The first on the whole network! After 72 hours of experiencing the Hongmeng Galaxy Edition, I found that it is a little different...

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2024-06-24 11:07Posted on the official account of Beijing Jiguo

To judge whether a mobile phone is good or not, the operating system is one of the key factors.

Under the division of the mobile phone market by Android and iOS, Huawei Hongmeng, as a "latecomer", can be regarded as breaking out. This afternoon, Huawei opened one of the most important chapters of HarmonyOS at the HDC 2024 Developer Conference: HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition officially opened beta testing.

Hongmeng Galaxy version, which is what everyone calls "pure-blooded Hongmeng". This is a domestic operating system in the true sense of the word, and its system base is self-developed across the board, removing the traditional AOSP code, only supporting the application of the HarmonyOS kernel and the HarmonyOS system, reducing the redundant code by 40%, and greatly improving the fluency, energy efficiency, and pure security characteristics of the system.

According to the latest data released by Yu Chengdong, the number of devices in the HarmonyOS ecosystem has exceeded 700 million, and 2.2 million HarmonyOS developers have invested in the development of the HarmonyOS world, with 59 billion API calls per day, more than 350 software and hardware products, and the HarmonyOS base has been basically perfected, with more than 100 million lines of code and more than 20,000 APIs, "HarmonyOS has become the fastest growing operating system".

At present, after the "pure-blooded Hongmeng" officially opened the beta test, many users have begun to resist their own needs, and they want to update the experience as soon as possible, hoping to experience new features. No, Jiguojun just borrowed a Hongmeng Galaxy version of the mobile phone, and experienced it for three days, so don't vomit or be unhappy, and talk about your real feelings.

Let's get straight to the point, let's start with the most basic and important - fluency. When operating an operating system, the speed and fluency of the system is an important measure, and a good system should be able to respond quickly to operations without significant lag or delay.

With this conclusion, let's take a look at the HarmonyOS Galaxy version of the mobile phone in my hand.

To be precise, there are two mobile phones, one system HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition (Beta 3.0.0.25), and the other system is HarmonyOS 4.0. It's the same for opening and exiting the app, and the speed of the animation is noticeably different. Then after slowing down several times, I found that the end of the animation curve of the Hongmeng Galaxy version is faster, so it is more silky, and the same is true for the background opening animation.

In terms of management mechanism,This time the Hongmeng Galaxy Edition adopts a background management method similar to the iOS tombstone mechanism,Only the currently used APP occupies the CPU,And the background APP does not occupy the CPU,Only occupy memory,This can reduce the heat of the mobile phone,Let the mobile phone run more smoothly。

At the same time, this method also greatly reduces the system's requirements for storage configuration, so that old mobile phones can also be significantly accelerated. At present, the memory of this mobile phone in our hands is 12GB, and it is measured that at least 30 applications can be opened at the same time without lagging, because the upper limit is too high, and we will not be able to test the number of more.

At present, the vast majority of mobile phones have excess performance, but even so, there is still a big gap between different mobile phones in terms of operation fluency, which also shows the importance of the system to the smooth operation of mobile phones. After this experience, Jiguojun still has a good impression of the Hongmeng Galaxy version, whether it is long-term use or smoothness of operation, it has the best comprehensive experience.

In addition to smoothness, the new system also has changes in terms of UI and interface.

First of all, Gaussian blur has been added to the control center, which has the texture of frosted glass, and it will gradually become blurry at the moment of pulling down, with a change in depth of field, and it will bounce back. The overall icon is also a little closer to the middle.

Compared with Hongmeng4.0Judging from the words,The words of the control center in the upper left corner of the Hongmeng Galaxy version are gone,The settings and editing in the upper right corner are placed on the left and right sides respectively,In addition,WLAN and Bluetooth become capsule shapes,The buttons below the flashlight,Removed as the bottom lining of the container。

If memory serves, in the official trailer, clicking the button will also have a light field effect, which will glow outward like a light bulb, and can even slightly illuminate the surrounding buttons. However, the current version of the mobile phone system I got is a beta version, not the final version, and it has not had this effect.

Ok, let's look at the other details. It can be seen with the naked eye,The UI color of the system APP has changed,The unified blue in the previous Hongmeng4.0 system,In the Hongmeng Galaxy Edition, it has become a variety of colors,For example, the calendar is red,Memo is yellow,Let users be able to identify various functions more clearly during use,Improve ease of use。

At the same time, the digital clock of the lock screen in the Harmony Galaxy Edition has also become thicker, and it is displayed in the center, and the notification cards will be stacked... Also, the flashlight and camera in the lower left and right corners have a round container backing, why do they look so familiar?

