smallest service Petal Search card shows three options including a search bar, voice search as well as smart search. On the other hand, you’ll get a number of other options with bigger widgets consisting of shopping, travel, nearby, and apps.

Petal Search Service Widget HarmonyOS

Huawei Petal Search:

Back in June, Huawei announced that Petal Search has provided overseas users in more than 170 countries and regions with search services in more than 20 vertical fields, including news, apps, shopping, travel, pan-entertainment, and local services. Furthermore, the number of monthly active users exceeds 18 million.

Petal Search has deployed localized search services based on the search habits of global users. Its vertical search can accurately cover the food, clothing, housing, and transportation of local users, and users can enjoy a one-stop service from search to shopping.

For example, the newly launched three vertical search sections of Shopping (shopping search), Travel (machine wine search), and Nearby (local life search) integrate the search and recommendation functions of a product purchase, ticket travel, hotel reservation, service review, etc. To recall, the ” The experience of “searching” and “going around” completes the ecosystem closed loop from information acquisition to service acquisition.

(via – Tech Sina)

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HDC 2021 HarmonyOS service widget launched with different cards https://www.huaweicentral.com/hdc-2021-harmonyos-service-widget-launched-with-different-cards/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:02:22 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=62154 Huawei Developer Conference (HDC 2021) will happen on October 22, 2021, in China. The event is awaited by the Huawei consumers and business partners around the globe as the Chinese tech maker is set to reveal a number of different software technologies and initiate a discussion among developers to provide an open and safe software […]

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Huawei Developer Conference (HDC 2021) will happen on October 22, 2021, in China. The event is awaited by the Huawei consumers and business partners around the globe as the Chinese tech maker is set to reveal a number of different software technologies and initiate a discussion among developers to provide an open and safe software development procedure.

Ahead of that, the Chinese tech maker has introduced something interesting for the people who are anticipated for the HDC 2021 event. Huawei has now launched the new HDC 2021 service widget for HarmonyOS powered devices, which is a nice move by the company.

The HDC 2021 service widgets allow you to see different cards regarding the schedule, attendees, tech labs, developer sessions, and more. Each information regarding the HDC 2021 is now listed on their respective HarmonyOS service widget card system.

For your information, these widgets are available to check-in three sizes and could be added on the home screen to get fasted updates on the latest solutions from the company.

HDC 2021 HarmonyOS service widgets

HDC 2021:

HDC 2021 is one of the most anticipated events from Huawei, as it will bring us the latest insights on the HarmonyOS operating system as well as EMUI. The company will greet us with the latest developments that have been made with the there will also be different types of help available for the developer community.

However, we’re expecting that Huawei will unpack something more for the global consumers as they are also waiting for any hints from the company regarding their future in terms of software updates.

(via – ithome)

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Huawei to launch HarmonyOS digital RMB atomization Service Widgets https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-to-launch-harmonyos-digital-rmb-atomization-service-widgets/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 08:33:45 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=59019 At the 2021 China Digital Finance Forum, Huawei Consumer Business AI and Smart Full Scenario Vice-President- Duan Mengran, announced the digital RMB atomization service widgets for HarmonyOS. This digital RMB atomization service widget will be able to execute online transactions including pay and receive. Like other widgets, users can add them on the home screen […]

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At the 2021 China Digital Finance Forum, Huawei Consumer Business AI and Smart Full Scenario Vice-President- Duan Mengran, announced the digital RMB atomization service widgets for HarmonyOS.

This digital RMB atomization service widget will be able to execute online transactions including pay and receive. Like other widgets, users can add them on the home screen of their device with a simple touch and can perform a one-click transaction. It’ll make the whole experience more convenient with single snap operations.

Moving ahead, the digital RMB atomization service widgets can also be conveyed from a Huawei smartphone to other devices such as smartwatches, laptops, and tablets with a simple click.

In addition, the combined wisdom of Central Bank China and HarmonyOS capabilities ensure users about operation safety. Furthermore, it’ll also get regular updates and new features to improve the user experience and security standards.

Related: First Airlines launches Service Widgets for Huawei HarmonyOS 2 operating system

Huawei president believes that collaboration between HarmonyOS and digital RMB Widgets may have some clashes with other IoT-supported devices such as smart home appliances and POS (point of sale) in the future. However, other machines including ATMs are likely to realize convenient payment under the HarmonyOS platform.

HarmonyOS Service Widgets

HarmoyOS Service Widgets

Service Widgets contain important information about atomic services or applications that can be displayed on the home screen with a simple tap on its pin button. It’s accessible via shortcut gestures. The main purpose of service widgets is to provide an intelligible service widget experience for users.

Furthermore, with the capability of HarmonyOS, the widgets are able to adapt the icon size corresponding to the screen size making it more visible. Besides, service widgets are sharable among the HarmonyOS devices. This on-screen content sharing eliminates the need of installing any app to view that content.

