Huawei HarmonyOS 3.1 to go live in May at the earliest

Launched in March this year, the Huawei P60 series debuted with the HarmonyOS 3.1 operating system, focusing on security, purity and other features.

Currently, HarmonyOS 3.1 is Beta 2, adding ArkUI declarative 2D/3D drawing capabilities, improved layout capabilities, component capabilities and state management capabilities to the Beta 1 capabilities, and more API 9 capabilities to be introduced in the next official release.

Today, digital bloggers revealed that the overall smoothness of HarmonyOS 3.1 Beta2 has been significantly improved, with 120Hz across the board, interruption animations comparable to iOS, and very stable internet speeds for everyday downloads.

According to Huawei's previous upgrade plan, HarmonyOS 3.1 was to be pushed to Huawei phones in April, but the latest upgrade route shows that the official version of 3.1 will not be pushed until May at the earliest.

As seen on the Huawei P60 series, HarmonyOS 3.1 brings a more refined Hongmeng-themed desktop with a new theme for more personality.

In addition, the system has rendered the desktop icons with rounded corners by modifying the display area of the curved edges of the icons, making the transition of the rounded corners smoother and the display image clearer without jaggedness.

In response to security and privacy issues reported by users, HarmonyOS 3.1 has further improved its purity capabilities, providing users with full lifecycle security control from application installation to operation.

Note: "Interrupt animation" means that when you tap an application and it is not fully expanded, you can swipe back to the desktop to interrupt the animation of the application expanding.