According to the information, HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta is currently being announced for the first phase of devices including Huawei P50 and P50 Pro. However, Huawei has confirmed to add more devices to the test pool later on. Also, a more friendly and subtle beta test is likely to begin in March.

To be mentioned, HarmonyOS 3.1 developer open beta recruitment is applicable until February 13, 2023. Afterward, Huawei will review the test applications. Selected testers will receive an email or SMS to download HarmonyOS 3.1 developer beta OTA rollout.

Also, this beta activity is available only for the Chinese models and only real authenticated accounts will pass the developer beta signup.

HarmonyOS 3.1 comes constructively adds a new ArkTS language, and with the latest public test, you will experience the improvements and efficiency of the app powered by ArkTS language, STage model, ArkUI, and more.

Below you can check the HarmonyOS 3.1 developer preview features:

• The ability framework adds a stage development model, including stage model life cycle management, scheduling, callback, context acquisition, authentication, and more. At the same time, the operation and management capabilities of the application are enhanced.
• The ArkUI development framework enhances the declarative Canvas/XComponent component capabilities, enhances component layout capabilities and state management capabilities, and optimizes the usability of some components.
• Application package management adds an interface for querying properties related to applications, ability, and ExtensionAbility.
• The common basic class library supports Buffer binary reading and writing.
• Web services add support for document preview and basic editing functions of document-type web applications, as well as cookie management and storage management.
• Added support for YUV, webp image codec, and other capabilities for graphics and images. Added native vsync capabilities, and supports self-drawing engines to independently control the rendering rhythm.
• Added camera configuration and preview functions in Media Services.
• The window service adds window-related interfaces under the Stage model, which enhances the window rotation capability and enhances the avoidance area query capability.
• The globalization service has newly added support for internationalization enhancement capabilities such as time zone lists, transliteration, and phone number attribution.
• The basic capabilities of common events are enhanced, and the commonEvent module is changed to commonEventManager.
• The resource management service adds a synchronization interface for resource acquisition, a new interface for querying resource values ​​​​based on names, a new interface for querying number and float resource types, and a new way for Stage model resource query.
• Input method service adds input method cursor direction constant.

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Google has released the roadmap for the development, beta testing, platform stability, and the final release of Android 14, which reveals meet the launch of Huawei HarmonyOS 4 later in the second half of 2023.

The first developer preview is already out for the Pixel devices. However, Google could open early access to other smartphone makers such as OnePlus by April when the open beta campaign kicks off.

As mentioned by the Android company, Android 14 is projected to reach platform stability by the end of July. But there’s still a possibility of these milestone timelines to delay, similar to last year.

For your information, the Android 14 developer preview will be a very useful and early gift to the developer community. It will pave a way for the app devs to know more about the upcoming APIs and app features ahead of the final launch.

Looking into the developer preview features, Android 14 promises to improve productivity, enhances performance, improvements to security, and privacy, and bring new customizations.

Yes, there are new tweaks and changes made over Android 12, while there are more that will be visible as the development progress further. Throughout this phase, these developers (and later users) will help to fix bugs and make improvements to the Android 14 source code.

HarmonyOS 4:

Aside from the Android 14 developer beta, Huawei is preparing for the HarmonyOS 3.1 rollout but the company is working on HarmonyOS 4 as a major release for the next generation of Huawei devices. For now, there’s no official launch date available but we are likely to hear more on this at the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) 2023 event.

HarmonyOS 4 promises big upgrades over HarmonyOS 3 and a major restructure in the user interface (UI). Nonetheless, we’ll keep you posted.

(source – Android)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Music Sharing:

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

AI Voice:

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

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.

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.

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According to Huawei, people who want to get the new Huawei Mate 50 Pro in the Philippines could get P6000 off, making a total price standing at P52999, which originally retails at 58,999.

However, you should know that this offer is available on the non-Kunlun Glass variants from February 8 to Feb. 28, 2023.

Huawei Mate 50 Pro:

Huawei Mate 50 Pro expands at 162.1mm, 75.5mm, and 8.5mm and it weighs 209 mm. The display of this phone is a 6.74-inch screen that produces 1.07 billion colors, OLED type, with up to 120 Hz refresh rate, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and 300Hz touch sampling rate.

It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G mobile chipset with 1 × Cortex-X2 at 3.2 GHz + 3 × Cortex-A710 at 2.75 GHz + 4 × Cortex-A510 at 2.0 GHz architecture, Adreno GPU, and 7th gen Qualcomm AI Engine.

