But it wasn't the first we'd heard of Huawei's plans as there was talk of it in March 2019. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's device business, said at the time that there was a plan B, but they would rather work with partners like Google and Microsoft - something that the company still maintains and does, to a certain extent. HarmonyOS 2.0 for tablets and wearables made official in June 2021Īs soon as the spat with the US appeared, we started to hear talk of a plan B.HarmonyOS 2.0 beta for smartphones announced December 2020.