Huawei leapfrogs Apple as HarmonyOS surpasses iOS market share in China

In the first quarter of 2024, Huawei’s HarmonyOS surpassed Apple’s iOS in the Chinese market for the first time, making HarmonyOS the second most-used operating system in China behind Google’s Android, according to market research firm Counterpoint Research. The report indicated that the market share held by Huawei’s HarmonyOS in China rose from 8% in the first quarter of 2023 to 17% in the first quarter of 2024, while the share held by Apple’s iOS declined from 20% to 16%. The 5G adoption rate of HarmonyOS reached 50% in the first quarter of 2024, the report added. On Tuesday, Huawei updated its HarmonyOS with a new 4.2 version for its Huawei Mate 40 series smartphones. [IThome, in Chinese]