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Huawei launches first HarmonyOS-powered laptops, expanding in-house ecosystem

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What happened: On May 19, Huawei launched its first two laptops running HarmonyOS 5 – MateBook Fold and MateBook Pro.

HarmonyOS 5 is the first version of Huawei's in-house operating system. 

The deets:

The laptops support over 1,000 native HarmonyOS 5 apps, with more than 150 apps specifically op...



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