(Yicai Global) Aug. 9 -- Huawei Technologies officially unveiled its self-developed Harmony Operating System today, which has been installed first in its new TV product the Honor Smart Screen.

The new OS is open source and available to all developers worldwide.

Yu Chengdong, chief executive of Huawei's consumer business unit, announced this breakthrough at the Huawei Developer Conference in Dongguan, Guangdong province. The new OS could replace Android at any time in its smart phones, but the firm plans to continue to use Google's OS for the foreseeable future.

Honor Smart Screen, Huawei's first TV product, will officially debut tomorrow.

Editor: Ben Armour