Shock! Huawei’s HarmonyOS NEXT can run Android apps

Contemplating that Huawei’s upcoming HarmonyOS NEXT working system solely runs native apps and has dropped help for Android, it’d shock you to study that there’s a manner for gadgets powered by HarmonyOS NEXT to run Android apps. That’s regardless that Huawei’s working system has completely no Android code and makes use of the Concord kernel, the Cangjie programming language, and the Pangu AI mannequin.

Just lately Huawei introduced that every one of its 2025 releases, together with the not too long ago unveiled flagship Mate 70 line, can be pre-installed with HarmonyOS Subsequent. Huawei is presently operating a public beta of the brand new working system. Just lately a beta tester posted on Reddit about an Android emulator discovered on the AppGallery, Huawei’s app storefront. The emulator will be discovered below its title, “EasyAbroad.” Apparently, it’s developed for these with Huawei gadgets who work exterior of China and should have Google Cell Companies (GMS).

With “EasyAbroad,” the person can set up Android apps equivalent to YouTube, Instagram, Fb, Google Search, Google Maps, Chrome, Gmail, Disney Plus, Netflix (in SD high quality solely), and extra from the software’s personal app retailer. The app retailer seems as a folder on the smartphone’s dwelling display screen. You may’t pull out apps from the folder and place an app icon on the cellphone’s display screen. Moreover, there might be some points receiving alerts and notifications usually despatched to the person of those Android apps.

The EasyAbroad Android emulator will be present in Huawei’s App Gallery. Picture credit-@Energetic-Recuperate-4013

“EasyAbroad” is offered on the newest model of the HarmonyOS Subsequent beta. A YouTube content material creator examined the emulator and located that the Android apps loaded shortly and for essentially the most half, ran easily utilizing microG. The latter is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries. It replaces Google Play Companies on Android and delivers essential Google Play Companies performance to these and not using a Google account or a connection to Google’s servers. Because of microG, the software won’t run any Android app that has been blacklisted.

It was again in 2019 when Huawei was positioned on the Entity Listing by the Trump administration that the corporate misplaced the flexibility to entry its U.S. provide chain. That included Google which prevented Huawei from utilizing the Google Cell Companies model of Android main Huawei to develop HarmonyOS.