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by yorwba 1844 days ago
I actually watched the full video (at 1× speed, because Bilibili has mislabeled the app download button as 倍速.) He has some criticisms of the Ars Technica article that I agree with. However, those aren't really relevant to the current thread.

He confirms that the developer beta reviewed in the article is running Linux on ARM with all pieces of Android present, modulo Google Mobile Services replaced by Huawei Mobile Services. He then criticizes the article for concluding that it's just Android without trying out any HarmonyOS-specific features, but doesn't demonstrate them himself. To borrow his analogy, if Android is English and HarmonyOS is Chinese, why does he speak English the whole time? (And why so slowly?)

The video would've been much better if he'd booted up an emulator himself to show what was missing from the Ars Technica article.

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He did make references to API documentation on how to transfer a window from one device to another. It's too bad he didn't demonstrate it. I would love to see a follow up demonstration.

EDIT: apparently there is a demonstration video here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27368995

The guy's channel is all technical videos on HarmonyOS on phones and iot-devices:

https://space.bilibili.com/455592866

Unfortunately, the video I linked to appears to be the only one in English.

He didn't demonstrate it because there was nothing to show. Harmony is Android.