Let’s explore the newly launched speaker in detail.

Design

Huawei launches Sound X4 speaker with the same 3D curved surface as the previous-gen models. It brings smart colorful light effects that move as per the sound. The device is available in two bashing colors: Rhythmic Black and Dynamic White.

Internal parameters: Speakers

It has a dimension of 175.6 x 175.6 x 224mm and weighs around 3150 gm. Sound X4 packs a pure titanium film tweeter, a self-developed mica fiber diaphragm with a midrange speaker, and a 50W sub-tweeter to provide clear sound all the time.

The device supports eight-speaker units which count one 4.75-inch woofer (rated 50W power), four 1.5-inch full-range speakers (5W power each), one 1.25-inch tweeter (3W power), and two passive radiators. It has a frequency response range of 40kHz.

All these eight units bring sound effects like a symphony orchestra. Huawei Sound X4 supports dual channels and an AC adapter with a 24V/2.71A power supply. The compact speaker also has six microphones with a ring array.

Device Controls

Huawei Sound X4 has the following touch buttons: Volume + – button, mic button, play/pause tab, and a lighting control tab on the top center. It can well manage voice, app, and button controls and ensures an interruption-free sound experience.

As mentioned, the device supports a ring of lights that acts as indicators for connection, voice response, status indication, music effects, light wallpaper, and more.

Huawei Sound X4 controls (Image Credits: Huawei)

Features and Capabilities

Huawei Sound X4 has received the high-res high-definition sound quality certificate. It claims to provide more sound details bringing richer as well as more immersive audio to listeners.

It runs on the HUAWEI SOUND Bass enhancement algorithm that actively manages vibration, reduces distortion, and improves the response of low frequencies. The algorithm further helps to achieve powerful performance with rich bass texture.

Smart Sound Field: It spreads sound waves to recognize the room structure and receive feedback. This helps the device automatically match the sound effects in the spatial scenarios. It creates a unique sound field wherever you put it.

HarmonyOS one-touch voice transmission: Just touch the speaker once with your phone and the music will immediately start playing. One can put the speaker close to phones, tablets, PC, or smart TVs and auto-connect both devices without any app.

The device also supports Super Device and cinema-level sound effects. It is a perfect speaker that lets you easily control smart home products.

Price and availability

Huawei Sound X4 is open for sale on Huawei Mall for 1999 yuan. The original rate is 2499 yuan. Users can also pick guarantee services as per their preference.

Huawei Sound X4 features (Image Credits: Huawei)

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OpenHarmony is an open-source distributed operation system platform, launched by OpenAtom Foundation. It has a layered architecture as well as supports several types of devices like printers, speakers, wearables, and mini systems.

The company has recently released the OpenHarmony 5.0 version with a set of new ArkUI features and enhancements. The build also fixes certain issues found in the Web module, input method framework, and other significant segments.

As of now, some Huawei devices have passed the compatibility test for the OpenHarmony 5.0 operating system. The list of compatible models is as follows:

• Mate 60
• Mate 60 Pro
• Mate X5
• MatePad Pro 13.2

OpenHarmony compatibility test ensures that devices or industrial apps and products comply accurately with the technical requirements of the OpenHarmony software system. Simply put, it helps in the long-term run and stability aspects.

These Huawei devices passed OpenHarmony 5.0 compatibility test (Image Credits: ITHome)

At the same time, these testing looks if the product can remain persistent with the business experiences and app interfaces or will fail in the middle.

Devices like Mate 60 and Mate X5 have qualified for the OpenHarmony 4.1 release version compatibility test in June this year. Now the company has added more models to this segment for an efficient and compatible experience.

This testing is also beneficial for the HarmonyOS NEXT-based experience. At the HDC 2024, the company announced that HarmonyOS NEXT is a full-scenario intelligent operating system as well as relies upon OpenHarmony.

Thus, compatibility with the OpenHarmony 5.0 version will help Huawei devices remain supportive and responsive to the HarmonyOS NEXT features and capabilities.

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The company has already confirmed to unveil the Honor X60 series on 16 October. As of now, it has started increasing the excitement of users with new teasers.

Looking into the teaser, Honor aligned four X60 models in an X-shape design. The company didn’t reveal the device’s key specs, but wrote an interesting caption:

“Whimpering: On October 16, Brother Jiang Hairong-Harrison will bring a hardcore challenge, guess what it is? #HonorX60Series#”

According to the image, the Honor X60 series will likely have four colors: White, Cyan, Orange, and Silver or Black. The orange variant shows a plain leather texture on the back. Whereas, the While and Cyan shades exhibit a rococo pattern.

The difference is also visible in terms of the camera module. This time, the company is showing two different camera bumps on the X60 models. One of these has a thick circular rim with four lens openings (two seem closed) in the inner circle.

Honor X60 series teaser shows distinct camera design (Image Credits: Honor/Weibo)

Although the white color variant shows a Mate 60 Pro-like camera bump. The lenses are embedded in the outer circle, leaving the center empty with MATRIX branding. The LED flash appears at the top while one lens is on the side.

