HarmonyOS six reaches seventy million devices despite sanctions

Published on 2026-07-02 | Translated from Spanish

Huawei has installed HarmonyOS 6 on more than 70 million devices, surpassing the 66 million recorded weeks ago. The company is advancing its own development in the face of US restrictions, consolidating an alternative to Android and Apple. For users, this means more technological options and less dependence on traditional systems, with an eye toward possible global expansion.

Huawei engineer installing HarmonyOS 6 on a smartphone motherboard inside a cleanroom laboratory, glowing holographic interface showing 70 million connected devices, robotic arm assembling components while diagnostic screens display real-time data, photorealistic technical illustration, blue and orange circuit traces illuminating the scene, microchips being programmed with firmware, security encryption symbols floating above the device, dramatic industrial lighting, ultra-detailed electronic components, precision tools arranged on the workbench, cinematic engineering visualization

How HarmonyOS 6 Optimizes Integration Between Devices 🚀

HarmonyOS 6 is based on a microkernel design that enables seamless communication between phones, tablets, and other IoT devices. Huawei has improved energy efficiency and response speed through a distributed system that shares resources among devices. Although it still does not match Android's app offering, the platform adds compatibility with native apps and a growing ecosystem, with support for cross-platform development and enhanced security against external vulnerabilities.

Sanctions That Don't Stop, But Do Motivate Innovation 💪

It seems that US sanctions were the push Huawei needed to stop relying on Android. Now, with 70 million HarmonyOS devices, the company shows that a proprietary operating system is not only viable but is growing at a pace that would make more than a few executives in Cupertino or Mountain View sweat. Who knows, perhaps soon we will see Chinese users asking: Android or HarmonyOS? while Westerners continue waiting for the next update to arrive.