As per the official details, Huawei opened the HarmonyOS NEXT public beta program for 20 devices. Now the company is offering these device owners new membership benefits for the first-party as well as third-party applications.

The Chinese tech giant has currently opened the benefits for system apps. For instance, Huawei video, theme, reading, music, and other membership benefits.

The third-party applications include iQiyi Gold VIP Season Card, Bilibili Premium Season Card, WPS Super Member Season Card, and more. Although these services aren’t available at the moment.

First-Party app membership benefits:

• Huawei Themes: 3-month membership (one-time receive)
• Huawei Video: 3-month membership (receive in three installments)
• Huawei Music: 3-month membership (receive in three installments)
• Huawei Reading: 3-month membership (receive in three installments)

HarmonyOS NEXT brings free theme benefits to 1 million public beta users (Image Credits: ITHome)

Beta users who have already received the early benefits can continue to receive the new ones automatically. Meanwhile, other users who recently upgraded to the HarmonyOS NEXT beta versions need to apply manually to obtain new offerings.

To apply, visit the respective applications like Huawei Video, Theme, Music, Reading, and other apps. Select the Home or directly tap on the “Public Beta User Upgrade Gift” banner. Follow the on-screen instructions to receive the one-time collection or monthly services for free.

Note that Huawei will push free theme and other benefits to the first one million HarmonyOS NEXT public beta users. Hence, we recommend applying for the upgrade gift program as soon as possible.

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It seems Huawei has started speeding up HarmonyOS 4.2 rollout in the global market. The company recently served this software treatment to the MatePad Air. Now it is bringing new features and enhancements for another efficient tablet.

Global Huawei MatePad 11 2023 users can identify the HarmonyOS 4.2 update with the 4.2.0.210 version. Ensure to have sufficient storage in your device as the firmware weighs 5.55GB. We also suggest a stable Wi-Fi connection for installation.

The changelog unlocks new magazine themes that allow you to choose a portrait picture and match it with the wallpaper. Users can also keep an eye on the app’s activity via the Live View feature. SuperHub 2.0 makes file-sharing much easier.

On the other hand, Ark Engine ensures smoother animations, preventing lags on the tablet. You can check all the features and enhancements below.

Global Huawei MatePad 11 2023 tablet users getting HarmonyOS 4.2 (Image Credits: HuaweiAilesi)

Magazine Themes

• The Art Star theme lets you choose a portrait photo you like and a wallpaper to match.

Live View

• Keeps you up to date on the status of important events by displaying timely notifications on the lock screen, home screen, and more.
• Users will also see a notification window pinned to the top left of the home screen.

SuperHub

• Supports dragging and dropping content between apps and devices. You can tap and hold defined text and images, then drag and drop them to SuperHub to store them temporarily or send them in bulk.

Ark Engine

• Provides a smoother user experience with the upgraded Ark Engine.

HarmonyOS 4.2 is still missing for flagship tablets like MatePad Pro 13.2, MatePad Pro 11, and more. Although the company could soon expand the reach of the new upgrade to eligible devices in the global market.

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On October 22, Huawei launched HarmonyOS NEXT with exciting tools and capabilities. The company said that the new OS not only brings useful features on board but also enhances the existing functionalities for a balanced user experience.

The tech giant has improved its self-developed OS with every new update. But changes in the latest software version are noteworthy. HarmonyOS NEXT improves the device’s fluency by 30% while increasing the battery life by an hour.

Users who often struggle with lags and battery life issues would be quite happy with the HarmonyOS NEXT update. As of now, the device would be 30% more smoother than before. Meanwhile, its battery life will extend by 56 minutes.

HarmonyOS NEXT improves 30% fluency and an hour of battery life (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

Other enhancements in the list include memory expansion by 1.5GB. The HarmonyOS NEXT update also claims clearer and more vibrant pictures even if captured with a third-party application. The image clarity increases by 1.6x more than before.

HarmonyOS NEXT brings several other incredible changes that are even better than its rivals. One of the most beneficial capabilities is the Huawei file-sharing.

• HarmonyOS NEXT file sharing speed is faster than Apple iOS

During the HarmonyOS NEXT launch event, Huawei also released the new 5.0 software version. It’s a new update with the NEXT5.0.0.102 build and 2.56GB package.

HarmonyOS NEXT 5.0 update (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

The firmware is currently live for the Pura 70 series (beta users). It unlocks a set of customized themes and wallpapers. Users will find an improved system experience, multi-screen collaboration with tablets, spatial style, and mood themes, as well as an enhanced Control Center.

It may take some to approach all the eligible models and will reach other beta devices in the coming days. You can check the HarmonyOS NEXT Roadmap below.