The phone has a triple camera system consisting of a 50 MP Ultra Aperture Camera (F1.4~F4.0 aperture, OIS), a 13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera (F2.2 aperture), and a 64 MP Telephoto Camera (F3.5 aperture, OIS). It’s also assisted by laser autofocus.

It gets you plenty of modes to shoot including Night, Super Macro, Macro, AI Cinemagraph, Story Creator, Audio Zoom, High-res, Time-Lapse, Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Aperture, Dual-View Video, Portrait, Pro, Slow-Mo, Panorama, Monochrome, Light painting, Filter, Stickers, Documents, Master AI, Moving Picture, Snapshot, 4D Predictive Focus, Capture Smiles, Audio Control, Timer, and Burst Shooting.

The front side of the phone gets you a wide notch that will feature a 13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera (F2.4) + 3D Depth Sensing Camera. Huawei Mate 50 Pro packs with a 4700mAh battery that could recharge with a 66W superfast charger.

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According to the information, Huawei Mate 50 series users can download this new firmware via HarmonyOS 3.0.0.197. Huawei Mate 50, Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design are getting this upgrade in batches. Huawei Mate 50 series is also one of the first phones to get a slot in the HarmonyOS 3.1 wagon but we’re yet to confirm this roadmap.

Aside from these, the latest update for the Huawei Mate 50 series comes with system stability optimizations, network stability improvements, new improvements for the camera and performance, and last but not least, the January 2023 HarmonyOS security patch.

Meanwhile, there are no new updated in the global models of Mate 50 Pro but we’ll keep you posted with further information.

Below you can check the complete changelog of this rollout.

System

• Optimizes system performance and stability.

Network

• Improves network stability in certain situations.

Camera

• Improves Camera stability and performance in specific scenarios.

Security

• Integrates security patches released in January 2023 for improved system security.

Thanks to tipsters Thomas and Fabrizio for the input.

We suggest you to back up the data before upgrading to the latest software update and make sufficient space in your device to store OTA package.

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According to the information, Huawei Mate 40 Pro users can install the January 2023 update to get the security improvements released recently by the tech maker.

We suggest you download this new update to improve your Mate 40 Pro’s security environment. You should know has released this update in batches and it may take some time to cover all of the devices.

Meanwhile, Huawei Mate 40 Pro users are currently running EMUI 12 update and they are now waiting for EMUI 13. But Huawei has not released a list of eligible devices, which is eagerly awaited.

Huawei Mate 40 Pro users can check for the new version via Settings > tap on System & updates. Then you need to follow the on-screen instructions to get the newest firmware.

Check below to see the full changelog.

This update improves system security with security patches.

Security:

• Integrates security patches released in January 2023 for improved system security. For more information on the security of Huawei’s EMUI system updates, visit the Huawei official website: https://consumer.huawei.com/de/support/bulletin/2023/1/.

You should know that this update won’t erase your data but it’s recommended for you to make a backup of important data.

(source – Huaweiblog)

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Either of these phones is not confirmed for launch for the moment but Huawei officials use them ahead of the release for various purposes under the testing unit.

Looking at the launch schedule, Huawei could unveil Huawei Mate X3 foldable phone first and the P60 series later. Therefore, it’s possible that the Huawei VP is using a Mate X3 instead of a P60. Yet, there’s no official confirmation on this matter.

Mate X3 and P60:

Both Huawei Mate X3 and P60 series are under immense wait for consumers. The Mate X3 will get you a new side-folding design, proceeding from the Mate X2 model with a lightweight and better hinge system.

On the flip side, the Huawei P60 series will be a new camera photography beast. It will boast a new XMAGE imaging system and variable aperture camera technologies. Furthermore, Huawei has also planned to install new HarmonyOS 3.1 pre-installed with improvements.

(source – Weibo)

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In the first week, Huawei published EMUI 2023 security update details and fixed 4 issues in critical condition, 24 vulnerabilities in high, and 7 issues in the medium level.

In the meantime, Huawei began this month by rolling out January 2023 security update for Huawei Nova 7 smartphone in the global market. The upgrade is there with major security improvements. This firmware will seed more flaghip smartphones in the coming month.

Meanwhile, Huawei EMUI 12 is expanding for some old models but some are still far away.

EMUI 13

This year brought in a lot of expectations for Huawei smartphone users and the EMUI 13 is one of them. The company has still not shared the EMUI 13 roadmap for the eligible devices.

Also, the EMUI 13 is not in the sight of beta activity, which, we are eagerly waiting for. Still, the January 2023 window is open for us to wait for the next part of this upgrade procedure. EMUI 13 brings a lot of new features and it would be interesting to see this release trigger this month.

