More than 4,000 applications have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem

On April 11, at the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Spring Communication Conference, Huawei's Executive Director Yu Chengdong appeared with Huawei's new AI laptop. Photo courtesy of the organizer

On the afternoon of April 11, Huawei held the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Spring Communication Conference, bringing a number of new products and technologies led by HarmonyOS Zhijie's first smart car, the Zhijie S7, and the new Huawei MateBook X Pro, and announcing the latest achievements of the HarmonyOS Ecosystem.

Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, CEO of Device BG, and Chairman of Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, revealed at the meeting that the cumulative number of units in the three months since the launch of the M9 has exceeded 70,000 units, and the monthly delivery capacity has continued to climb to 25,000+ units, while the total number of units has exceeded 174,000 units in the seven months since the launch of the new M7. In the first quarter of 2024, the new M7 won the first place in the sales of a single model of the new forces. The protagonist of this communication meeting, the Zhijie S7, released 5 new models, with a price range of 249,800 to 349,800 yuan. Zhijie is a smart car jointly built by Huawei and Chery, which uses Huawei's full-stack intelligent car solution, and Huawei is deeply involved in product definition, ID design, software and hardware development, and marketing. Yu Chengdong said: "The Zhijie S7 is the first pure electric car of HarmonyOS Zhixing, which is deeply empowered by Huawei in the fields of product definition, ID design, and user experience, and debuts a number of Huawei black technologies, opening a new chapter in smart mobility. ”

Restore production capacity

Start mass delivery, one car off the assembly line in one minute

In November last year, the Zhijie S7 was officially released, with a minimum sale of 249,800 yuan. However, due to the relocation of the factory and other reasons, the Zhijie S7 has encountered delivery delays. At this communication meeting, Yu Chengdong announced that Zhijie S7 started mass delivery. With the recovery of production capacity, Huawei said that the Zhijie S7 rolled off the assembly line in one minute.

As the first smart car of HarmonyOS Zhixing, Zhijie S7 has brought new upgrades this time, which are the first Huawei visual intelligent driving HUAWEI ADS basic version, and the official launch of Zhijie S7 Ultra. According to reports, the Zhijie S7 Ultra is equipped with a 100kWh battery pack, and the CLTC comprehensive range reaches 751 kilometers.

Yu Chengdong said that the Zhijie S7 can enjoy the full upgrade of Huawei's high-end intelligent driving urban NCA when you pick up the car, saying that Huawei's intelligent driving is a spot not a future, and the urban NCA covers 40000+ urban towns and villages across the country, and the real road can be opened, and the more you drive, the better it will be. It can also realize full-scene intelligent parking such as parking for driving, valet parking, remote control parking, ultra-narrow parking spaces and mechanical parking spaces.

Intelligent driving is not a show-off, safety is the true meaning. Yu Chengdong introduced that Zhijie S7 is equipped with the industry's highest number of 192-line lidar for automotive-grade mass production, and has a maximum detection distance of 250m, which is 20% higher than the industry average. The effective range of the omnidirectional collision avoidance system has been greatly improved, with forward AEB support of 4-150km/h, braking speed of 120km/h, lateral support of 40-130km/h active obstacle avoidance, and rear-facing support of 1-60km/h active braking, actively identifying pedestrians, vehicles and other targets, making safety the greatest luxury.

In the field of smart cockpits, the Super Desktop 2.0 of the HarmonyOS 4 system supports all mobile phone applications on the car, and the in-car smart assistant Xiaoyi will also be connected to Huawei's Pangu model in May, becoming a more intelligent private car consultant.

In addition, in response to the intensifying price war of new energy vehicles, although the price of Zhijie S7 has not been reduced, it has given a lot of rights and interests packages. Yu Chengdong said that from now until May 6, 2024, Zhijie S7 Dading can enjoy 30,000 yuan worth of renewal rights, including 20,000 yuan worth of Huawei ADS2.0 high-end intelligent driving rights package, 6,000 yuan worth of interior options, etc.

At the same time, since Zhijie previously opened the pre-sale in November 2023, the previous pre-sale price was 258,000 yuan, which was higher than the starting price of 249,800 yuan announced at this communication meeting. In order to give back to the old car owners, Zhijie will also provide the old car owners with a MagicLink tablet set worth 3,000 yuan and a cash thanksgiving red envelope worth 10,000 yuan.

New products debut

For the first time, the Pangu model was applied, equipped with Huawei's AI space

Another blockbuster new product at the Huawei HarmonyOS Ecosystem Spring Communication Conference is the Huawei MateBook X Pro. This time, Huawei's Pangu model was applied to a notebook for the first time, and the AI capabilities of this laptop have been improved by leaps and bounds. Yu Chengdong said that in terms of intelligent capabilities, relying on the advantages of large models, device-cloud collaboration, and all-scenarios, and for a series of scenarios such as office, learning, creation, and life, Huawei's MateBook X Pro's intelligent capabilities have fully evolved, and it has become more and more user-friendly.