HarmonyOS NEXT Roadmap: Huawei Devices and Rollout Dates

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Let’s begin our exploration with the Huawei Nova 13 specifications and price details.

Nova 12: Top Features

• New check-pattern design
• Upgraded camera setup
• AI image editing features
• Satellite Image-Sending feature
• Turbo Charging

Specifications

Design: Standard Nova 13 has the same design as the Nova 12 in terms of camera module. But the change lies in the unique plaid pattern on the back cover. The light and dark lines intersecting each other give a classy look to the phone.

Nova 13 smartphone comes in four colors: Loden Green (star shade), Feather Sand Purple, Feather Sand White, and Starry Black.

Display and Dimensions

Huawei Nova 13 measures 161.4 x 75.3 x 6.98mm and weighs 195 grams. It features a 6.7-inch OLED screen with FHD+ resolution (2412 x 1084 pixels), a 120Hz refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, a P3 wide color gamut, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and 300Hz touch sampling rate.

Some important capabilities of the screen are AI pixel-level display adjustment, low blue light bionic adjustment, and 360° brightness adjustment.

Camera

Huawei Nova 13 has a dual rear camera setup with a 50MP super-sensitive shooter (F1.9 aperture, RYYB color filter array) and an 8MP ultrawide angle macro lens (F2.2 aperture) with 10x digital zoom. The front side has a 60MP camera.

Internal Parameters

The device comes with HarmonyOS 4.2 out of the box. It has three storage variants: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. However, the RAM and chipset information is currently missing from the official website.

HarmonyOS 4.2 brings a new text theme with full of funny characters and emojis support. One can customize the home screen with surprising elements.

Speaking of the cell, it has a 5000mAh battery which supports a 100W SuperFast charger. It can charge the device up to 50% in 10 minutes.

Huawei also brought new changes to the battery segment with the Nova 13. It can identify high-speed scenarios like railway stations. airports, and more and smartly enables the Turbo mode for a quick recharge.

AI charging with precise temperature control and battery safety management are some other useful additions to the newly launched smartphone.

AI Features

Huawei has introduced some amazing AI tools with the Nova 13 series. Starting with the image editing features, the company brings a new “AI Best Expressions” tool. It detects your expressions in multiple pictures and lets you change the bad expression with a good one accordingly.

Other photo editing AI functions in the Nova 13 are AI Image Expansion, AI removal, as well as the AI cutout tool.

Apart from picture editing, the device also has office-based AI tools. These are:

• AI Copywriting: Celia can help you copy and write daily recordings or share your favorite moments.
• AI Document Assistant: Share documents, translate the content, extract key points from big articles, and generate mind maps with a new assistant.
• AI Skin Care Advisor: Just send skin product pictures to Celia and learn about your skin as well as ask relevant questions.
• AI Trip Planning: Share your travel destination and duration with Celia to generate a detailed guide about check-ins, food, transportation, and more.

Huawei has resolved the weak signal problems with the Nova 13 series. The device now has a new “weak signal enhancement mode” that supports an innovative antenna solution. It optimizes the network effectively and reduces latency.

Floor-level device search and smart cloud acceleration further ensure better signals all the time even at signal blind spots. Other features include harassment blocking on calls, pure mode, security, and privacy center making the user experience much better.

Price:

• Huawei Nova 13 – 256GB version priced at 2699 yuan (378 USD, 350  Euro)
• Huawei Nova 13 – 512GB version priced at 2999 yuan (421 USD, 389 Euro)
• Huawei Nova 13 – 1TB version priced at 3499 yuan (491 USD, 454  Euro)

Huawei Nova 13: Specifications, Features, and Price (Image Credits: Huawei)

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Yang Zhiyan, Chief UX Designer at Huawei Consumer BG has brought this new design for smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables labeled as “native and exquisite”.

HarmonyOS NEXT 5 has a “harmonious aesthetics” philosophy starting with the HarmonyOS ring and conceptualized with the theme “light constructs everything in the world”.

These changes can be seen throughout the UI including the control center. The controls are rounder and bigger compared to HarmonyOS making them more touch-friendly.

The company has introduced refreshed sliders for volume and brightness, which change dynamically as you change their values.

HarmonyOS NEXT 5 User Interface (UI) (Source – Huawei)

The lock screen and personalization options have been improved in HarmonyOS NEXT 5. That includes on-screen widgets and dynamic wallpapers. These widgets can adopt a lock screen and adapt better on-screen appearance.

Furthermore, the lock screen’s dynamic wallpaper and themes now support the gravity sensor to show the graphical movement in real-time.

The live view feature received major upgrades with deeper integration with the system and third-party native apps to show their real-time progress.

