The coincidence is not accidental – the very next day after Google refused to Huawei in collaboration, the information about the transition of Chinese brand on the operating system of its own design. Officially this information has not been confirmed, however, this development was noted by the CEO of Huawei Richard Yu in March, he hinted that his company is not afraid of strengthening of us sanctions, as secure and developed its OS for mobile gadgets.
According to insiders, Huawei has attended to the problem long before the beginning of trade wars, and it is possible that the true plans of the Chinese were more ambitious than the simple concern of security. Operating system “Hongmeng” began to develop in 2012, it brought to mind, and even a few years used on various smartphones Huawei is not for sale. That is, the company was ready at any moment to abandon Android with minimal risk to themselves.
However, it is not entirely clear what the word “Hongmeng” – the code name of the project, only the name of the new OS or is it a platform?
Source — Huawei Central