In terms of AI capabilities, Huawei's all-scenario Al deeply empowers smart PCs, applies Huawei's Pangu model for the first time, adds AI summary functions, and is equipped with Huawei's AI space for the first time. Not only that, the product also cooperates with third-party partners such as Filmora and WPS to bring more comprehensive intelligence capabilities. The MateBook X Pro can also be connected to other devices through hyperterminals, extending the smart capabilities of the Huawei MateBook X Pro to mobile phones, tablets, and other devices.

At the tasting meeting after the meeting, the reporter of Nandu Bay Finance Society unboxed a HUAWEI MateBook X Pro on the spot, which was easily lifted with one hand, weighing only 980 grams and only 13.5 mm thick.

In terms of price, Huawei MateBook X Pro's new products start at 11199 yuan. Among them, the Ultra 7 16GB/1TB version is priced at 11199 yuan, the Ultra 7 32GB/1TB version is priced at 12499 yuan, and the Ultra 9 32GB/2TB version is priced at 14999 yuan. The pre-sale will start at 16:08 on April 11, and it will be fully sold at 10:08 on April 18 on HUAWEI Mall/Huawei Authorized E-commerce, HUAWEI Experience Store/HUAWEI Authorized Retailer Platform.

HarmonyOS app

In just two months, the increase is as high as 20 times

On January 18th, at the HarmonyOS Ecosystem Thousand Sails Launching Ceremony, Huawei released the original HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition, and Huawei announced that HarmonyOS NEXT HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition is open to developers to apply, which means that the HarmonyOS ecosystem has entered the second phase and will accelerate the application of HarmonyOS in thousands of industries.

It is worth noting that at this communication meeting, Huawei said that the HarmonyOS ecosystem has once again ushered in milestone progress, and more than 4,000 applications have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem. On January 18 this year, Huawei announced that the first batch of more than 200 application vendors are accelerating the development of HarmonyOS native applications, and by the end of March, more than 4,000 applications will be added, an increase of 20 times in just two months, covering more vertical applications.

Among them, head applications such as CCTV, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, iQiyi, Himalaya, WPS Office, China Merchants Bank, and Postal Savings Bank have completed the development of beta versions and are continuing to polish their products. At the same time, Alibaba Cloud audio and video terminal SDK, AutoNavi Map SDK, and Weibo login and sharing SDK also implement adaptation to HarmonyOS NEXT, which will further reduce the development workload of partners and drive more partners to accelerate the development process of HarmonyOS native applications.

Huawei said that since the announcement of the full launch of HarmonyOS native applications in September last year, with the joint efforts of partners and developers in various fields, the HarmonyOS ecosystem has achieved complete vertical industry coverage, including convenient life, travel, cultural tourism, financial management, social information, productivity tools, government affairs and people's livelihood, news media, enterprise office, audio-visual entertainment, games and other applications in various fields are vying to start the development of HarmonyOS native applications, and continue to inject new vitality into the HarmonyOS ecosystem.

Yu Chengdong said that with the firm support of partners and developers, the future-oriented HarmonyOS strategy is about to achieve victory, and he believes that the HarmonyOS ecosystem "has crossed thousands of mountains and sailed straight to the sea". He also announced that Huawei will hold its annual developer conference in June, and HarmonyOS NEXT will start beta in June.

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The country's first HarmonyOS Ecological Innovation Center was established in Shenzhen

At the beginning of March this year, Shenzhen released an action plan document to support the development of HarmonyOS native applications, put forward the development goals of HarmonyOS native applications in 2024, and clarified the main tasks from three aspects: strengthening the supply capacity of HarmonyOS native applications, promoting the agglomeration of HarmonyOS native application industry, and improving the HarmonyOS native application ecosystem. Recently, the country's first HarmonyOS Ecological Innovation Center has also been unveiled in Shenzhen, becoming an important platform for Shenzhen to improve the HarmonyOS ecological support system.

At the same time, a number of provinces and cities have also launched the development of HarmonyOS native applications for local government affairs and people's livelihood applications, vertical applications, and local media platforms, and supported the expansion of the HarmonyOS ecosystem across the country with practical actions. More than 300 applications have started the development of HarmonyOS native applications in Guangdong, a major Internet province, and more than 100 in Chongqing, and various people's livelihood, media, automobile, and life applications in Sichuan, Guangxi, Shandong, Hebei, Anhui and other provinces and cities have also joined the "HarmonyOS fleet". In addition, the online State Grid App, which is the official unified online service entrance of the State Grid, has also officially launched the development of HarmonyOS native applications and meta-services not long ago, which will drive more people's livelihood applications and large central state-owned enterprises to embrace the HarmonyOS ecosystem.

Written by: Cheng Yang, reporter of Nandu Bay Finance Agency