HarmonyOS NEXT 5 Lock Screen Personalization (Source – Huawei)

Upgrades

Aside from UI, HarmonyOS NEXT 5 equips a new distributed soft bus, cross-end collaboration, and natural and seamless performance with up to 3 times improvement in device connectivity.

Huawei has rebranded the intelligent AI solution with a new Celia voice assistant with in-device large language models for natural language processing.

The whole system performance has improved software and hardware compatibility including a 30 percent increase in fluency and up to an hour of boost in battery life.

These new changes in UI and features will be available for previous and new devices.

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Found in the WhatsApp iOS 24.20.71 version, the company is rolling out new custom chat themes with 20 different and impressive colors for Apple iPhone users.

The company already pushed out customized chat themes for both iOS and Android device users. Now the company is testing some new changes that will enable users to personalize the chat screen as per their mood and make it even more interesting.

Looking into the changelog, it doesn’t highlight any changes for the chat themes section. Although the company is quietly giving access to a set of new themes and colorful backgrounds to iOS users. They can use these themes for specific chats.

Inputs reveal that WhatsApp has added 22 different themes and 20 colors to personalize the chat interface. Users can access this feature from the app’s settings. Using these themes will give a new look to the entire app and chat section.

WhatsApp brings custom chat themes with new colors for iOS users (Image Credits: WABetaInfo)

Note that the app will automatically set a wallpaper according to the selected message color. Thus, users will get a monochromatic feel. You can also choose different wallpapers as per your preference. The update is gradually rolling out to users and will soon be available to everyone.

(Source – WABetaInfo)

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Watch GT 5 Pro launched in China on September 24. The device comes in two sizes: 46mm and 42mm. Both these models further have two color options. Although these options differ in materials and designs with a wide range of watch faces.

For instance, the 46mm variant is available in Titanium Silver and Obsidian Black. It is made up of titanium alloy and offers a classy feel on the wrist. The 42mm, on the other hand, comes in Glacier White and Ceramic White. It uses ceramic material for the casing and a thin gold titanium bezel around the big sapphire glass dial.

As of now, these Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro variants are available on the first sale at Huawei Mall. The company is offering a limited-time discount of 50 yuan on this wearable. 1000 lucky customers can also win the skipping ropes in this sale.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Obsidian Black) – 2438 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Titanium Silver) – 3338 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Glacier White) – 2738 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Ceramic White) – 4368 yuan

Visit the Huawei Mall or tap HERE to directly land on the sale page.

Huawei has also opened the giant Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch device for its first sale on the VMall alongside the Watch GT 5 Pro wearable.

Specifications

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro comes with a unique sporty and luxurious design. It has premium crafting materials that not only make it attractive but also durable and tough towards damaging risks. The device contains several eye-catching features.

Dimension and Display:

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm, 53 grams, 140-210mm. Display: 1.43-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 326 PPI.
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, weighs 44 grams, 120-190mm. Display: 1.32-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 352 PPI.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro features a 14-day battery life for the 46mm model whereas, 7-day battery life for the 42mm variant. The battery life depends on the usage and enabled features like AOD. It supports wireless charging with a 5V-9V DC/2A.

The company has launched 13 new watch faces for the Watch GT 5 Pro that has sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also contains 15000+ golf-related courses which show 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

Some other Pro-level sports mode counts Trail Run mode. This tool helps you with off-course alerts, contour lines, and crown-controlled zoomable maps, and more.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Let’s not forget about the two main tools of this watch: Sunflower Positioning System and Emotional Wellbeing. The former tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. The latter detects your mood and stress level – thanks to the advanced TruSense health system.

Other capabilities are as follows:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• ECG Analysis: More precise and responsive ECG signal – thanks to improved electrode tech. It generates the real-time ECG report within 30 seconds.
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.
• Screenshot: Just press the buttons of the wearable to snap the watch’s screen and check it in the phone’s gallery.

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The OpenHarmonyOS 5.0 version is released by OpenAtom Foundation. Developers will find major changes in the app development kit, ArkUI, and other segments. These modifications will provide clearer logic and scenario-based views.

Further details in the changelog show refinements for network stability, distributed data management, richer encodings for media, and optimized power supply. Developers can quickly develop apps using enhanced Web capabilities with upgraded tools.

Other sections in the list count communication, security, graphics, camera, event notification, encryption, hardware capabilities, and more. You can check the details below.