One of the models highlights a pill-shaped dual-hole design on the front side for the selfie sensor. The design is different from the previous alleged hands-on image of the X60. Perhaps, this new model could be the X60 Pro smartphone. It also shows speakers on the upper side for clear calling scenarios.

The overall appearance looks a bit slimmer than the previous models and has simple round corners with a dual-curved screen. The company will reveal the secret behind the different camera modules on October 16. Stay tuned.

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The Chinese tech giant seemingly has a bunch of tablet products to launch this year. After unveiling two flagship-like devices, the company may bring a new PaperMatte Edition to the Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 tablet later this month or in November.

As noted by tipster @FixedFocus, Huawei could add a PaperMatte model to the MatePad Pro 13.2. The OEM may launch this edition alongside Nova 13 series.

PaperMatte is an effective display solution that significantly reduces the reflection and sunlight interference. It offers better, brighter, and clearer visuals even under sunlight. The overall experience is more convenient than a regular tablet.

The respective display tech also provides paper-like smooth and sleek visuals. Users can easily read books or watch videos for hours with less eye strain.

Further details reveal that this edition will have large storage options. A few netizens sarcastically speculated that the memory version could be 24GB RAM and a 2-3TB option. But an accurate guess seems to be the 16GB + 1TB storage variant.

Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 may get PaperMatte Edition with large storage (Image Credits: FixedFocus/Weibo)

Huawei may launch this edition with only one storage option. Other specs like screen size, camera, and battery would be similar to the original model. The launch details are currently a secret but may be disclosed in the upcoming days.

MatePad Pro 13.2

The tablet has a dimension of 196.1 x 289.1 x 5.5mm and weighs 580gm. It equips a 13.2-inch Flexible OLED screen with a resolution of 2880 x 1920 pixels, 262 PPI, 94% screen-to-body ratio, 1000 nits peak brightness, 1.07 billion colors, and a P3 wide color gamut.

For the camera, the device sports a dual-cam setup on the rear side with a 13MP HD camera and an 8MP ultra-wide angle. The front side has a 16MP lens for video calling purposes. It packs a 10100mAh battery and supports 88W wired charging.

The device holds 6 speakers, 4 mics, and 5 sensors (ambient light, hall, gyro, compass, gravity). Other parameters are 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.2, NearLink tech, USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Type-C), and Huawei Sound.

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The Chinese tech giant has many new products to unveil in October. The list counts the Nova 13 series, a MatePad 2024 tablet, and the Sound X4 speaker. Now a new input hints towards a dynamic notebook that could launch by the end of October.

UncleKanshan notes that Huawei has a new notebook in the pipeline called ‘Hi MateBook’. The device will likely launch later this month as a smart laptop.

After the first “GT” notebook, Huawei is likely aiming towards a new named – Hi MateBook. The company powers the Hi-tagged product under the WIKO brand. For instance, the Hi Enjoy series. It seems a PC device will also join this category soon.

Huawei could launch a new MateBook with HarmonyOS soon (Image Credits: UncleKanshan/Weibo)

Further details note that the new Huawei MateBook could debut with HarmonyOS PC. The input could be accurate to some extent as the company’s senior executive – Yu Chengdong said that the next-gen PCs will run on HarmonyOS instead of Windows.

• Read More: Next-gen Huawei PCs will ditch Windows for HarmonyOS: Chairman

Earlier, the same tipster reported that Huawei is working on a mysterious X project. The project is linked with Smart Selection PCs and may launch by October end. He added that the tech giant may unveil a HarmonyOS notebook in the next six months.

If the X project here is the Hi MateBook, there is a slight possibility that it will launch with HarmonyOS PC. Though an official confirmation still awaits.

Huawei working on a mysterious X Project, related to HarmonyOS PC? (Image Credits: UncleKanshan/Weibo)

It is worth noting that Huawei Consumer Business Chairman Yu Chengdong hasn’t mentioned the exact launch time of HarmonyOS PC software. He has only pointed out that the next-generation laptops won’t run on Windows but HarmonyOS software system.

The accuracy of the current leak is still unclear. But if true, Huawei may soon announce or tease these products on its official social media channels.

Two launch events in October?

UncleKanshan also shared that Huawei could hold two launch events this month. The first one will likely happen on October 15 and showcase the Nova 13 series, HarmonyOS NEXT system, and Watch Ultimate Green Edition. The second one could take place on October 22 debuting, MatePad 2024 and the smart laptops.

It would be worth seeing how the Chinese tech giant makes this month surprising for its consumers. Stay tuned.

Huawei could schedule two launch events this month (Image Credits: UncleKanshan/Weibo)

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The OpenHarmonyOS 5.0 version is released by OpenAtom Foundation. Developers will find major changes in the app development kit, ArkUI, and other segments. These modifications will provide clearer logic and scenario-based views.

