Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of employees at its US R&D facilities

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The implications of the US blacklisting on Huawei’s business is reportedly affecting the jobs it offers in the country. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company will be laying off hundreds of employees at Futurewei Technologies, its U.S. research and development lab. The company has begun informing some staff from its offices in Texas, Silicon Valley, and Washington State that they are letting people go. Some of their Chinese employees are being given the option to return home and stay with the company. Other layoffs are also reportedly planned in the future.

Source: The Verge

Huawei offers free screen replacement if you buy a P30 series phone

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If you’ve been planning to get a new Huawei P30 device, we suggest you hold out a couple of days. Huawei is offering a one-time free screen replacement for any Huawei P30 series device purchased in Canada between July 15 and August 14, 2019. You will have up to a year from purchase to activate the offer. But first, you’ll need to register and activate the purchase at https://consumer.huawei.com/ca/support/screen-protection/. Once you’ve registered, you can visit any authorized Huawei Service Centre to get the replacement. If you need more information, you can call the Huawei Service Line at 1-888-5HUAWEI.

Huawei CEO claims HongMengOS is faster than Android and macOS

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Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei is setting our expectations for its alternative operating system. In an interview with a French magazine, he claims that HongMengOS will be faster than Android and that it’ll have broader applications as well. It will work not just with smartphones but with devices like tablets, routers, computers, network switches, as well as data centers. He even claims it’ll be quicker than macOS, with less than 5ms processing delay. The company continues to develop the operating system despite US’s softened ban on Huawei.

Source: GSMArena

Huawei to update 14 of its current lineup to Android Q

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While we don’t know what Huawei’s relationship with Google will be, for now the company is promising to update a number of its phone to EMUI 10, which is based on Android Q. This includes the Huawei P30 Pro, P30, P30 Lite, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20, Mate 20X 5G, P20 Pro, P20, P Smart 2019, P Smart+ 2019, P Smart Z, as well as its Honor 20 series. That includes the Honor 20 lite, Honor 20, and Honor 20 Pro. EMUI 10 has a new user interface as well as a redesigned camera app with additional scene support. The EMUI logo has been tweaked as well as the system menus.

Source: GSMArena