OpenHarmony 5.0 Changelog

Highlights:

• The application framework gets more lifecycle management capabilities and provides sub-process-related capabilities.
• ArkUI further opens up the rendering capabilities of custom nodes.
• Application package management improves application packaging efficiency and enriches the operational scenarios for end users to use applications. (For instance, creating application clones, creating desktop shortcuts, and more)
• It enhanced the distributed data management capabilities and security while ensuring reasonable data sharing.
• File management further improves Picker’s capabilities and enables reasonable control of permissions and reasonable data sharing.
• It enhances the media’s audio, video playback, and recording capabilities with the support for multiple audio, video, and image encoding formats. It now has more detailed playback control operations.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application Framework

• Supports creating JS/Native sub-processes. Developers can execute time-consuming operations in sub-processes.
• The lifecycle monitoring ability supports more lifecycles such as onNewWant.
• Supports the ability to return AbilityResult to the caller without actively destroying itself.
• The context supports Sendable object conversion for multi-threaded Context transmission.
• Supports application-level font settings.

ArkUI

• Enhanced the component customization capability with the addition of new components like a modifier, ContentModifier, and DrawModifier, which support adding new properties based on existing components, customizing component content and fully self-drawing.

The Custom nodes and Native rendering nodes are open. Custom nodes are node objects that have some basic capabilities of underlying entity nodes. These nodes can be mixed with native components through custom placeholder nodes.

Custom nodes can have the ability to calculate the layout of a single node, set basic properties, set event monitoring, and customize the drawing and rendering content. It includes three types of objects: FrameNode, RenderNode, and BuilderNode.

• BuilderNode: Provides a custom BuilderNode that can mount native components.
• FrameNode: Provides a custom FrameNode, which represents the entity node of the component tree. NodeController can mount it to NodeContainer through the FrameNode held by BuilderNode, or obtain RenderNode through FrameNode and mount it to other FrameNodes.
• RenderNode: Provides self-drawing rendering node RenderNode to support custom drawing requirements on the Native side.
• NodeController: NodeController implements operations such as creation, display, and update of custom nodes. It is responsible for mounting custom nodes on NodeContainer.

Other enhancements in the ArkUI section include the NDK capability for the third-party framework components. It covers component creation, property setting, event registration, customization capabilities, and component tree construction.

The Navigation component has more enhanced capabilities, including single-column and double-column switching effects, interruption and continuation of transition animations, and the ability to monitor the page life cycle.

The control visuals, animations, and interactions have been refreshed and added support for aging-friendly interfaces, mirrored languages, and screen reading. Menu and pop-up components support developers in defining color, shape, rounded corners, size, position, and shadow.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application package management

• Supports access and management of application clones. Applications can access application clones through simple configuration.
• Supports home screen shortcuts. Users can dynamically add shortcuts to the home screen.
• Supports independent upgrade capabilities of system-level HSP and ArkWeb. It also supports independent updates of preset applications.
• Supports recovery mechanism after abnormal interruption of OTA upgrade. If a power outage or service crash occurs during the OTA upgrade process, the OTA process will be restored upon restart to continue installing and updating applications.
• Provides automatic cache directory cleaning capability and supports storage management to automatically clean up the cache directory when the device space is insufficient.
• Supports Native software packages and provides the capabilities of packaging, installing, and uninstalling native software packages.
• When the packaging tool packages the app, it compresses the entire app package to reduce its size on the shelf.

Distributed soft bus

• IPS provides CAPI basic interface capabilities, including serialization or deserialization, message sending and receiving processing interfaces, etc.

OpenHarmony5.0: Distributed Data Management

• RelationalStore&Preferences support access to common sandbox data.
• RDB supports opening in read-only mode.
• UDMF supports the compatibility query between UTD and MIME types.
• Migration scenario data asset synchronization optimization.
• Supports distributed data management with Class E encryption.
• The inverted index construction scenario supports an application-specified external tokenizer.
• The NDK-based CAPI supports the cross-device drag-and-drop capability of UDMF data.

A Distributed Hardware

• Provides refined ACL management: It performs refined addition, deletion, modification, and query operations on ACLs based on business devices, users, accounts, and package names.
• Quality reinforcement to improve functional stability and reliability.

Distributed DeviceProfile

• Equipment data is reconstructed hierarchically to improve the efficiency of adding, deleting, modifying, and checking data.
• Quality reinforcement, optimization of background link establishment function, and improved stability and reliability.

File Management

• Supports incremental file backup.
• Provides an interface for the backup application to obtain detailed information about the amount of backup data, allows the application to report the number of data records to be backed up (such as the number of text messages), and supports reporting of abnormal events during the backup and recovery process.
• Added support for SA access backup and recovery framework.
• Enhanced Picker capabilities: Provides the ability to select multiple files at a time in the Audio Picker; adds a Download Picker, allowing applications to save files directly to the “Download/package name level” directory, and subsequent access to the directory does not require permission to apply, complementing the download experience of applications such as browsers.
• Apps are supported to obtain access rights to public directories (Download, Desktop, Document) by applying for permissions (supported by some devices and needs to be determined by syscap). Apps cannot directly access public directories without applying for permission.
• Supports applications to select files or directories through FilePicker and obtain temporary access rights to the directory or file, and supports persistent access capabilities. Non-persistent files or directories cannot be accessed after the application exits.
• Added CreateStream, fdopenStream, and other streaming file access interfaces .
• Added new interfaces for setting and getting extended attributes.