Further details in the changelog show refinements for network stability, distributed data management, richer encodings for media, and optimized power supply. Developers can quickly develop apps using enhanced Web capabilities with upgraded tools.

Other sections in the list count communication, security, graphics, camera, event notification, encryption, hardware capabilities, and more. You can check the details below.

OpenHarmony 5.0 Changelog

Highlights:

• The application framework gets more lifecycle management capabilities and provides sub-process-related capabilities.
• ArkUI further opens up the rendering capabilities of custom nodes.
• Application package management improves application packaging efficiency and enriches the operational scenarios for end users to use applications. (For instance, creating application clones, creating desktop shortcuts, and more)
• It enhanced the distributed data management capabilities and security while ensuring reasonable data sharing.
• File management further improves Picker’s capabilities and enables reasonable control of permissions and reasonable data sharing.
• It enhances the media’s audio, video playback, and recording capabilities with the support for multiple audio, video, and image encoding formats. It now has more detailed playback control operations.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application Framework

• Supports creating JS/Native sub-processes. Developers can execute time-consuming operations in sub-processes.
• The lifecycle monitoring ability supports more lifecycles such as onNewWant.
• Supports the ability to return AbilityResult to the caller without actively destroying itself.
• The context supports Sendable object conversion for multi-threaded Context transmission.
• Supports application-level font settings.

ArkUI

• Enhanced the component customization capability with the addition of new components like a modifier, ContentModifier, and DrawModifier, which support adding new properties based on existing components, customizing component content and fully self-drawing.

The Custom nodes and Native rendering nodes are open. Custom nodes are node objects that have some basic capabilities of underlying entity nodes. These nodes can be mixed with native components through custom placeholder nodes.

Custom nodes can have the ability to calculate the layout of a single node, set basic properties, set event monitoring, and customize the drawing and rendering content. It includes three types of objects: FrameNode, RenderNode, and BuilderNode.

• BuilderNode: Provides a custom BuilderNode that can mount native components.
• FrameNode: Provides a custom FrameNode, which represents the entity node of the component tree. NodeController can mount it to NodeContainer through the FrameNode held by BuilderNode, or obtain RenderNode through FrameNode and mount it to other FrameNodes.
• RenderNode: Provides self-drawing rendering node RenderNode to support custom drawing requirements on the Native side.
• NodeController: NodeController implements operations such as creation, display, and update of custom nodes. It is responsible for mounting custom nodes on NodeContainer.

Other enhancements in the ArkUI section include the NDK capability for the third-party framework components. It covers component creation, property setting, event registration, customization capabilities, and component tree construction.

The Navigation component has more enhanced capabilities, including single-column and double-column switching effects, interruption and continuation of transition animations, and the ability to monitor the page life cycle.

The control visuals, animations, and interactions have been refreshed and added support for aging-friendly interfaces, mirrored languages, and screen reading. Menu and pop-up components support developers in defining color, shape, rounded corners, size, position, and shadow.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application package management

• Supports access and management of application clones. Applications can access application clones through simple configuration.
• Supports home screen shortcuts. Users can dynamically add shortcuts to the home screen.
• Supports independent upgrade capabilities of system-level HSP and ArkWeb. It also supports independent updates of preset applications.
• Supports recovery mechanism after abnormal interruption of OTA upgrade. If a power outage or service crash occurs during the OTA upgrade process, the OTA process will be restored upon restart to continue installing and updating applications.
• Provides automatic cache directory cleaning capability and supports storage management to automatically clean up the cache directory when the device space is insufficient.
• Supports Native software packages and provides the capabilities of packaging, installing, and uninstalling native software packages.
• When the packaging tool packages the app, it compresses the entire app package to reduce its size on the shelf.

Distributed soft bus

• IPS provides CAPI basic interface capabilities, including serialization or deserialization, message sending and receiving processing interfaces, etc.

OpenHarmony5.0: Distributed Data Management

• RelationalStore&Preferences support access to common sandbox data.
• RDB supports opening in read-only mode.
• UDMF supports the compatibility query between UTD and MIME types.
• Migration scenario data asset synchronization optimization.
• Supports distributed data management with Class E encryption.
• The inverted index construction scenario supports an application-specified external tokenizer.
• The NDK-based CAPI supports the cross-device drag-and-drop capability of UDMF data.

A Distributed Hardware

• Provides refined ACL management: It performs refined addition, deletion, modification, and query operations on ACLs based on business devices, users, accounts, and package names.
• Quality reinforcement to improve functional stability and reliability.

Distributed DeviceProfile

• Equipment data is reconstructed hierarchically to improve the efficiency of adding, deleting, modifying, and checking data.
• Quality reinforcement, optimization of background link establishment function, and improved stability and reliability.

