Huawei Hongmeng OS benchmarks against Android, which mobile phone system is better?

Not long ago, Huawei held the HDC.2019 Huawei Developer Conference at Huawei’s Songshan Lake Base in Dongguan. At this conference, we finally ushered in the Chinese’s own operating system-HarmonyOS.

What are the highlights of Hongmeng system? How is it different from Android? Let's take a look~

Full-scenario microkernel distributed OS

What is distributed? To put it bluntly, Hongmeng OS is an operating system that can be used by all devices.

Different devices can "work together", giving people a "seamless connection" experience when switching devices. Developers no longer have to worry about adaptation to different devices. Develop once and use it on multiple devices.

Extremely smooth, Ark Compiler

The biggest reason why many Apple fans are reluctant to switch back to Android is that most Android phones are more "stuck" and more complicated to use than Apple phones. Easy to crash. Why is this?

With the Hongmeng system and Huawei's Ark compiler, there is no need to go through a "virtual machine". Applications can directly communicate with the underlying machine, thus solving the lag problem of traditional Android. At the same time, the Hongmeng system has also been optimized in terms of task priority and core, so the system will run more smoothly.

The launch of Hongmeng system has undoubtedly injected fresh blood into the mobile phone system that is currently almost monopolized by Android and IOS, bringing new market competitiveness.

Some users may ask, the Android phones I use now are all systems developed by the manufacturers themselves. Why is Hongmeng said to be the first domestically produced system? This is because most of the domestic mobile phone systems we currently use are actually evolved based on the native Android system. For example, Huawei EMUI, Xiaomi MIWU, OPPO color OS, Meizu Flyme, etc.

Although they are all iterative versions of Android, there are many differences between the brands. For example, their UI design has its own characteristics and style.

1 Huawei EMUI

As a technology company with many years of experience, the EMUI system stands out among the rest in terms of depth of customization and smoothness, giving it a sense of sophistication and maturity.

How should I put it? EMUI feels like a high school teacher, with comprehensive knowledge, strict logic in class, and clear thinking. There is nothing interesting, but it will not make big mistakes.

However, now that flat icons have become the mainstream, EMUI icons are still gradient icons that have been gradually eliminated. Their form is outdated and slightly outdated.

The icons cannot be changed by changing the desktop launcher. Therefore, the wallpaper selection cannot be too fancy, otherwise it will look messy.

However, what is gratifying is that at this conference, in addition to announcing the official launch of Hongmeng system, Huawei also released EMUI 10 simultaneously.

There have been a lot of changes this time, including the addition of the Morandi color system, all system icon UIs have been redone, and the delicate beauty of science and engineering is also expressed through the golden section.

No longer old-fashioned, the UI design is more youthful. Everyone lamented: Huawei’s designers are finally online!

2 Xiaomi MIUI

Xiaomi, which is no longer "feverish", has achieved the ultimate in user experience. The system version alone is divided into development version, stable version and trial version. Integrate the needs and feedback of different users into the system and optimize it, fully absorb the opinions of the public, and improve errors and omissions.

On the UI, the rounded corners of the MIUI icon are rounded, natural and approachable, and the colors chosen are rich and full, making it extremely comfortable to look at.

The small icons on the settings menu interface are also stunning, simple, vivid and expressive.

In short, after using a Xiaomi phone, switching to another phone may cause discomfort.

3 OPPO Color OS

Among the Android systems, the one closest to IOS is none other than OPPO. This is especially prominent on Color OS. Some people even joked that the only difference between the Color OS desktop and iOS is a live wallpaper.

The icons of the drop-down menus are also very similar. If you don’t look carefully, you might think they are iOS!

Color OS on the left and iOS on the right. What’s more, the settings menu is the same. The icons, colors, and activation logic are all the same.

But if you don’t care so much about this, the UI experience of the Color OS system will not be inferior to MIUI.

The smoothness of the app opening animation is also the best among these mobile phones. The speed is not slow and slow, and it is very refreshing.

4 VIVO Funtouch OS

Homogenization has always been a big problem in domestic mobile phone systems, and the problem with Funtouch OS is even worse. Whether it is a mediocre desktop or a lackluster design, these are the main reasons why Funtouch OS is currently in an embarrassing situation.

Later, VIVO felt that since there was no breakthrough in the UI, it should use more brains on interaction (full-screen operation)! The most widely used full-screen gestures now are swiping from both sides to return, swiping up from the bottom to return to the desktop, and swiping up to hover to call out the background.

Only Funtouch OS takes a different approach and directly cuts it off. Users can only use the three-stage sliding logic from the bottom up...

Being able to get used to it is naturally the best Well, if you really don’t like it, there are still three ancestral diamond keys to choose from.

Funtouch OS said: Just use it, that’s it anyway.

5 Meizu Flyme

Speaking of Meizu, we have to mention the "old grudge" between Meizu boss Huang Zhang and Xiaomi boss Lei Jun. The two used to be good entrepreneurial partners. In the early days of the domestic mobile phone industry, the two worked side by side and helped each other. Huang Zhang even sent the interactive documents of Meizu M9 to Lei Jun for discussion. But who would have thought that the development of MIUI would exceed his expectations.

No matter what the current results are, MIUI’s glory is indeed inseparable from Huang Zhang’s unreserved attitude. This can also explain why today’s Flyme and MIUI are so similar.

Although the UI is very similar, Flyme’s unique small designs in some aspects are still eye-catching.

The various floating special effects on the weather interface are enough to show Flyme’s unique ingenuity.

Finally

From the above content, I believe everyone already has a general understanding of the current domestic mobile phone systems. Compared with the gorgeous appearance and fancy interactions, what users ultimately choose is the practicality and ease of use of the system. After all, choosing a system that suits your taste is far more important than cold parameters.

However, with the advent of Hongmeng system, the seemingly stable balance between various systems in the current mobile phone market may also be broken. Assuming that the surprise brought by Hongmeng is huge, it will inevitably have a strong impact not only on Android, but also on IOS, which has always been lonely. At this time, users' requirements for the system may not only be practical and easy to use, which will be a huge test for most manufacturers except Huawei.

So the question is, if you want to change to a new mobile phone, Hongmeng, Android, or IOS, who would you choose?

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