Graphics, Images, and Windows

Graphics

• The NativeImage module based on the NDK’s C API now supports NativeWindowBuffer.
• The NDK-based C API now supports NativeVsync and multiple callbacks for a single frame.
• The NDK-based C API now supports variable frame rates.
• ColorSpaceManager supports sendable capabilities.
• The font engine supports text-shadow capabilities and underline alignment.
• The graphics drawing interface improves drawing-related capabilities.

Window

• Provides the display.getDisplayByIdSync interface for use with the multi-screen feature, allowing applications to synchronously obtain information about the screen where the Ability is located through IDs.
• Supports obtaining screen available area information.
• Support setting status bar text color according to page color in ArkUI.

Media: Audio

• Audio focus enhancement: Supports focus sessions, allowing apps to set concurrent playback policies with other apps, and allowing apps to play silently without interrupting audio playing in the background.
• Added support for more audio devices such as DP and USB headsets, and support for switching the default sound device function (earpiece and speaker).
• Added a new audio stream type for video calls to optimize the audio stream playback experience in this scenario.
• Added a unified volume component to facilitate use and reduce development complexity.
• Supports customization of the style of in-app casting components.
• Supports ringtone list query and customized ringtone settings.

Play

• The player start and seek performance are optimized to reduce latency.
• Added multiple playback protocols or formats: support DASH streaming protocol playback; support AMR, APE, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio playback.
• Added a variety of playback control capabilities: support for multi-track video playback, changing the output Surface during video playback, silent playback, precise seek, setting playback range, and subtitles.
• Supports configuration of streaming media buffer size; supports audio offload mode.
• Enhanced streaming media playback capabilities: Optimized streaming media cache strategy to reduce lag.

Recording

• Enhanced audio recording capability. It now supports MP3, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio recording.

Screen Recording

• Supports exempting the application’s own privacy window from screen recording protection, and provides a privacy confirmation window and screen recording status prompt.
• Supports excluding the specified window when recording.
• Supports configuring screen rotation and dynamically adjusting rotation parameters.
• Supports simultaneous recording of microphone and system sound.

Audio and video codec

• Added AVTranscoder transcoding interface. It supports bit rate reduction, outputs video files in video encoding AVC, audio encoding AAC, and encapsulation format MP4, and reduces the amount of data transmitted/stored.

DRM

• AVPlayer / AVCodec supports DRM information parsing of DASH protocol programs, decryption of TS-encapsulated H265 video format, and audio decryption.
• AVCodec DRM adaptation adds decryption parameter settings.

Camera

• New model capabilities have been added, including time-lapse photography, panorama, streamer shutter, large aperture video recording, and fluorescent photography.
• Added a new camera PerConfig one-click configuration mechanism to ensure consistent camera effects and reduce development complexity.
• Optimize the segmented process to improve the performance and quality of photo/video recording.
• Benchmark ArkTS API capabilities and complete related C APIs.
• Enhanced camera experience, including mirroring, zoom, anti-shake, continuous shooting, camera status notification, etc.

Picture

• EXIF reading and writing capabilities are enhanced, supporting EXIF ​​batch reading and writing, and GIF supports obtaining playback count information.
• Support HDR capabilities: HDR dual-layer encoding and decoding, and conversion between HDR and SDR.
• The codec format is enhanced to support HEIF codec and DNG decoding.
• The editing framework is based on the NDK’s C API, including the effector base class, filter base class, and custom algorithms.

Event Notification

• CEM tools now support publishing custom public events.
• Emitter adds a new generic interface that can be used to directly pass Sendable objects.
• Supports synchronous query notification enablement status.

Basic Communications

• Support third-party applications to connect to hotspots through network management.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Network Management

Network management capabilities

• Supports specifying a Wi-Fi hotspot by creating a NetConnection object to connect to it.
• An NDK-based C API that provides network management status monitoring, application-level proxy monitoring, and other capabilities.

The Network protocol stack capabilities

• Supports upgrading TCP Socket to TLS Socket to improve communication security.
• TLS Socket supports skipping certificate verification to avoid scenarios where the certificate cannot be verified under special circumstances.
• All sockets support obtaining local IP and port.
• HTTP supports configuring certificate pinning information.
• HTTP supports the brotli compression algorithm.