File Management

• Supports incremental file backup.
• Provides an interface for the backup application to obtain detailed information about the amount of backup data, allows the application to report the number of data records to be backed up (such as the number of text messages), and supports reporting of abnormal events during the backup and recovery process.
• Added support for SA access backup and recovery framework.
• Enhanced Picker capabilities: Provides the ability to select multiple files at a time in the Audio Picker; adds a Download Picker, allowing applications to save files directly to the “Download/package name level” directory, and subsequent access to the directory does not require permission to apply, complementing the download experience of applications such as browsers.
• Apps are supported to obtain access rights to public directories (Download, Desktop, Document) by applying for permissions (supported by some devices and needs to be determined by syscap). Apps cannot directly access public directories without applying for permission.
• Supports applications to select files or directories through FilePicker and obtain temporary access rights to the directory or file, and supports persistent access capabilities. Non-persistent files or directories cannot be accessed after the application exits.
• Added CreateStream, fdopenStream, and other streaming file access interfaces .
• Added new interfaces for setting and getting extended attributes.

Graphics, Images, and Windows

Graphics

• The NativeImage module based on the NDK’s C API now supports NativeWindowBuffer.
• The NDK-based C API now supports NativeVsync and multiple callbacks for a single frame.
• The NDK-based C API now supports variable frame rates.
• ColorSpaceManager supports sendable capabilities.
• The font engine supports text-shadow capabilities and underline alignment.
• The graphics drawing interface improves drawing-related capabilities.

Window

• Provides the display.getDisplayByIdSync interface for use with the multi-screen feature, allowing applications to synchronously obtain information about the screen where the Ability is located through IDs.
• Supports obtaining screen available area information.
• Support setting status bar text color according to page color in ArkUI.

Media: Audio

• Audio focus enhancement: Supports focus sessions, allowing apps to set concurrent playback policies with other apps, and allowing apps to play silently without interrupting audio playing in the background.
• Added support for more audio devices such as DP and USB headsets, and support for switching the default sound device function (earpiece and speaker).
• Added a new audio stream type for video calls to optimize the audio stream playback experience in this scenario.
• Added a unified volume component to facilitate use and reduce development complexity.
• Supports customization of the style of in-app casting components.
• Supports ringtone list query and customized ringtone settings.

Play

• The player start and seek performance are optimized to reduce latency.
• Added multiple playback protocols or formats: support DASH streaming protocol playback; support AMR, APE, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio playback.
• Added a variety of playback control capabilities: support for multi-track video playback, changing the output Surface during video playback, silent playback, precise seek, setting playback range, and subtitles.
• Supports configuration of streaming media buffer size; supports audio offload mode.
• Enhanced streaming media playback capabilities: Optimized streaming media cache strategy to reduce lag.

Recording

• Enhanced audio recording capability. It now supports MP3, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio recording.

Screen Recording

• Supports exempting the application’s own privacy window from screen recording protection, and provides a privacy confirmation window and screen recording status prompt.
• Supports excluding the specified window when recording.
• Supports configuring screen rotation and dynamically adjusting rotation parameters.
• Supports simultaneous recording of microphone and system sound.

Audio and video codec

• Added AVTranscoder transcoding interface. It supports bit rate reduction, outputs video files in video encoding AVC, audio encoding AAC, and encapsulation format MP4, and reduces the amount of data transmitted/stored.

DRM

• AVPlayer / AVCodec supports DRM information parsing of DASH protocol programs, decryption of TS-encapsulated H265 video format, and audio decryption.
• AVCodec DRM adaptation adds decryption parameter settings.

Camera

• New model capabilities have been added, including time-lapse photography, panorama, streamer shutter, large aperture video recording, and fluorescent photography.
• Added a new camera PerConfig one-click configuration mechanism to ensure consistent camera effects and reduce development complexity.
• Optimize the segmented process to improve the performance and quality of photo/video recording.
• Benchmark ArkTS API capabilities and complete related C APIs.
• Enhanced camera experience, including mirroring, zoom, anti-shake, continuous shooting, camera status notification, etc.

Picture

• EXIF reading and writing capabilities are enhanced, supporting EXIF ​​batch reading and writing, and GIF supports obtaining playback count information.
• Support HDR capabilities: HDR dual-layer encoding and decoding, and conversion between HDR and SDR.
• The codec format is enhanced to support HEIF codec and DNG decoding.
• The editing framework is based on the NDK’s C API, including the effector base class, filter base class, and custom algorithms.

Event Notification

• CEM tools now support publishing custom public events.
• Emitter adds a new generic interface that can be used to directly pass Sendable objects.
• Supports synchronous query notification enablement status.

Basic Communications

• Support third-party applications to connect to hotspots through network management.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Network Management

Network management capabilities

• Supports specifying a Wi-Fi hotspot by creating a NetConnection object to connect to it.
• An NDK-based C API that provides network management status monitoring, application-level proxy monitoring, and other capabilities.

The Network protocol stack capabilities

• Supports upgrading TCP Socket to TLS Socket to improve communication security.
• TLS Socket supports skipping certificate verification to avoid scenarios where the certificate cannot be verified under special circumstances.
• All sockets support obtaining local IP and port.
• HTTP supports configuring certificate pinning information.
• HTTP supports the brotli compression algorithm.

