Hongmeng

The Honor X1 Smart TV runs on Hongmeng OS 1.0 and has an IoT control centre to link smart devices with the TV.

At home, Huawei applied for a Hongmeng trademark in August last year and received a nod last month, according to a filing on China's intellectual property administration's website.

However, it would appear from recent reports that HongMeng is also being tested on smartphones.

Huawei reveals Harmony OS, its alternative to AndroidHuawei's long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official.

Since then, Huawei – the world’s biggest maker of telecoms network gear – has filed for a Hongmeng trademark in countries such as Cambodia, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand, data from the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows.

The new smartphone, which will cost around 2,000 Yuan (£230), will use the Hongmeng operating system.

The release of a Hongmeng-powered smartphone would mark a major step for China's Huawei, the world's second-biggest maker of smartphones, as US government actions threaten its access to Google's Android operating system.

The source added: 'The new Huawei phones with the HongMeng system will debut in the market in the fourth quarter, with up to several million units in stock.