Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 7 with a lot of glass-like effects, better performance

Today at its developer conference in China, Huawei has taken the wraps off HarmonyOS 7. It comes with an Apple-inspired Liquid Glass-like UI, and a lot of talk about AI because it’s 2026 and that’s apparently inescapable.

HarmonyOS 7 is coming to Huawei’s smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables, and IoT devices. It can turn any scene into a 3D effect, presenting it on your screen – this is most obvious on the lock screen.

System UI elements, like sliders and buttons, are more glassy, and of course « agentic AI » is built right into its assistant. This now supports more in-app…