Below you can check all of the software updates rolling out this month and stay up to date:

January 31, 2023:

• Huawei began to rollout January 2023 security update for a number of flagship devices including Huawei P40, P40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro in the global market that comes with EMUI security improvements.

January 28, 2023:

• We’re about to close this year, and Huawei is now rolling out a new software update with EMUI version 9.1.0.210 for 3 years old Honor Play 3e smartphone. The update installs new optimizations for WiFi and system stability. This update is also noted on old Honor and Huawei devices.

January 21, 2023:

• Huawei is sending a brand new software upgrade for the P50 Pro smartphone with EMUI 12 and build version 12.0.1.290.

January 18, 2023:

• Huawei P30 Pro getting December 2022 security update in Europe. Read more here.

January 16, 2023:

• Huawei P50 Pro is getting a new patch in the global market that brings it display optimizations for a better user experience.

January 14, 2023:

• In a surprising event, Huawei P30 Pro users are now gaining access to brand new software 12.0.0.146 and a package size of 228 megabytes. This update brings a security patch released in December 2022.

January 13, 2023:

• Huawei P30 Lite grabs a new firmware with EMUI 12 version 12.0.0.255 and it will install the latest security patch for this smart device.

January 12, 2023:

• Huawei Nova Y90 is getting a new software patch with display improvements and it has a small size.

January 9, 2023:

• Huawei is expanding this super large software update for the Mate 50 Pro global version with EMUI 13.0.0.187 build version. It brings new improvements for cameras, networks, apps, audio, and system along with security.

January 7, 2023:

• The first January 2023 EMUI security update began to rollout for Huawei phones and Nova 7 is the first to receive this patch in the line with EMUI 12.0.0.244.

January 5, 2023:

• Huawei Nova 10 and Nova 10 Pro are the latest Huawei Nova series devices to get a new software update with EMUI version 12.0.1.175. However, this update doesn’t bring anything else than the patch itself.

January 2, 2023:

• Huawei Nova Y90 smartphone is getting December 2022 EMUI security update with EMUI version 12.0.1.175 build. The update will improve the phone’s capability against dangerous threats.

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According to the information, the latest security patch brings improvements to the smartphone and software capability. On the other hand, the January 2023 security update with a build version of 12.0.0.300 for the Huawei P40 series and Mate 40 Pro.

However, there are no other major changes mentioned in the changelog. On the flip side, the January 2023 EMUI security patch fixes 4 issues in critical condition, 24 vulnerabilities in high mode, and 7 issues in the medium level. On the other hand, the security patch also includes fixes CVEs that were included in the December 2022 EMUI security updates.

Huawei has already seeded January 2023 security patch on EMUI 12 powered P50 Pro and the Nova 7 5G. Such software updates are essential to the smartphone and it’s suggested that the corresponding models download the latest available firmware.

EMUI 13:

Aside from the security patch, Huawei’s top flagship smartphones are waiting for the EMUI 13 software update, which is packed with new features. However, Huawei has not released any information on this matter.

How to update:

Huawei P40 series and Mate 40 Pro users can download the latest software update by visiting the software update section, opening up Settings > tapping on System & update > clicking Software updates > and CHECK FOR UPDATES.

You should know that this update will not delete your personal data and we suggest that you back up all important data before updating.

If you face any issues during the update, call the Huawei customer hotline or visit a Huawei customer service center. The update package will be automatically deleted after the update is complete.

Huawei P40 and Mate 40 Pro are one of the last Huawei flagships to feature 5G functionality. These Huawei phones will have to wait just a little bit longer to get the latest EMUI version.

(Via – Huaweiailesi)

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According to the input coming from Weibo tipster Classmateguan, Honor 90 series could launch by the end of May. It’s expected that this lineup will be empowered over Honor 80 series, and the feedback from customers will help the company to achieve its aim.

The tipster reveals that Honor 90 devices will bring dual speakers and an Optical image stabilization anti-shake camera system. The smartphone lineup will be enhanced until the launch event and we could expect major improvements in video shooting.

It is anticipated that the Honor 90 series won’t disappoint customers and will lead the smartphone market further in a new direction. Meanwhile, Honor has not made an official announcement.

Honor 80 series:

Last year, Honor launched Honor 80 series featuring a beautiful desing that includes a brand new center, pill shape punch-hole display design, 120Hz high refresh rate, high-frequency PWM dimming, and a hyperbolic screen that supports 1.07 billion colors.

Honor 80 Pro is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and it’s supported by a 4800mAh battery that could recharge with a 66W super fast charger. The rear design of the Honor 80 Pro is attractive and comes in four different colors.

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