Power Supply

• Supports obtaining the current charging current. Third-party applications can obtain the current device current through nowCurrent.
• Supports temperature control actions in flight mode. Developers can customize temperature control strategies to control the device to enter flight mode.
• Supports power consumption control based on the WorkSource agent running a lock-assisted resource scheduling module.
• It supports automatically entering S4 sleep mode after waking up from S3 sleep mode when the battery is low, achieving ultra-long standby characteristics.
• After the system starts, it supports reading and broadcasting the presence information of the device shell/case, the battery information kernel node, whether to send a broadcast, etc., which supports developer configuration.

USB

• USB DEVICE configuration management security access control enhancement.
• The USB standard data transfer mode (interrupt transfer, bulk transfer) function is enhanced.
• Supports standard USB peripheral security management and control.

Start Recovery

• It supports Native software package packaging, installation, running, and uninstallation, and builds a Native software package development and release system, which helps to quickly build productivity software ecosystem capabilities and also helps system developers improve development efficiency.
• Provides a resettable developer anonymous device identifier ODID to replace UDID and other hardware identifiers.
• Supports running bftpd commands and debugging application sandbox data access in user mode.

Globalization

• Provides C API to support internationalization capabilities of the ICU4C standard.
• International formatting processing capabilities support screen size adaptation.
• Full support for pseudo-localization testing.
• Provides C API to support resource file management capabilities.
• String resources support translatability markers.
• Provides minority language font capabilities.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Safety

Encryption and decryption algorithm library framework

• ArkTS API provides corresponding C APIs for some commonly used encryption and decryption algorithm capabilities.
• Support SM4-GCM algorithm interface.

Certificate Management

• Provides an API for launching the certificate management interface.
• Provides an API for obtaining an application’s private certificate list.

Program access control

• Geolocation permissions support a one-time authorization option.
• Supports opening the permission management application interface of the settings page.

User IAM

• Supports password validity period checking.
• Supports recovery keys.

Account

• Supports logging out of local accounts.
• Supports specifying a short account name (used as the name of the personal folder) when creating a local account.
• Support querying local account names.
• Added new privacy account type.
• Added unlock authentication intent.
• Added new credential types: Graphic and Four-digit PIN.

OpenHarmony 5.0: ArkCompiler

The ArkTS front-end compiler

• Syntax enhancement: the compilation target is switched from es2017 to es2021, and the compilation of source code files with es2018~es2021 syntax features is supported.
• The obfuscation capability is enhanced to support exception stack restoration, file granularity non-obfuscation, HAP and HSP module file name obfuscation, and whitelist wildcard function.

ArkTS Runtime

• Supports lazy loading of modules, and synchronously loads executable files when variables are used, improving application startup performance.
• The concurrency capability is enhanced, providing a Sendable object-sharing mechanism to optimize the object cross-thread communication performance; TaskPool provides functions such as task queues, long-term tasks, and periodic tasks.
• The debugging function is enhanced to support reverse debugging, Smart Step into, and other functions.
• The tuning function is enhanced to support hiperf/profiler mixed back stack and multi-instance HeapDump functions.

ArkTS basic library

• It supports high-precision floating-point operations, provides StringDecoder character stream decoding capabilities, stream data stream processing capabilities, and supports bit vectors.

JSVM

• Provides a system JS engine that supports the high-performance running of JS and WASM.

Integrated sensor processing platform

Drag frame

• Supports rotating and dragging the window as the window rotates.
• Supports dragging between three devices.
• Supports application-defined configuration to not display quantity badges during dragging.
• Supports data receiver to customize cut and copy behaviors.

Keyboard and mouse crossing

• Control both ends to initiate activate interface calls at the same time.
• Optimize the timing issues of keyboard and mouse crossing, reduce system dependence, and eliminate timing issues between multiple processes.
• Improve traversal management performance, increase success rate, and reduce traversal delay.

Multimode input

• Provides C API to support device information query and other related capabilities.

Pan Sensor

Vibrator

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• The system can better use motor devices to trigger vibration according to different device capability levels.

Sensor

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• Provides C API to support linear acceleration and game rotation vector sensors.

Accessibility

• Magnification gesture: supports magnifying the screen content through gestures.
• Active broadcast capability: When the application is adapted for screen reading, it can support active broadcast of changing information through accessibility in some dynamically changing scenarios.
• Active focus capability: When an application is adapted to screen reading, it can request active focus on components in certain scenarios.

Resource Scheduling

Background Tasks

• Apply for long-duration task types and support applying for multiple types of long-duration tasks at the same time.
• The application applies for DATA_TRANSFER download-related long-term tasks, and supports returning download notifications to the application for progress updates.

Performance, power consumption, thermal integration control

• The system load fusion gear is determined based on information such as the current temperature, load, and whether it is in a high-load scenario. After the application registers the system load callback, it can adaptively downgrade its own business load according to the different levels of the system load fusion gear, thereby reducing the load of the entire machine.

