Huawei's HarmonyOS Surpasses iOS in China, Becomes the Second-Largest OS

TapTechNews June 13th news, according to the latest data released by the research institute CounterpointResearch, in the first quarter of 2024, Huawei's HarmonyOS surpassed Apple's iOS in the Chinese market for the first time. This means that HarmonyOS has become the second-largest operating system in China.

The report data shows that the share of Huawei's HarmonyOS in the Chinese market increased from 8% in the first quarter of 2023 to 17% in the first quarter of 2024, while the iOS share decreased from 20% to 16%. This also marks the first quarterly decline in the iOS in the Chinese market since the first quarter of 2019, mainly due to Huawei's launch of 5G smartphones that directly compete with Apple.

From the perspective of the global mobile phone system market share, both Android and iOS decreased by 1% year-on-year, with shares of 77% and 19% respectively; the global share of Huawei's HarmonyOS doubled from 2% year-on-year, reaching 4%.

TapTechNews learned from the report that due to the seasonal reason for the decline of iOS due to iPhone sales, the Android system rebounded quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2024. The report also said that the 5G adoption rate of HarmonyOS reached 50% in the first quarter of 2024, higher than 9% in the first quarter of 2023. As Huawei focuses on localizing the supply chain, this proportion is expected to further increase.

The research institute TechInsights also released a forecast report in January this year stating that Huawei HarmonyOS will replace Apple's iOS as the second-largest smartphone operating system in China in 2024.