In the first quarter of 2024, Huawei’s HarmonyOS surpassed Apple’s iOS in the Chinese market for the first time, making HarmonyOS the second most-used operating system in China behind Google’s Android, according to market research firm Counterpoint Research. The report indicated that the market share held by Huawei’s HarmonyOS in China rose from 8% in the first quarter of 2023 to 17% in the first quarter of 2024, while the share held by Apple’s iOS declined from 20% to 16%. The 5G adoption rate of HarmonyOS reached 50% in the first quarter of 2024, the report added. On Tuesday, Huawei updated its HarmonyOS with a new 4.2 version for its Huawei Mate 40 series smartphones. [IThome, in Chinese]