Power Supply

• Supports obtaining the current charging current. Third-party applications can obtain the current device current through nowCurrent.
• Supports temperature control actions in flight mode. Developers can customize temperature control strategies to control the device to enter flight mode.
• Supports power consumption control based on the WorkSource agent running a lock-assisted resource scheduling module.
• It supports automatically entering S4 sleep mode after waking up from S3 sleep mode when the battery is low, achieving ultra-long standby characteristics.
• After the system starts, it supports reading and broadcasting the presence information of the device shell/case, the battery information kernel node, whether to send a broadcast, etc., which supports developer configuration.

USB

• USB DEVICE configuration management security access control enhancement.
• The USB standard data transfer mode (interrupt transfer, bulk transfer) function is enhanced.
• Supports standard USB peripheral security management and control.

Start Recovery

• It supports Native software package packaging, installation, running, and uninstallation, and builds a Native software package development and release system, which helps to quickly build productivity software ecosystem capabilities and also helps system developers improve development efficiency.
• Provides a resettable developer anonymous device identifier ODID to replace UDID and other hardware identifiers.
• Supports running bftpd commands and debugging application sandbox data access in user mode.

Globalization

• Provides C API to support internationalization capabilities of the ICU4C standard.
• International formatting processing capabilities support screen size adaptation.
• Full support for pseudo-localization testing.
• Provides C API to support resource file management capabilities.
• String resources support translatability markers.
• Provides minority language font capabilities.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Safety

Encryption and decryption algorithm library framework

• ArkTS API provides corresponding C APIs for some commonly used encryption and decryption algorithm capabilities.
• Support SM4-GCM algorithm interface.

Certificate Management

• Provides an API for launching the certificate management interface.
• Provides an API for obtaining an application’s private certificate list.

Program access control

• Geolocation permissions support a one-time authorization option.
• Supports opening the permission management application interface of the settings page.

User IAM

• Supports password validity period checking.
• Supports recovery keys.

Account

• Supports logging out of local accounts.
• Supports specifying a short account name (used as the name of the personal folder) when creating a local account.
• Support querying local account names.
• Added new privacy account type.
• Added unlock authentication intent.
• Added new credential types: Graphic and Four-digit PIN.

OpenHarmony 5.0: ArkCompiler

The ArkTS front-end compiler

• Syntax enhancement: the compilation target is switched from es2017 to es2021, and the compilation of source code files with es2018~es2021 syntax features is supported.
• The obfuscation capability is enhanced to support exception stack restoration, file granularity non-obfuscation, HAP and HSP module file name obfuscation, and whitelist wildcard function.

ArkTS Runtime

• Supports lazy loading of modules, and synchronously loads executable files when variables are used, improving application startup performance.
• The concurrency capability is enhanced, providing a Sendable object-sharing mechanism to optimize the object cross-thread communication performance; TaskPool provides functions such as task queues, long-term tasks, and periodic tasks.
• The debugging function is enhanced to support reverse debugging, Smart Step into, and other functions.
• The tuning function is enhanced to support hiperf/profiler mixed back stack and multi-instance HeapDump functions.

ArkTS basic library

• It supports high-precision floating-point operations, provides StringDecoder character stream decoding capabilities, stream data stream processing capabilities, and supports bit vectors.

JSVM

• Provides a system JS engine that supports the high-performance running of JS and WASM.

Integrated sensor processing platform

Drag frame

• Supports rotating and dragging the window as the window rotates.
• Supports dragging between three devices.
• Supports application-defined configuration to not display quantity badges during dragging.
• Supports data receiver to customize cut and copy behaviors.

Keyboard and mouse crossing

• Control both ends to initiate activate interface calls at the same time.
• Optimize the timing issues of keyboard and mouse crossing, reduce system dependence, and eliminate timing issues between multiple processes.
• Improve traversal management performance, increase success rate, and reduce traversal delay.

Multimode input

• Provides C API to support device information query and other related capabilities.

Pan Sensor

Vibrator

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• The system can better use motor devices to trigger vibration according to different device capability levels.

Sensor

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• Provides C API to support linear acceleration and game rotation vector sensors.

Accessibility

• Magnification gesture: supports magnifying the screen content through gestures.
• Active broadcast capability: When the application is adapted for screen reading, it can support active broadcast of changing information through accessibility in some dynamically changing scenarios.
• Active focus capability: When an application is adapted to screen reading, it can request active focus on components in certain scenarios.

Resource Scheduling

Background Tasks

• Apply for long-duration task types and support applying for multiple types of long-duration tasks at the same time.
• The application applies for DATA_TRANSFER download-related long-term tasks, and supports returning download notifications to the application for progress updates.

Performance, power consumption, thermal integration control

• The system load fusion gear is determined based on information such as the current temperature, load, and whether it is in a high-load scenario. After the application registers the system load callback, it can adaptively downgrade its own business load according to the different levels of the system load fusion gear, thereby reducing the load of the entire machine.

