Leave Android, Nokia Plans To Move On To HarmonyOS

Nokia could be the first no-Huwaei smartphone to use HarmonyOS, (photo: Pawel Czerwinski / Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Nokia for the last few years has been using an operating system that runs on Android. However, the company will soon leave the Google-owned platform.

According to reports quoted from Ubergizmo, Friday, July 2, Nokia plans to try Huawei's HarmonyOS. To strengthen the suspicion, HMD Global is also preparing a cellphone that is claimed to be the Nokia X60 which seems to be running on HarmonyOS.

If this report is true, it would make it the first non-Huawei smartphone to use the platform. This move could also help Huawei get a little more reach which could encourage more people to adopt the new platform.

This news is actually quite surprising, as HMD Global is considering HarmonyOS as its operating system, considering it is still a relatively new platform.

For the record, Huawei does have the reach and enthusiasts that could potentially create a new operating system to rival iOS and Android. However, only time will tell if they will succeed.

Of course, Nokia's move is very interesting, and it is worth waiting for whether the Nokia X60 will slide to the United States (US). With US-China relations currently still at a low point, not sure if the US government will accept phones running HarmonyOS, as Huawei was accused of spying for its home country.