Agent reminder

• When an application applies for a recurring calendar reminder, it supports specifying an exclusion day, on which no reminder will be given.
• When the application applies for a reminder, wantAgent supports passing parameters. When jumping to the target UIAbility after clicking the reminder, the parameters are carried.
• When the application queries for published reminders, the corresponding reminderId is returned in the query results.

Testing Framework

• Supports compatibility testing of cross-platform interfaces.

DFX

• Provides an API to determine whether the HDC debugger is connected.
• Support turning on the trace function in developer mode.
• Enable awareness of main thread timeout events.
• errorManager supports TaskPool and Worker to listen for unhandled Reject events.

Kernel

• Provide thread QoS level marking and scheduling based on user interaction relationships.

Upload and download

• request.agent.Fault refines the error types to help developers quickly locate API usage problems.
• request.agent.Config adds a new proxy member to support setting the network proxy address of the task.
• request.agent.Task.start supports restarting failed\stopped tasks, making it easier for developers to quickly recover failed tasks.
• request.agent.Task supports configuring TLS certificate pinning fingerprints using the network.json configuration file.
• request.agent.FileSpec supports specifying all file paths under the base directory of the application sandbox, making it easier for developers to manage sandbox files. It also supports uploading public files on the front end, such as gallery files and album files, to reduce the overhead caused by additional copies.

Input Method Framework

• The NDK-based C API now supports self-drawn UI components using input methods, including launching and exiting input methods, and processing text on-screen requests.
• Optimize the callback timing when pulling up the keyboard, so that the input method application can adjust the keyboard display content in time according to the input box properties.

Time Zone

• Provides system APIs for forcing NTP time to refresh and obtaining the current NTP time.
• The NDK-based C API provides the ability to obtain the time zone.

Clipboard

• The NDK-based C API supports clipboard capabilities.
• Provides a cross-device clipboard switch.
• When the app is upgraded to API 12 or later, add a read permission check to the clipboard reading interface.

Web

• The network takeover feature is enhanced to support obtaining the FrameUrl of the request and the ResourceType of the intercepted request.
• Supports the pre-screening capability of the Web scene input method.
• Supports Web Components keyboard hosting capabilities.
• Supports synchronous drawing capabilities of Web components and ArkUI native components.
• Supports setting whitelist directories that can be accessed across domains using the File protocol.
• Support applications to specify rendering subprocesses.
• Web components support an accelerometer and gyroscope.
• Web components support intelligent filling of H5 pages.
• Web components support BFCache capabilities.
• Improve the soft keyboard avoidance mechanism of Web components and support Resize and Offset modes.

Theme Framework

• Supports enabling themes through folder directories, which improves the performance of enabling themes compared to enabling through compressed packages.
• Supports the management of card resources, and the ability to add, delete, modify and query added subject cards.
• Provides characterization functions for external screen devices and supports enabling external screen themes.
• Theme enablement support does not switch the current “active” directory.

Compile and build

• The CMake version required for compiling and building dependencies has been upgraded from 3.16.5 to 3.28.2.

OpenHarmony 5.0 released with ArkUI and other improvements (Image Credits: OpenHarmony)

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The source of the image is unknown but it appears to be a Huawei device for certain. Meanwhile, there are some elements in the photograph that we can explore.

The phone is covered with a protective case but the camera opening is octagonal. Over the past years, Huawei has been using this camera outlook to achieve distinctiveness for Mate RS models. On the other hand, standard and Pro models use round design.

Coming to the camera count, the image shows at least five openings and additional sensors. Such camera count also doesn’t belong to the regular or Pro model.

I can confirm that both, Huawei Mate 50 RS or 60 RS doesn’t have such a camera system or any previous RS family models except the Mate 40 RS Porsche Design.

The phone introduced five rear lenses including a wide camera, an ultra wide-angle camera, a telephoto camera, a periscope telephoto camera, and a 3D depth lens.

However, Huawei Mate 50 RS and 60RS didn’t follow this five-camera strategy.

Alleged Live Image for Huawei Mate 70 RS Ultimate Design (Image Source – Gsmarena)

There’s more, the right side of the phone’s frame has a power button and volume adjustment keys. The screen is widely curved, which is a bit suspicious.

Previous reports speculate that Huawei will upgrade the Mate 70 RS screen and increase its size. Mate 60 RS display measures 6.82 inches and an upgrade could take it to 6.9 for this new device.

Furthermore, the 60 RS featured a quad curve display similar to the Mate 60 Pro. It’s uncertain, whether Huawei will switch to more curved edges than the Mate 70 Pro.

The top of the phone has three openings on the side, the wide one is for speakers and the two others are infrared sensors and a secondary microphone.

Huawei Mate RS phones are designed with premium materials and this year’s Mate 70 RS won’t be an exception to this tradition.

