WeChat on HarmonyOS: Huawei's Strategic Move to Disrupt Android and iOS in China
- THE CHINA NOW
- Jan 13
- 3 min read
Summary
Huawei has successfully integrated WeChat into its HarmonyOS, a significant step in challenging Android and iOS dominance in China.
The launch of WeChat on HarmonyOS will allow the app to support essential features like payments, mini-programs, and social media, aligning with its popular functions on Android and iOS.
Huawei aims to expand HarmonyOS by adding more than 30,000 apps this year, a move to strengthen its homegrown mobile operating system.
Huawei Technologies has secured a critical win for its homegrown mobile operating system, HarmonyOS, by integrating Tencent’s widely used super app, WeChat. This integration is a key strategic step for Huawei as it seeks to challenge the dominance of Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS in China, its home market.