Agent reminder

• When an application applies for a recurring calendar reminder, it supports specifying an exclusion day, on which no reminder will be given.
• When the application applies for a reminder, wantAgent supports passing parameters. When jumping to the target UIAbility after clicking the reminder, the parameters are carried.
• When the application queries for published reminders, the corresponding reminderId is returned in the query results.

Testing Framework

• Supports compatibility testing of cross-platform interfaces.

DFX

• Provides an API to determine whether the HDC debugger is connected.
• Support turning on the trace function in developer mode.
• Enable awareness of main thread timeout events.
• errorManager supports TaskPool and Worker to listen for unhandled Reject events.

Kernel

• Provide thread QoS level marking and scheduling based on user interaction relationships.

Upload and download

• request.agent.Fault refines the error types to help developers quickly locate API usage problems.
• request.agent.Config adds a new proxy member to support setting the network proxy address of the task.
• request.agent.Task.start supports restarting failed\stopped tasks, making it easier for developers to quickly recover failed tasks.
• request.agent.Task supports configuring TLS certificate pinning fingerprints using the network.json configuration file.
• request.agent.FileSpec supports specifying all file paths under the base directory of the application sandbox, making it easier for developers to manage sandbox files. It also supports uploading public files on the front end, such as gallery files and album files, to reduce the overhead caused by additional copies.

Input Method Framework

• The NDK-based C API now supports self-drawn UI components using input methods, including launching and exiting input methods, and processing text on-screen requests.
• Optimize the callback timing when pulling up the keyboard, so that the input method application can adjust the keyboard display content in time according to the input box properties.

Time Zone

• Provides system APIs for forcing NTP time to refresh and obtaining the current NTP time.
• The NDK-based C API provides the ability to obtain the time zone.

Clipboard

• The NDK-based C API supports clipboard capabilities.
• Provides a cross-device clipboard switch.
• When the app is upgraded to API 12 or later, add a read permission check to the clipboard reading interface.

Web

• The network takeover feature is enhanced to support obtaining the FrameUrl of the request and the ResourceType of the intercepted request.
• Supports the pre-screening capability of the Web scene input method.
• Supports Web Components keyboard hosting capabilities.
• Supports synchronous drawing capabilities of Web components and ArkUI native components.
• Supports setting whitelist directories that can be accessed across domains using the File protocol.
• Support applications to specify rendering subprocesses.
• Web components support an accelerometer and gyroscope.
• Web components support intelligent filling of H5 pages.
• Web components support BFCache capabilities.
• Improve the soft keyboard avoidance mechanism of Web components and support Resize and Offset modes.

Theme Framework

• Supports enabling themes through folder directories, which improves the performance of enabling themes compared to enabling through compressed packages.
• Supports the management of card resources, and the ability to add, delete, modify and query added subject cards.
• Provides characterization functions for external screen devices and supports enabling external screen themes.
• Theme enablement support does not switch the current “active” directory.

Compile and build

• The CMake version required for compiling and building dependencies has been upgraded from 3.16.5 to 3.28.2.

OpenHarmony 5.0 released with ArkUI and other improvements (Image Credits: OpenHarmony)

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MatePad Air comes with HarmonyOS 3.1 out of the box. The company kept updating the device with new security rollouts. It already served the 4.2 build to home ground users. However, the respective software treatment was missing for global users.

Now the tech giant has released the HarmonyOS 4.2 update for the Huawei MatePad Air tablet in the global market. The update is currently rolling out in the Middle East. Although the company will soon initiate a broader software release.

The MatePad Air tablet users can identify the update with the HarmonyOS 4.2.0.210 version. Ensure to have sufficient storage as the firmware weighs 5.92 Gigabytes.

HarmonyOS 4.2 update unlocks new themes and productive features to enhance the user experience. It also brings smart tools like Live View and SuperHub that ease daily tasks. The former shows the real-time activity of services while the latter enables you to store media files temporarily in a space and transfer them accordingly.

You can check the complete changelog below:

Create Your Own Home Screen

Magazine Themes

• The Art Star theme lets you choose a portrait photo you like and a wallpaper to match.

Maximum Productivity and Efficiency

Live View

• Keeps you up-to-date on the status of important events by displaying timely notifications on the lock screen, home screen, and more.
• You will also see a notification window pinned to the top left of the home screen. Tap it to see more details.

SuperHub

• Supports dragging and dropping content between apps and devices. You can tap and hold defined text and images, then drag and drop them to SuperHub to store them temporarily or send them in bulk.

Ark Engine

• Provides a smoother user experience with the upgraded Ark Engine.

Huawei has started rolling out the HarmonyOS 4.2 update to old tablets. The latest update has appeared as a ray of hope that the company will soon bring this new version to more eligible devices in the time ahead.