With all these facts, the live image of the Huawei Mate 70 RS Ultimate Design remains inconclusive. However, we’ll have to wait until a clear picture emerges.

Read more about the Huawei Mater 70 series and its launch date here in our archive (here).

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UncleKanshan shared a new Huawei devices plan for October 2024. The list counts the Nova 13 series, a new Watch Ultimate Edition, a portable speaker, and a tablet.

Let’s discuss these products one by one!

Nova 13 series: The mid-range lineup has been sparking speculations since April this year. It was expected to launch in June 2024. Later, a few leaks said that the device was delayed to October. It seems the company will finally release it next month.

The mid-ranger could use Kirin 9010 5G and bring a new design as well as camera upgrades. It may adopt enhanced satellite features and bear a higher price than its predecessors. The company may continue the dual front camera concept with Nova 13.

Watch Ultimate New Edition

Huawei has debuted the Watch Ultimate Green Edition in the global market. Although it is still missing from the home ground. Perhaps the company may launch the new wearable edition in China next month with some exclusive smart features.

The dynamic smartwatch adopts a new design with a dual-tone bezel (green-white). It brings golf course-related features, Pro-level sports modes, and the TruSense system. Note that it’s unclear if the company will launch Watch D2 at the same stage.

Portable Speaker: Sound X4

Sound X4 was expected to launch in September alongside new wearables. But the company brought in another compact speaker – Sound Joy 2 with impressive features and a Smart Edition in the home ground. Thus, the X4 may launch in October.

A recent leak suggested that the upcoming Sound X4 speaker will adopt the same color and price as the first-gen model. However, there could be changes in key specs.

MatePad 2024

The Chinese tech giant might release a new-gen MatePad tablet. The details of this device are unclear at present. Although it could be one of the models that recently appeared on the 3C certifications. Things may get more clear in the upcoming days.

These are some of the Huawei models that could debut next month. Note that the company hasn’t confirmed these devices yet. Also, we may see more new additions in October. The launch will probably take place after the Chinese Day holidays (mid-October). Stay tuned.

Leak hints at new Huawei devices coming in October 2024 (Image Credits: Weibo)

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The Chinese OEM has already announced the Sound Joy 2 in the global market. Although it is only available in the standard form. Now Huawei has officially announced the Sound Joy 2 speaker in China in two dynamic variants.

Let’s explore both these editions one by one!

Design & Dimensions

Starting with the design, Sound Joy 2 has the same cylindrical shape as its predecessors. It is covered with a dual-tone woven fabric material that gives a classy outlook to the device. This material also ensures a better grip on hands.

Sound Joy 2 (standard and Smart) is available in three shades: New Green, Island Blue, and Obsidian Black. It measures 73 x 73 x 202mm and weighs 700 grams.

The device has a thin bar on its body with 5 buttons for playing, pausing, and other operations. Unlike the previous-gen model, it shows a brand-new HUAWEI SOUND branding on the top instead of Devialet. The upper part also has a colorful ring that acts as an indicator/reminder for important alerts (battery level, volume).

Battery and Charging

Huawei Sound Joy 2 series packs an 8800mAh battery that offers a 26-hours of music playback. It supports a 40W Type-C power adapter. Want to tune on to your favorite song but low battery? Don’t worry as a 10-minute charge will let you play songs on the speaker for an hour!

Huawei Sound Joy 2 (Image Credits: Huawei)

Other Features

Both Bluetooth and Smart Sound Joy 2 have a quad-speaker unit with a frequency response range of 50Hz – 20KHz, a maximum volume of 85dBA from one meter away, and support a mono channel. The speaker units are:

• 1 x 50mm x 75mm racetrack full-range speaker
• 1 x 19mm tweeter
• 2 passive radiators

It also has a 20W full-range speaker and a 10W tweeter. Both support a power supply of 10V/4A, 9V/2A, and 5V/2A, as well as an in-built 2 MIC pickup. Users can switch horizontally or vertically 2 MIC pickup via G-sensor.

Sound Joy 2 vs Smart Edition: Difference

The Smart Edition features voice control capability. Users can use the microphone to command Celia or manage certain operations with their voice. The ring lights in the Smart Edition also enlighten during the voice response.

With just one voice, users can control their smart home products from more than 1000 brands, 100+ categories, and 3000+ models. Huawei Music also provides tens of millions of lossless music libraries with the Sound Joy 2 Smart Edition.

Huawei Sound Joy 2 (Image Credits: Huawei)

Software Features

• Shake for Stereo: Users can pair two Sound Joy 2 speakers by shaking them, which creates a stereo effect.
• Super Combo: Users can connect around 100 speakers at a time along with syncing the music.
• Wrist-based Playback Controls: Users can easily control the music playback or adjust the volume via the Huawei smartwatch.
• Tap to Transfer: Users can simply tap on their phone beside the speaker to share or transfer the music.
• Auto Discovery: The feature enables your phone, tablet, or other Huawei device to quickly connect with the Sound Joy 2 when placed near them.
• HyperDevices: With a simple drag, audio can be seamlessly transferred between devices.

