A new report which mentions a Chinese publication claims the launch has been postponed due to reasons related to HarmonyOS.
The phones reportedly entered the beta 3 testing phase about two weeks ago, and things did not seem to be going according to plan.
The report is sparse in detail, but it does imply that Huawei still does not have enough confidence in its platform management system to give up Android completely. As a result, the launch was allegedly postponed until May. Earlier leaks said the phones would be unveiled by the end of March.
Huawei’s current smartphones, including the foldable Mate X2, have an open-source version of Android. The A beta version of the operating system has been available on various devices since December 2020, including the Mate 30 and the MatePad Pro. The company plans to begin official implementation in April. It will also share the roadmap to upgrade older phones to the internal operating system next month.
Today’s report also reiterates that the P50 series will consist of three models: the P50, P50 Pro and P50 Plus.
Google has severed ties with Huawei due to the sanctions imposed by the US and the company’s phones are now shipped without a licensed version of Android. The open source version does not have important Google services like Gmail. The company has its own app store (known as the AppGallery) and services under an ecosystem called Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), which is similar to Google Mobile Services.
Though At the end of February, AppGallery had more than 530 million active users per month, and HMS had 2.3 million registered developers worldwide.