More Insights on Huawei: 

Huawei Celia Voice Assistant and Keyboard: Recently Huawei started to test some major features for the Celia Voice assistant in China. In this line, it’s rolling out the latest update that brings multiple services, scene-oriented services, and personalized content. (Read Here)

At the same time, the company is also testing the Celia Keyboard for native users and opens the public testing. The latest 1.0.0300 beta version with an installation package of 42.8 MB is available to download for users. This public test activity also includes certain prizes after completing several tasks. (Full Story Here)

(Via- Ithome)

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These new HarmonyOS 2 Themes has fancy looks, especially for Service Widgets feature https://www.huaweicentral.com/these-new-harmonyos-2-themes-has-fancy-looks-especially-for-service-widgets-feature/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:24:13 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=59020 HarmonyOS 2.0 operating system currently has two default themes that come pre-equipped for HarmonyOS powered by devices. However, there are a number of HarmonyOS Themes available on the Huawei Themes app that could further expand your user experience. Adding to this, Huawei has now announced a set of new mobile themes that are designed for […]

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HarmonyOS 2.0 operating system currently has two default themes that come pre-equipped for HarmonyOS powered by devices. However, there are a number of HarmonyOS Themes available on the Huawei Themes app that could further expand your user experience.

Adding to this, Huawei has now announced a set of new mobile themes that are designed for the HarmonyOS user interface and its features and specially customized for Service Widgets. However, due to limited availability, the themes are only available for the Chinese version of the Themes and for the HarmonyOS.

harmonyos service widgets

The appearance and the UI elements customization of these themes are various and quite fancy when it comes to appearance. Some of these are the way forward to provide a different feeling than the Aquamarine theme.

So, what are these themes changes inside the user interface?

  1. App icons
  2. Service Widgets
  3. Wallpapers
  4. Lock Screen
  5. and some animations

Check the screenshots below and identify the changes among these themes.

HarmonyOS Home Screen

harmonyos control panel

HarmonyOS icons

Poetic Romance:

Back in August, Huawei launched its new HarmonyOS theme “Poetic Romance” and it made its way towards Huawei Phones via OTA updates. Therefore, it’s now a part of the entire software system.

This theme comes with a brand new wallpaper that is bright that enhances the overall viewing experience. The icons have around the shell and the size of the icons have been reduced a bit. There is the same effect on the service widgets too.

You can check the complete Poetic Romance Theme walkthrough linked below.

HarmonyOS Poetic Romance Theme: New icons, wallpaper and AOD [Hands On]

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HarmonyOS Features: Control Panel, Super Device, Service Center, App Gestures, Task Center, Widgets and more https://www.huaweicentral.com/harmonyos-features/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:10:07 +0000 https://www.huaweicentral.com/?p=46917 On June 2, 2021, Huawei launched its much-awaited operating system – HarmonyOS for mobile devices. This OS promises to provide a seamless cross-device user experience and is designed to rule the era of the internet of everything. Initially, Huawei introduced HarmonyOS at Huawei Developer Conference 2019 (HDC 19). However, this OS wasn’t vast and at […]

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On June 2, 2021, Huawei launched its much-awaited operating system – HarmonyOS for mobile devices. This OS promises to provide a seamless cross-device user experience and is designed to rule the era of the internet of everything.

Initially, Huawei introduced HarmonyOS at Huawei Developer Conference 2019 (HDC 19). However, this OS wasn’t vast and at HDC 20, Huawei launched the second version of HarmonyOS with new platforms including:

  • Smartphones
  • Tablets
  • Smart wearables
  • IoT devices
  • In-car system
  • Home appliances
  • Third-party device

In 2021, Huawei has planned to install HarmonyOS in 300 million devices, which is quite a big aim. To achieve this goal, the company has laid out a HarmonyOS upgrade roadmap, which consists of over 100 smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

Following the launch, Huawei began to send stable HarmonyOS OTA for flagship devices including the followings but the rollout remains limited to the Chinese models:

  1. Huawei Mate 40 Series
  2. Huawei P40 Series
  3. Huawei Mate 30 Series
  4. Huawei MatePad Pro Series

More importantly, Huawei not only wants to install HarmonyOS in recently launched devices but also on devices way back upto 2016. This is quite impressive in terms of upgrading the whole software system of the respective smartphones, that has old hardware and it’s interesting to see how Huawei gonna do it.

HarmonyOS:

According to Huawei, HarmonyOS is a new paradigm smart operating system that’s designed to ease and enrich your life, facilitating seamless coordination between your devices, while bolstering privacy and security across the board.

This operating system provides a versatile and all-scenario intelligent user experience with its distributed capabilities.

HarmonyOS Features:

HarmonyOS comes with various new capabilities that make users’ life easier but what makes an Operating System interesting? Well, the answer is ‘its features’ or should I say its ‘new features.

That’s why we are here to explore HarmonyOS features that include and cover various aspects of Huawei devices.

HarmonyOS Features:

  • New Home Screen
  • Service Widgets
  • Control Panel
  • Service Center
  • Smart Folder
  • HarmonyOS Fonts
  • Super Device
  • Huawei Share
  • Smart Home
  • Task Center
  • Better Performance
  • App Guard
  • Collaborative Security

Below the video, you can check a brief introduction of every key feature that provides a better and a fully connected user experience over EMUI or any other smartphone operating system.