Devices like FreeBuds Pro 3, Watch Ultimate and Watch 4 series received the major update. Now the company may soon bring the HarmonyOS 4.2 to more global devices.

Huawei MatePad Air receives HarmonyOS 4.2 update in global market (Image Credits: HuaweiAilesi)

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The Watch GT 5 series made its debut on September 19 in Spain. After a few days, the company launched it in the home ground with new features, watch faces, and dynamic workout modes. Now this new experience is coming to Malaysian users.

Huawei has now kept the Watch GT 5 series (standard, Pro) and the Watch Ultimate Green Edition on the shelves of the Malaysia site. These devices are in the pre-order stage till October 4 and are available with a bunch of freebies and offers.

Let’s check these details one by one!

Standard Watch GT 5:

Huawei Watch GT 5 is available for pre-order starting at RM1099. Users can purchase the device at once or choose the installment method and pay RM99.92 for 12 months. Note that you need to pay an RM60 deposit to book the wearable.

Don’t worry as you will get it back in the form of a rebate. Paying a deposit will also list you in the priority delivery that will begin on October 5. Now let’s look at freebies.

Buying a Watch GT 5 will bring a FreeBuds 5i and APAC region warranty to customers. One can also stand a chance to win a MatePad Pro 12.2 tablet and many other hidden surprises. Tap HERE to learn more about the Watch GT 5 pre-order.

Huawei Watch GT 5 pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: Watch GT 5 brings a classic sharp-edged design. The dial is more attractive than the previous model. It has a more recognizable crown and a feature button on the right side. The company has also introduced new color variants and 11 new watch faces with customization options.

• Watch GT 5 46mm: Brown, Blue, and Black
• Watch GT 5 41mm: Gold (metal strap), White, Brown, Blue, and Black.

The 46mm and 41mm models have a 1.43-inch and 1.32-inch AMOLED color screen respectively. Both have a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels. The former supports a 14-day battery life while the latter can run 7 days under typical usage.

TruSense system is the most significant addition to this watch. It ensures that the device offers faster and more precise health reports to users. The system holds advanced health sensors to monitor sleep, heart rate, and other body functions.

Some new features in the list include real-time route details, shaping routes, a Stay Fit app to estimate calories and manage health assessments, running analysis, Emotional Well-being, and more.

The Sunflower positioning system is another new add-on that tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. Read More…

Huawei Watch GT 5 (Source – Huawei)

Watch GT 5 Pro

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro pre-order begins at RM1399 or RM116.58 for 12 months. Users have to pay an RM60 deposit to book the device. They will get the rebate during the official sale. The freebie section counts FreeBuds 5i and APAC Region Warranty.

Users can also get a free MatePad Pro 12.2 tablet by booking the wearable before October 4. Note that the Watch GT 5 series can also get a Huawei Care 1-year extended warranty service worth RM103. Tap HERE to pre-order the device.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: Watch GT 5 Pro comes in two size variants: 46mm and 42mm. The first one has a more muscular and sporty design while the second one gives an elegant feel. Both adopt an AMOLED screen with the same sizes as the standard variants.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: White, Ceramic White
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: Black, Titanium

The battery life is also the same as the Watch GT 5. But unlike the standard version, the Pro model gets 13 new watch faces with sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also gets 15000+ golf course databases and allows users to check 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

It also has an ECG analysis that provides a real-time ECG report within 30 seconds – thanks to the TruSense system. You can check more features HERE.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Watch Ultimate Green Edition

Huawei has introduced the Watch Ultimate Green Edition in Malaysia. It is priced at RM3799 and brings freebies worth RM1258. Users can also buy the wearable in installments for RM316.58 x 12 months. One can also get 5x member points.

In terms of freebies and offers, the Watch Ultimate Green Edition brings a free Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3. Customers can also claim an RM 150 voucher till November 04. There’s also a “Review and Win” contest where sharing an image of a new Watch Ultimate will stand you a chance to win a 50W Car charger. Tap HERE.

Huawei Watch Ultimate Green Edition pre-order details in Malaysia (Image Credits: Huawei)

Specifications: The wearable shines in a dual-color bezel and two crowns on the right side. It is covered with a zirconium-based liquid metal casing. Meanwhile, the sapphire glass dial offers a clear view – thanks to anti-glare properties.

The Green Edition implies a full golf-related wearable. Yes, users can access golf course modes, offline contour maps, golf match-based themes and watch faces. Other main features include a driving range mode and an expedition mode.

The rest of the specifications are the same as the standard Watch Ultimate. You can check the complete details HERE.

Note that the official Huawei Malaysia site doesn’t show any details of the Watch D2 for now. Although we’ll keep you posted with the latest revelations on this matter.

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