The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro Plus, and Mate 70 RS will also be offered with Huawei’s HarmonyOS 4.3, which first launched in August 2019 as an alternative to Google’s Android OS and is still compatible with Android’s extensive app library.

One in the eye for US sanctions Huawei has announced its new Mate 70 series smartphone lineup, which will be the first to feature the company's new HarmonyOS Next operating system that doesn't rely on Google's Android services and won't run any Android apps.

Huawei Technologies has officially launched its Mate 70 smartphone series, marking a significant step in the company’s premium smartphone revival

Huawei launches Mate 70 series with HarmonyOS Next, aiming for 100,000 native apps in 2025. Mate 70 models feature Kirin 9100 chipset, priced lower than iPhone 16 in China. Huawei's move to HarmonyOS could bring more competition to smartphone software, challenging Android and iOS dominance.

Huawei Technologies kept a lid on what, if any, chip advancements sit inside its Mate 70 series smartphones during a launch event on Tuesday, as the tech giant looks to take a bigger bite out of Apple's market share in China.

Huawei just launched the Mate X6 and Mate 70, likely the company's very last smartphones that will still run Android.

Huawei officially unveiled its latest flagship Mate 70 smartphone on Tuesday as the business faces potential export controls in the future.

With launch of its Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6 smartphones, Huawei unveiled its latest mobile OS that it says no longer uses any Android open-source code, Bloomberg reported. HarmonyOS Next was supposedly built entirely in-house as part of Huawei's plans to do build a platform entirely free of major US tech sources,

Huawei has announced that its next phone will use HarmonyOS Next, marking the company's progression beyond Android. Huawei has had restricted access to US technology products for the past five years and the new OS marks the beginning of a new chapter.