The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro Plus, and Mate 70 RS will also be offered with Huawei’s HarmonyOS 4.3, which first launched in August 2019 as an alternative to Google’s Android OS and is still compatible with Android’s extensive app library.

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Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 70 smartphone series on Tuesday, bolstering its premium smartphone comeback while showcasing its own operating system in a clean break away from U.

Huawei Technologies Co. said that from next year its new smartphones and tablets will run on an operating system stripped of Google’s open-source Android technology.

Huawei just launched the Mate X6 and Mate 70, likely the company's very last smartphones that will still run Android.

Huawei has revealed its latest mobile operating system, HarmonyOS Next, completely free of any Android open-source code. The new OS was announced at the launch of the firm's Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6 smartphones.

Huawei Technologies has called on more developers to support its HarmonyOS mobile platform ecosystem as the Chinese tech giant gears up for the launch of its highly anticipated Mate 70 series smartphones,

Huawei has launched the Mate 70 series and Mate X6 phones, specifically designed to run on its Android-free operating system.