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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RUNTO Technology published its analysis on Chinese smart TV shipments for Q3 2024. The report described that China’s TV sector is seeing a major decline this time, compared to the last year same period. It has dropped by 6.6% in sales.

The market has sold 8.115 million branded TV sets in the third quarter of 2024, which isn’t a good reach. Combining the TV sales of all three quarters this year, the shipments decreased by 5% year-on-year (24.505 million units sold in three quarters).

Despite a decline, Huawei has been the best performer in Q3 2024 Chinese smart TV shipments. The company sold around 300000 units in the last quarter.

This is ultimately an increase of 50% YoY in the company’s smart TV sales. RUNTO analysts mentioned that Huawei offline stores have sold the most number of smart TVs as of September. The sales have contributed to substantial growth this year.

Apart from Huawei, the report ranks seven brands as the top TV vendors in China. These are Hisense, Xiaomi, TCL, Skyworth, Changhong, Konka, and Haier.

Huawei smart TV shipments increased by 50% in Q3 2024: Report (Image Credits: CNMO)

The combined sales share of all eight rankers reached 96.1%. Huawei is at the top while Xiaomi ranked second in this listing. TCL is showing in the third spot.

Foreign brands like Sony, Samsung, and Philips are also lagging in this race. They scored a combined market share of less than 5% and struggling to rise in the market.

Huawei has recently launched new smart TV models one after the other in the Chinese market. The latest one is the Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch which delivers a theatre-like feel to users. The device supports HarmonyOS 4.5 and various other features.

• Read More: Huawei unveils Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch with HarmonyOS 4.5

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The Chinese tech giant launched the HarmonyOS NEXT public beta activity on October 8. Following the progress, many tipsters claimed that Huawei will launch the stable HarmonyOS NEXT later this month. It seems the leaks led us on the right track.

A recent input suggested that HarmonyOS NEXT may go official next week. Now we have an official announcement that reflects more offerings for this month.

The new promo poster implies HarmonyOS NEXT as the major focus of the event. During the conference, Huawei may add more devices to the current public beta activity. It may further reveal some details about the Mate 70 series smartphones.

Here’s what the Huawei wrote for the upcoming event:

“The stars are shining, let’s see HarmonyOS together.
On October 22 at 19:00, the original HarmonyOS Night and Huawei’s all-scenario new product launch conference invite you to enjoy. #HarmonyOSNEXT#

Looking into the image, the HarmonyOS NEXT logo is stamped over a huge sphere which symbolizes Celia. Thus, the firm may introduce new Celia assistant features as well at this event.

HarmonyOS NEXT to officially debut on October 22 (Image Credits: Huawei/Weibo)

He Gang – the CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group Unit reposted the teaser. The executive said that he would reveal more innovative experiences of HarmonyOS NEXT for everyone. The company could share HarmonyOS NEXT roadmap for eligible devices including phones, tablets, smart TVs, and smart home products.

Nova 13 Series:

Apart from HarmonyOS NEXT, Huawei will launch the Nova 13 series at the same event. The standard and Pro models of this lineup are open for pre-order at the VMall. You can check more details and participate in the pre-booking HERE.

October 22 will be a memorable day in Huawei’s history. The company will likely unveil the stable HarmonyOS NEXT – an Android-free OS, talk about its new software features, and advanced capabilities, and probably Mate 70 series launch as well.

So mark this date on your calendar and get ready to witness a surprising and innovative evening next week.

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The company began HarmonyOS NEXT public beta program on October 8. At the same time, it started sending new upgrade reminders to the Huawei home storage and router users for HarmonyOS NEXT testing. The process is gradually proceeding.

Home storage products ensure that users can sync their PC, tablets, and phones to make file transfer more suitable. One can easily access files stored in the home storage from anywhere and anytime with the same account on multiple devices.

As per the upgrade reminder, the tech giant is developing new and smarter features for its home products. One of these features includes linking tools like gallery collaboration for home storage devices. The details of the new feature are unknown. But it will likely help with quick and easier access to images in the home storage.

Further inputs reveal that Huawei will upgrade some existing features for the Wi-Fi router. The new changes may offer a slightly different experience to users due to the HarmonyOS NEXT adaptation. Yet, it will surely be better than before.

Huawei testing HarmonyOS NEXT for home storage and routers (Image Credits: Huawei)

“The linkage features such as home storage gallery collaboration are being adapted in the HarmonyOS NEXT system and will be gradually upgraded and supported in the future.”

Huawei is testing the HarmonyOS NEXT features for several products. The company recently opened the testing for smart TVs and developing new as well as smart tools. Meanwhile, testing for phones and tablets has reached the public beta phase.

After the home storage and routers testing, it seems the OEM won’t take much time to add more devices in HarmonyOS NEXT closed and public beta activities.

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WPS Office is an all-in-one office suite that contains Word, PowerPoint, PDF, Excel, and more. It is launched by Kingsoft Team and supports all types of operating systems like Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, FireOS, and HarmonyOS.

