On August 4th, Huawei announced its latest major update for its operating system, HarmonyOS. The HarmonyOS 4 is now available in Beta version for 34 Huawei devices, including smartphones and tablets. Huawei releases HarmonyOS 4.0.0.108 software version with a lot of new features, and releases it in public beta version. Here are the details about the HarmonyOS 4 Beta and eligible devices…
HarmonyOS 4 Beta brings several new features
According to official announcements and release notes, Huawei adds a lot of new features. Especially, the Live Window feature is one of the most expected ones, which is similar to Apple’s Dynamic Island. Thanks to the feature, you will be able to see real-time alerts and notifications via supported apps in a pill-shaped icon on the corner of your device. This feature is available on smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches.
Here is the list of new features available in HarmonyOS 4 Beta:
- Personal theme: Customizable themes with stylized layouts and icon color selection for a personalized home screen.
- Interactive theme: Mood-based wallpapers with dynamic Emoji expressions and weather themes that react to gravity for an immersive experience.
- Live window: An upper-left corner resident feature displaying task progress even when the screen is locked, providing convenience.
- Notification Center: Clustered and sorted notifications, aggregating the same app’s notifications into dynamic cards for easy access.
- Super Transit Station: Two-finger press to identify, select, and drag text and images into a temporary storage area for efficient content sharing.
- Ark Engine: Enhanced engine for a smoother overall user experience.
- Application Control Center: Card-based design to proactively manage app permissions, restrict risky apps, and create a secure app environment.
- Application Tracking Management: Privacy center, allowing specific app tracking activities to be disabled as per user preference.
- Children’s Remote Guardian: Family sharing function to monitor child’s device location, manage usage duration, and ensure safety.
- Elderly Care: Optimized enlarged display effects for better usability and comfort for elderly users.
HarmonyOS 4 Beta eligible devices
Phones:
- Huawei P60
- Huawei P60 Pro
- Huawei P60 Art
- Huawei Mate X3
- Huawei Mate X3 Collector’s Edition
- Huawei Mate 50
- Huawei Mate 50 Pro
- Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design
- Huawei Mate 50E
- Huawei Pocket S
- Huawei P50
- Huawei P50 Pro
- Huawei P50 Pro Collector’s Edition
- Huawei P50E
- Huawei P50 Pocket
- Huawei P50 Pocket Art Custom Edition
- Huawei Mate 40
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro 4G
- Huawei Mate 40 Pro+
- Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design
- Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design Collection
- Huawei Mate 40E Pro
- Huawei Mate X2
- Huawei Mate X2 4G
- Huawei Mate X2 Collector’s Edition
- Huawei Mate Xs 2
- Huawei Mate Xs 2 Collector’s Edition
- Huawei nova 11
- Huawei nova 11 Pro
- Huawei nova 11 Ultra
Tablets:
- Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch Performance Edition
- Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 inches 2022
- Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 inches 2021
The following devices will join the HarmonyOS beta later on, though Huawei didn’t pin down a specific date for that:
Coming soon
Phones
- HUAWEI Mate 40E
- HUAWEI nova 9
- HUAWEI Mate 40E 4G
- HUAWEI nova 9 Pro
- HUAWEI P40
- HUAWEI nova 8
- HUAWEI P40 4G
- HUAWEI nova 8 Pro
- HUAWEI P40 Pro
- HUAWEI nova 8 Pro 4G
- HUAWEI P40 Pro+
- HUAWEI nova 7 5G
- HUAWEI Mate Xs
- HUAWEI nova 7 Pro 5G
- HUAWEI Mate 30
- HUAWEI nova 6
- HUAWEI Mate 30 5G
- HUAWEI nova 6 5G
- HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro
- HUAWEI nova 10 SE
- HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro 5G
- HUAWEI nova 10 Youth Edition
- HUAWEI Mate 30 RS Porsche Design
- HUAWEI nova 9 SE
- HUAWEI Mate 30E Pro 5G
- Huawei Enjoy 60X
- HUAWEI nova 10
- Huawei Enjoy 60 Pro
- HUAWEI nova 10 Pro
- Huawei Enjoy 50 Pro
Tablets
- HUAWEI MatePad Air
- HUAWEI MatePad 11 inch 2023
- HUAWEI MatePad Pro 11-inch
- HUAWEI MatePad 11
- HUAWEI MatePad Pro 10.8 inch 2021