The following news about Huawei (which is a private company) might impact GOOG and AAPL and possibly other tickers, as it's about the Operating System "Harmony OS" which is a Chinese alternative to Google/Alphabets's Android OS and Apple's smartphone operating system: " Huawei HarmonyOS 3.0 to Be Unveiled on July 27 Jul 18, 2022, 17:43pm Pandaily Shenzhen-based tech giant Huawei announced on July 18 that its new product launch event is scheduled for July 27. In addition to HarmonyOS, the firm will bring forth a series of new products at the event. Previously, Richard Yu, CEO of the Huawei Terminal BG, announced that the number of HarmonyOS devices had exceeded 240 million, and the shipment of operating system-related devices had exceeded 150 million. [...] "
I saw some Huawei consumer products at an electronics store and I have to say they look very sleek for the low price tag. Its 34in curved monitor looks well-designed and cheap, I think I will buy its e-reader. Its tablet is 20% cheaper than the Korean and Taiwan ones, will probably buy one just for home music so the OS doesn't matter much.