- At the same time, "just in case" refers to a situation in which Google would lose sense, and using Android for example would become economically unjustified. To make it professionally, they even hired Abigail Brody - former Apple designer.
The Information, which unfortunately requires a subscription, gave information that Huawei - like earlier Samsung - started about preparing a completely new operating system that will not only be a functional overlay for Android. Finalization of the copyright OS project, according to reports, is "not too distant", and the system was designed as "emergency solution" if Google's solution has become inconvenient or inconsistent with the market policy of Huawei.
As the third largest manufacturer in the world, Huawei followed in the footsteps of other corporations which are ahead of it. Apple with its iOS is completely independent of Google and Samsung for some time has been trying to economically and slowly develop a Linux-based Tizen system. Employing the designer of Apple proves that Huawei is serious about the matter, although there remains a problem that every new solution faces: independent applications.
Without compatibility with applications under Android, without focusing around itself developers and reasonable sales system of software, the best system will not last too long.
Little is known, though one can guess on which solution is based Huawei's OS. Work on a new system from scratch is a very time-consuming - you can bet, therefore, that here the core will be probably Linux. We will immediately inform as soon as new news appears.
Source Ars Technica