The company teamed up with Huawei last year to develop the HarmonyOS NEXT-based WPS Office app. Now the application is ready and is open for public testing.

Inputs reveal that HarmonyOS NEXT beta users can test the new WPS Office app version and experience its amazing features. The company has made the app smarter, smoother, and safer with the HarmonyOS NEXT core features and tools.

The official WPS Office channel states that it took a year to convert 40 million lines of code across the platform. As a result, the app not only runs smoothly on PCs but can easily adapt to multiple devices (phones, tablets, TVs) with a seamless flow.

WPS Office HarmonyOS NEXT app version begins public testing (Image Credits: ITHome)

Features

The app can easily run on devices with different screen sizes without ruining its visuals. It also supports multi-collaboration, editing, easy browsing, data sharing, and several other AI features to enhance the overall user experience.

As mentioned, users with devices running on the HarmonyOS NEXT beta build can participate in the latest native HarmonyOS app testing. Others have to wait for the subsequent software updates to experience the new application versions.

Note: Apart from WPS Office, Pinduoduo as well as the Weibo native HarmonyOS apps are also available in the HarmonyOS NEXT AppGallery and eligible users can explore new features of these applications.

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Weibo tipster @BrotherRuiDigital says that the Huawei HarmonyOS 4.4 is coming. The software seems laggy but extraordinary. It may go official in the next few weeks.

Responding to the leak, a few netizens said that Huawei might be releasing this software as the last “HarmonyOS 4” version for its devices, making them compatible with the next major upgrade. Hereafter, the company will unveil the HarmonyOS NEXT.

Some also said that Huawei might introduce this software system with the Nova 13 series. The high-end smartphone lineup is expected to launch this month. These new models could come out of the box with the HarmonyOS 4.4 operating system.

Huawei hasn’t confirmed any such details about a new software system so far. Although the company may launch such a feature for its old devices after the HarmonyOS NEXT public beta release for eligible handsets. Yes, the new build may work as a baseline build for old devices before upgrading to the major update.

Leak suggests Huawei HarmonyOS 4.4 coming soon (Image Credits: Weibo)

New HarmonyOS Versions

HarmonyOS 4.5: Earlier, the 4.4 build was suspected to launch with Smart TV V5 Max 110. But the company unveiled the product with HarmonyOS 4.5. Read more.

HarmonyOS 5.0: Huawei has also launched new smartwatches: the Watch GT 5 and 5 Pro with HarmonyOS 5.0. The wearables support various features and tech capabilities that are missing from the previous generation models. Read More.

A recent OTA public beta for the AITO M5 and M7 smart car series hinted at the HarmonyOS 4.4 version. The changelog revealed that Super Home Screen 2.0, the new home screen layout, and split-screen view of apps like Petal Maps supports HarmonyOS 4.4 and above versions. Later, the OEM adjusted it and mentioned 4.3.

The exact details of the new HarmonyOS version are unclear. Although we may soon get more information about this matter. Stay tuned for more revelations.

Leak suggests Huawei HarmonyOS 4.4 coming soon (Image Credits: ITHome)

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As per an official reminder on the Huawei community, the company is testing HarmonyOS NEXT features for smart TVs. The eligible TV models are unconfirmed. But the OEM will likely deliver the new software build to the majority of devices.

Inputs further reveal that HarmonyOS NEXT will bring new enhancements to the home screen, remote assistance, remote home security, and smart picture frame uploading.

With the new upgrade, users may also observe an optimized super desktop feature. This tool enables you to explore mobile phone apps and games on the smart TV.

Apart from these tools, there could be more additions that the company will unveil for the smart TVs with the HarmonyOS NEXT beta upgrades. Most of these features have already been adapted to HarmonyOS NEXT and are ready for public testing.

Huawei begin testing HarmonyOS NEXT for smart TVs (Image Credits: Huawei)

“Features such as super desktop, remote assistance, remote home security, and smart picture frame upload are being adapted to the HarmonyOS NEXT system and will be gradually upgraded and supported in the future.” – the upgrade reminder.

HarmonyOS NEXT: Progress

HarmonyOS NEXT.0.070 closed beta has started rolling out to the Pura 70, Mate 60, and other eligible tablets. At the same time, the company is testing HarmonyOS NEXT for Kirin 990 phones. It reflects that the new upgrade will cover many old models.

And the smart TV line is no exception to this theory. The company may soon release more details about the HarmonyOS NEXT upgrade plan for smart TVs. Till then, ensure that your device is up-to-date and runs on the latest software to fetch new builds.

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These collections are curated automatically by the Google Play editorial team to ensure they include the best apps and games on offer. You can get apps, games, and digital content for your device using the Google Play Store app. The Play Store app comes pre-installed on Android devices that support Google Play.

August 2024 updates:

Google has optimized the user experience for Android smartphone users and improved app download performance.