The device has the following buttons: power, voice/microphone, play/pause, Bluetooth, stereo, volume+, and volume-. Other features include an IP67 rating, NFC support, indicators, Bluetooth and MeeTime calling support (Smart Edition), and gravity sensors.

Price:

Huawei Sound Joy 2 is available for 999 yuan whereas the Smart Edition is available for 1199 yuan. Note that the standard version doesn’t support WLAN. The device is available on Huawei Mall and users can purchase it based on the variants.

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Let’s explore these features one by one!

Top Features

• Giant cinematic screen
• Honghu AI Image Quality
• Wireless Remote Control capability
• HUAWEI SOUND spatial audio
• HarmonyOS 4.5 Upgrade

Specifications

The Smart TV V5 Max brings a 110-inch giant immersive screen. The OEM has developed this product specifically for luxurious homes. The device gives a perfect cinematic feel to consumers. One can mount it on the wall or use it with a stand.

In terms of design, the smart TV appears quite thin. It is edged by a 12mm ultra-narrow frame. The bezel around the device is the thinnest and offers a clean outlook.

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch has the following dimensions:

• 2467.88mm × 1467.62mm × 439.000mm, 96 kg (with base)
• 2467.88mm × 1417.42mm × 69mm, 95 kg (without base)

Display

The device owns a 110-inch SuperMiniLED screen which exhibits an Ultra HD 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels). The display panel supports a 120Hz refresh rate, a 5000nits peak brightness, 8000000:1 contrast, and a 16:9 display aspect ratio.

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch display (Image Credits: Huawei)

Huawei has used the Black Diamond Energy screen which keenly focuses on light and ensures that every frame remains appealing. This screen is made up of polycrystalline quantum dot film. Blue light and white light on this material get mixed to create a super-sensory visual experience for the eyes.

Another tech integrated into the screen is the Super Dimensional Field LCD tech. This display solution makes the dark parts darker and the bright parts brighter on the screen. Users get high-contrast, richer, more clear, and more realistic image quality.

Some main qualities of the Black Diamond Screen are:

• Ultra 4K display resolution
• Super Dimensional Field LCD technology
• Panoramic Color LDC compensation for a clear view from every angle
• Nano-composite low-reflection film for transparent picture quality
• Fine control of the halo
• Anti-glare properties

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch display difference (Image Credits: Huawei)

Thus, users get high color accuracy. Other display capabilities are a new BT2020 color gamut with a 91% value and the DCI-P3 with a 125% typical value. It supports 99% ultra-high screen-to-body ratio. It supports a 178° ultra-wide viewing angle.

Internal Configuration

Huawei used the Honghu AI image quality solution that exhibits 1080P image quality with clearer objects and richer details. The clear light control pro tool adjusts the brightness in real time depending on the environment lighting. Other features are:

• Honghu AI HDR enhancement
• Qiguang Colorful Master Edition with 1.07 billion colors
• 120 Smart Frame Rate Compensation

The Smart TV V5 Max 110 runs on the Honghu Swan 900 chipset. It has 8 cores of Cortex A73 with 200% improved CPU performance. It is further paired with a G52 MC6 GPU with 160% improved performance compared to the previous chip.

Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch device runs on 6GB RAM. and 128GB internal storage. It has a smart bar on the top with AI camera support for video calling purposes. The wireless remote control feature makes sure that you easily drag, circle, jump, and do other operations on the screen through the remote.

HarmonyOS 4.5

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch brings HarmonyOS 4.5 software system. Here’s a glimpse of what new features the software build brings to the smart TV.

• Smart Care

The upgraded smart car feature can be a cute baby assistant for the sleeping times of your little ones. It also reminds you of your baby’s unusual moments. Thus, you can enjoy watching TV and taking care of your baby at the same time.

• Remote Assistance

Users can remotely search for a movie for their family or install apps on the TV using their Huawei phones even from a different place.

• Children Care

This feature ensures that the child sits in the correct posture in front of the TV, remains at an appropriate distance from the screen, and has good healthy habits. The feature also restricts inappropriate content and allow parents to set the viewing time via phone.

• Family Connect

Initiate ultra-high-definition video calls with up to 12 members on the smart TV. One can also access a small window to make calls, chat, or watch and play games.

• Super Entertainment

Features like a home theatre, a fitness center, a gaming room, and a karaoke room are also present in the giant smart TV. Other features are screen projection and reverse control, and a Super home screen to support multiple phone apps.

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch feature (Image Credits: Huawei)

Some internal specs are 5 carbon fiber dual-driver speakers, 2 natural silk dome tweeters, and a differential suspension. It also has 2 passive radiators with Huawei Sound support for an immersive listening experience.

Price:

Huawei Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch is open for pre-sale on the Huawei Mall. The product has a price tag of 69999 yuan and will be available on the first sale at 10:08 on September 30.

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