Let’s jump into HarmonyOS Features:

First comes new interaction features: Home Screen, Control Center, Service Center

1. Home-screen

Home Screen is the first view that you get when you unlock your smartphone, HarmonyOS is no different but the company has made subtle changes in the system app icon’s design as compared to EMUI 11. The new system app icons look smoother and better than the ones on EMUI 11.

That’s not it, because these icons now have new swipe-up gesture support. When you swipe up on an app icon, it generates a service widget, which can be resized in:

  1. 2×2
  2. 2×4
  3. 4×4

These widgets come with different types of information according to each application.

These service widgets can also be dragged to a new location or added to your custom home screen. Making the easiest and the most convenient way to organize the on screen elements.

2. Control Panel:

The new Control Panel seems to be the most interactive feature of the HarmonyOS user interface. It works as a unified portal with simple sections of different features and brings maximum usability to its entire layout.

The Control Panel can be accessed by swiping down from the upper-right edge of the screen.

The Control Panel has device control access, which consists of shortcut switches including:

  1. Music Controller
  2. Wi-Fi
  3. Bluetooth
  4. Shortcut switches
  5. Volume controller
  6. Super Device
  7. Connected devices

Playing with the control panel is as easy as navigating your smartphone.

3. 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.

Service widgets work on the philosophy of “nothing needs to install, use it as you need”. These allow users to see key information through widgets in a very efficient way. These service widgets can be added to the home screen with a simple tap and can be placed anywhere on the home screen.

Service widgets can be shared from one HarmonyOS device to another and enable to share of the on-screen content with the recipient on the other end need not install any app to that view that content.

4. Smart Folder:

HarmonyOS adds support for app categorization and management. By pressing down on a standard folder displays a large folder, on which users can directly access similar apps in a single place. And most interestingly, these apps can be opened by tapping on the thumbnail icons without accessing the folder first.

5. HarmonyOS Fonts:

HarmonyOS brings support for step-free font Weight adjustments and the feature also allows you to adjust the size of the font itself.

Now, let’s move on to the smart features that make your device a super HarmonyOS device.

Super Device:

Super Device shows the real power of HarmonyOS and defines the true meaning of the internet of everything era. This feature is powered by the distributed capabilities of HarmonyOS and allows users to combine different devices to form Super Devices.

With Super Device you can see a clear and easy-to-view map of every nearby trusted device, that you are able to connect.

To establish a connection, you just need to drag and drop the icon of that device to form a super device and control that newly connected device directly from your Super Device.

For instance, Super Device connected to an audio or TV can access display settings, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and volume controller. Users can manage device connections with just a tap of the Super Device button and transfer audio and video playback from your device to other devices.

Huawei Share: Faster file access

Under this label, HarmonyOS brings you the capability to transfer files on cross-device platforms without requiring a data cable. The ease in file sharing is provided by Huawei Share, which increases the file transfer speed and provides faster and secure file sharing between Huawei smartphones, computers, and tablets.

Smart Home:

Want to connect your home device and control them from one place? Don’t worry, HarmonyOS got you covered.

This new operating system offers nimble, intelligent operations on household appliances, such as quickly accessing the phone’s network from the connected devices, controlling screenless devices from your phone screen without downloading a corresponding app, and provide direct service access to the connected apps.

With HarmonyOS, you just need to tap your phone against the selected household appliance or bringing your phone into the range of the appliance to access all of its smart features.

For instance, after connecting to the cooking oven, in the recipe widget, the user can find all of the instructions and required ingredient guides for any given recipe.

Seamless Performance features of HarmonyOS:

HarmonyOS 2 comes with all-new operations including smoother and natural touches and swipes experience as compared to EMUI 11. The new system capabilities allow users to enjoy faster images and video loading.

Task Center: 

The new Task Center allows apps to travel between different devices on their own without installing them on each and everyone. so that all functions and services are available whenever and wherever they’re needed.

On any device that’s part of a Super Device system, you can see the tasks running on all other devices. If you want a bigger display for mobile gaming, you can simply swipe up and hover to bring up the Overview Screen, and then transfer the game to your Huawei MatePad Pro to continue the fun.

Better Performance:

Talking about performance, the HarmonyOS 2 runs even more smoothly than the last generation of EMUI. To be mentioned, a HarmonyOS 2 phone can maintain read/write speeds similar to those of a new phone even after 36 months of use. The operating system works fine even in situations such as very low memory and storage.

With the new DGraphicEngine, HarmonyOS provides better graphics processing and a smoother gaming experience. According to Huawei, a HarmonyOS powered smartphone can run a graphics-intensive game for up to 5.1 hours, and EMUI 11 device (Android) can run it for 4.7 hours, while an iOS-powered device can run 3.9 hours.

Security and Privacy:

Meet the new 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 and helps to safeguard the secure running environment of the entire operating system.

Collaborative Security:

The new Collaborative Security enables users to 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.

Still, doubting HarmonyOS’s security? Well, here’s something you need to know.

HarmonyOS 2 has been awarded the EAL 4+ certification for information security, as well as the CC EAL 5+ micro kernel security certification. This shows that HarmonyOS provides Multiple high-level security safeguards to protect the safety of your devices in all aspects.

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