New Huawei MatePad Pro tablet ditches Android for HarmonyOS

Huawei has today unveiled the Huawei MatePad Pro, which is the company’s first tablet to come preloaded with HarmonyOS.

Huawei has opted for its own operating system instead of Android, with HarmonyOS featuring a layout that looks very similar to Apple’s iPadOS with a shortcut bar and customisable widgets.

Huawei also detailed some new HarmonyOS features such as multitasking function for having multiple apps open simultaneously, drag-and-drop support with Windows 10 systems and cross support with other Huawei devices, so you can use the MatePad Pro as a sketching tablet for a Huawei Matebook laptop.

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