A Pandaily report further confirms this and claims HarmonyOS Next will only support the 'HAP' installation package.

This move comes ahead of the HarmonyOS Next developer preview launching in Q1 2024. This effectively means it won't be possible to sideload or install Android APKs on Huawei phones running HarmonyOS Next.Ī South China Morning Post report claims that major Chinese tech companies like JD.com, Netease, and Meituan are hiring HarmonyOS app developers to build native apps for Huawei's phones. With HarmonyOS Next - the upcoming major release of Huawei's operating system, the Chinese company will drop support for all Android libraries. But since the underlying OS was based on Android, you could sideload popular Android apps from third-party app stores with ease. Of course, after you install the latest version of Android Auto manually, your device will no longer be provided with updates through the Google Play Store until a newer build is available.HarmonyOS phones sold in China have never shipped with access to Google Play Services and the Play Store. If the app wasn’t already on the device, then you’re starting from scratch. If Android Auto was already running on your device, the update is performed automatically, meaning that no data is removed and only the latest version is installed. More often than not, Android will prompt you to enable the installation of apps from other sources (other than the Google Play Store), so if you downloaded the APK from a trusted site, you’re good to go.Īfter that, the process is completed automatically, with no further action required on your end. Once the APK installer with the latest Android Auto version is on your device, just use the file manager to find it and double-tap it to start the deployment.

On some devices, you could be prompted to double-check the file extension precisely for the security reason detailed above. Download the newest version on your Android device – the update is shipped as an APK installer (this format is similar to.

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