Open the Play Store app:

• Go to the Apps section on your device.
• Tap on Google Play Store.
• The app will open and you can search and browse for content to download.
• Download the latest version of the Google Play Store app

Get the latest Google Play Store app:

• 42.9.16 (October 3, 2024)
• 42.2.28 (August 19, 2024)
• 41.8.14 (July 19, 2024)
• Play Store 41.5.29 (June 26, 2024)
• Play Store 40.7.26 (April 28, 2024)
• Play Store 39.9.31 (March 3, 2024)
• Play Store 39.5.19 (February 11, 2024)
• Play Store 39.4.23 (January 25, 2024)
• Play Store 38.8.24 (December 24, 2023)
• Play Store 38.4.22 (November 18, 2023)
• Play Store 38.0.37 (October 29, 2023)
• Play Store 37.8.26 (October 13, 2023)
• Play Store 37.2.18 (August 25, 2023)
• Play Store 36.6.20 (July 15, 2023)
• Play Store 36.5.20 (July 8, 2023)
• Play Store 36.2.11 (June 17, 2023)
• Download Play Store 36.0.13 (June 5, 2023)
• Download Play Store 35.9.11 (May 24, 2023)
• Play Store 35.2.19
• Play Store 34.8.10
• Play Store 34.3.13
• Play Store 34.1.09

If downloads from the Play Store aren’t complete, try the troubleshooting steps you can’t from the Google Play Store.

However, you should also know that if your phone has Google apps pre-installed then it would be seeded automatically in the background.

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Watch GT 5 Pro launched in China on September 24. The device comes in two sizes: 46mm and 42mm. Both these models further have two color options. Although these options differ in materials and designs with a wide range of watch faces.

For instance, the 46mm variant is available in Titanium Silver and Obsidian Black. It is made up of titanium alloy and offers a classy feel on the wrist. The 42mm, on the other hand, comes in Glacier White and Ceramic White. It uses ceramic material for the casing and a thin gold titanium bezel around the big sapphire glass dial.

As of now, these Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro variants are available on the first sale at Huawei Mall. The company is offering a limited-time discount of 50 yuan on this wearable. 1000 lucky customers can also win the skipping ropes in this sale.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Obsidian Black) – 2438 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Titanium Silver) – 3338 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Glacier White) – 2738 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Ceramic White) – 4368 yuan

Visit the Huawei Mall or tap HERE to directly land on the sale page.

Huawei has also opened the giant Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch device for its first sale on the VMall alongside the Watch GT 5 Pro wearable.

Specifications

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro comes with a unique sporty and luxurious design. It has premium crafting materials that not only make it attractive but also durable and tough towards damaging risks. The device contains several eye-catching features.

Dimension and Display:

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm, 53 grams, 140-210mm. Display: 1.43-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 326 PPI.
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, weighs 44 grams, 120-190mm. Display: 1.32-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 352 PPI.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro features a 14-day battery life for the 46mm model whereas, 7-day battery life for the 42mm variant. The battery life depends on the usage and enabled features like AOD. It supports wireless charging with a 5V-9V DC/2A.

The company has launched 13 new watch faces for the Watch GT 5 Pro that has sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also contains 15000+ golf-related courses which show 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

Some other Pro-level sports mode counts Trail Run mode. This tool helps you with off-course alerts, contour lines, and crown-controlled zoomable maps, and more.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Let’s not forget about the two main tools of this watch: Sunflower Positioning System and Emotional Wellbeing. The former tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. The latter detects your mood and stress level – thanks to the advanced TruSense health system.

Other capabilities are as follows:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• ECG Analysis: More precise and responsive ECG signal – thanks to improved electrode tech. It generates the real-time ECG report within 30 seconds.
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.
• Screenshot: Just press the buttons of the wearable to snap the watch’s screen and check it in the phone’s gallery.

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Yu Chengdong says that Huawei Smart TV owns around 42.3% of the sales share in the Chinese premium smart TV market. The premium segment ranges from 20000 to 30000 yuan.

The executive further states that Huawei has nearly 42.3% smart TV shipment share in the 20000+ price segment. Meanwhile, the company captures 48.2% of smart TV sales share in the 30000+ price segment. This makes the overall net recommendation value 76% of Huawei smart TV products in China.

Looking into the figures, it seems that Huawei smart TV products are deeply loved and supported by high-end consumers in China. The company also keeps upgrading its smart TVs with advanced chips, new features, as well as smart software capabilities.

The latest example in this segment is the Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch which is the biggest smart screen device so far. It brings various features and updated specifications that make the device far superior to its siblings and other smart TV competitors in the market.

For instance, the Black Diamond screen technology offers the best viewing experience. On the other hand, we have HarmonyOS 4.5 operating which unlocks improved features. You can check more about the smart TV HERE.

Huawei has the largest share in the Chinese premium smart TV market: Chairman (Image Credits: Huawei)

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