It is worth mentioning that the familiar Huawei negative screen has also upgraded the interactive experience. Compared with Hongmeng 4.0, the negative screen service card of Hongmeng Galaxy Edition looks more simple and tidy, with more blank space, not full of cluttered information as before, and it is more convenient for users to view important information.

Back to the desktop, everyone knows that there is a small horizontal bar under the screen of the Hongmeng 4.0 version, but the Hongmeng Galaxy version is shorter and thicker this time.

On the whole, the more mature Hongmeng Galaxy Edition has been optimized in the details of the UI interface, with a simpler style and improved efficiency. But... Is that all there is to Pureblood Harmony? Of course not! If it's just the above changes, what is the difference with HarmonyOS 5.0?

So, we have to talk about its core part - the underlying architecture.

At present, the basic experience of HarmonyOS Galaxy Edition is really good, and this is thanks to its in-depth reconstruction and optimization of the underlying architecture, which makes the system run more light and efficient.

As we all know, its underlying architecture is fully self-developed, completely bidding farewell to Linux, ending the 30-year history of the system kernel being dominated by the West. Due to the stripping of AOSP, the application format of the Hongmeng Galaxy version is only HAP, which cannot open APK files and is no longer compatible with Android applications. Similarly, try it with a Hongmeng 4.0 mobile phone, and this kind of file can't be opened.

The most surprising thing is the size of the installation package, the Harmony Galaxy version is also smaller than Android, this is because its functions are relatively simple, and the applications are newly developed, not so much mountain code.

At the same time, this Hongmeng Galaxy Edition also brings third-party application system-level interaction, and the experience is more intelligent, such as Xiaohongshu picture control, one-finger long press in the picture text area, you can select text as if in the system gallery, and press and hold the main body of the picture in a note with one finger, and you can easily complete the cutout, so as to achieve an interactive experience consistent with the system gallery.

In addition, the new system also has reading controls, which can be linked to the broadcast control center to achieve background playback. At present, there are more than 14 controls and system-level capabilities, and developers only need as little as 1 line of code to complete system-level native AI capability calls.

This new intelligent system-level capability collaboration with the Pangu model can better understand and match the user's high-order intentions, that is, Xiaoyi's voice is smarter. It's just that the phone I got at the moment is a developer beta version, and this part of the function has not yet been opened.

Having said that, for a new operating system, the ecosystem is the core that supports its long-term development. Looking back at the development of the HarmonyOS ecosystem, the speed of progress is beyond imagination. In January this year, Huawei announced that the first batch of more than 200 application vendors were going all out to develop HarmonyOS native apps, and after more than two months, the number has climbed rapidly to a staggering 4,000, an increase of 20 times.

In fact, it does have a lot of built-in apps in the current application market, such as Alipay, Meituan, Bilibili, Douyin, QQ Music, Kugou, AutoNavi Map, Ctrip, Qunar, Zhixing train tickets, etc., all available.

As for the game, there are also Three Kingdoms Killing, Fighting Landlords, etc., but my version is not the version that everyone can finally see, because there are many other applications that are already on the list of cooperation, and they are still under development, and there will be some of them.

Speaking of which, I believe some students are curious, are these applications that have been launched complete in all functions?

Try it and you'll find out! However, due to the fact that there are too many applications, here we will open a few for you to see. It can be seen with the naked eye that most of the application interfaces are still similar to before, and some functions have not yet been launched, or the location of the function modules is different.

By the way, none of the apps I've seen so far have ads. This is important!

OK,The above is a basic experience of Jiguojun for Hongmeng Galaxy Edition Beta 3.0.0.25,Although what we show here is not complete,But it can basically make everyone have a number in their hearts。 In short, the personal experience is still very good, and for the pollen that can be upgraded, you may be able to wait patiently.

Since the first release of the Hongmeng system in 2019, Hongmeng has continuously refreshed the public's perception of it in the past few years. In this process, there are various voices from the outside world, including misunderstandings of the HarmonyOS system, doubts about the maturity of the ecosystem, and concerns about its capabilities, but this cannot stop the gradual growth of the HarmonyOS ecological territory. Especially in the era of intelligent connection of all things, the biggest difference between it and the previous operating system is that it is the era of the Internet of Everything for the HarmonyOS system, which leads the technological change of the operating system through distributed architecture and superimposed rapid adaptation capabilities.

At the same time, the launch of Huawei's pure-blooded Hongmeng is also an important milestone in China's independent innovation in science and technology, which represents an important achievement of China's independent innovation in the high-tech field, and is of great significance for breaking the monopoly of foreign operating systems and enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic software industry. With the continuous maturity of technology and the gradual improvement of the ecosystem, it is believed that the HarmonyOS will play a greater role in the future.

After waiting for so long, our domestic operating system has finally risen!

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