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Huawei explains why its driving mileage counter keeps rolling after going offline

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s an uncomfortable question rattling around Chinese social media this week: if your car goes offline, why does the mileage counter on Huawei’s website keep climbing?

The short answer — it doesn’t. But the way Huawei displays it can sure look like it does.

IT-NEWS, July 7 — The controversy started when sharp-eyed owners noticed that the “accumulated assisted driving mileage” displayed on Huawei’s Qiankun smart driving portal kept ticking upward even after they disconnected from the internet. Screenshots circulated. Accusations of inflated numbers followed.

Huawei's Smartwatches Will Control Your Lights and Speakers After the HarmonyOS 7 Update

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

A quiet but revealing update to the Huawei Smart Life app landed Tuesday night — version 17.0.3.312 — and buried inside is a feature that tells you more about where HarmonyOS 7 is heading than any keynote slide.

The app, which controls Huawei’s growing ecosystem of smart home devices, now has a “multi-device management” section that includes smartwatches for the first time. Tap into it, and you get a preview of what happens when a Huawei smartwatch runs HarmonyOS 7: the watch becomes a remote control for your home.

Huawei Mate 80 Pro benchmarks confirm: Kirin 9030 Pro GPU is 76% faster than last gen

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Chinese YouTube channel Geekerwan published an exhaustive performance analysis of Huawei’s Mate 80 Pro on Thursday, and the numbers tell a clearer story than any press release: Huawei’s in-house silicon is catching up faster than most expected.

Huawei's Chip Chief Publishes Updated 'Tao's Law' With Kirin 2026 Production Data

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Huawei’s semiconductor chief He Tingbo dropped the second version of what the industry calls “Tao’s Law” on Wednesday — and unlike most academic theory papers, this one comes with real production measurements from the Kirin 2026 line.

HarmonyOS 7 beta reaches 0.17% of Huawei devices as old API versions near zero

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Huawei published its latest API version distribution data for HarmonyOS devices on Thursday, and the numbers tell a clear story: the ecosystem is consolidating fast around the current generation, and the HarmonyOS 7 beta has already begun registering on real hardware.

Huawei confirms the full list of devices getting HarmonyOS 7

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Huawei unveiled HarmonyOS 7 at its HDC 2026 conference on June 12, and the developer beta opened the same day. But the question most users care about — will my phone get it? — just got a clear answer.

Huawei MateBook 14 gets user hierarchy controls in latest HarmonyOS update

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Huawei is rolling out a substantial HarmonyOS update for the MateBook 14, and the headline feature is one most laptop operating systems take for granted: proper user hierarchy management. The update, version 6.1.0.130 SP15, lets administrators create and delete standard user accounts, and manage multiple users from a single login — a meaningful upgrade for anyone sharing a machine between work and personal use, or across family members.

Luxeed R7 will stick with annual updates, exec confirms

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The Luxeed R7 isn’t getting a mid-cycle face-lift or a new name. Harmony Smart Mobility executive director Zhao Changjiang said this week the electric coupe SUV will stick with annual model-year updates and keep the R7 brand.

“Ours is an annual refresh model,” Zhao told followers on social media. “We’ll keep the R7 IP and iterate continuously to give customers a better experience.”

Huawei's massive AI model for cultural tourism is live — it's already served 4 million visitors

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

When you walk through Xi’an’s Datang Never Night City during a peak holiday, as many as 23,000 people might be sharing the same street, phones out, streaming, navigating. Beneath the crowds, two infrastructure projects are working in tandem: a 1.2-petabyte AI model trained on 31 million images of Chinese cultural artifacts, and a 5G-A network pushing data at ten times the speed of standard 5G.

Why a Huawei executive pushed for Tesla's self-driving tech to enter China

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

What happens when a direct competitor publicly argues for your product to be let into the country? At the launch of the new Mengshi M817 — a rugged electric SUV co-developed with Huawei — the company’s Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU CEO, Jin Yuzhi, dropped a revealing anecdote.

China's Pengcheng Cloud Brain III Smashes IO500 Record, Powered by Huawei Storage

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:53:00 +0800

There are benchmarks that increment, and then there are benchmarks that make you do a double-take. The Pengcheng Cloud Brain III — a supercomputing system built by Pengcheng Lab and powered by Huawei’s OceanStor A800 storage — just did the latter. It topped both the Full List and Research List of the IO500 benchmark, the global standard for storage performance in high-performance computing and AI workloads.

GAC and Huawei's Qijing GT7 Arrives With Level 3 Self-Driving and a 2.98-Second 0-60

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0800

GAC and Huawei launched their first joint-brand vehicle Thursday — the Qijing GT7, a battery-electric shooting brake that’s also the first production car to ship Huawei’s newest ADS 5 autonomous driving system. Prices start at 209,900 RMB (roughly $29,000) and go up to 329,900 RMB for the fully loaded Ultra+ trim.

Voyah Zhuiguang S Pure Electric SUV Breaks Cover with Huawei ADS 5 and 896-Line LiDAR

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:11:00 +0800

Voyah has unveiled the Zhuiguang S — a new mid-to-large pure electric SUV — at the Shanghai TV Festival, marking the brand’s latest push into the premium EV segment with a heavy dose of Huawei’s autonomous driving technology.

Huawei and China's Big Three Carriers Unveil 5G-A, U6GHz, and AI Innovations at MWC Shanghai 2026

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:25:00 +0800

The three-day 2026 Shanghai World Mobile Communication Conference (MWC Shanghai 2026) opened on June 24 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center under the theme “Intelligence Ignites Innovation,” focusing on 6G, mobile AI, and embodied intelligence.

Huawei Rolls Out Xiao Yi Claw AI Agent to All HarmonyOS 5.0 Devices

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:12:00 +0800

Huawei has officially opened its “Lobster” Xiao Yi Claw AI agent to all devices running HarmonyOS 5.0 and above, the company announced today. Users simply need to update the Xiao Yi app to version 11.6.4.300 or later to access the intelligent assistant, which has been gradually rolling out since its debut at HDC 2026.

Huawei MatePad Edge Gets HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP54 Update with Windows PC Connectivity

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:12:00 +0800

Huawei has begun rolling out the HarmonyOS 6.1.0.125 SP54 update for the MatePad Edge tablet, introducing support for direct file transfers with Windows PCs and a handful of quality-of-life improvements. The over-the-air update, which upgrades devices from version SP52, is now available to users across all MatePad Edge variants — the Wi-Fi-only QXS-W00, QXS-W10, and QXS-W20 models.

Huawei to Unveil Atlas 950 SuperPoD — the Industry's Largest-Scale Super Node — at WAIC 2026

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:24:00 +0800

Huawei China announced today that it will present its latest Ascend AI products, solutions, and industry deployments at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2026), scheduled to run from July 17 to July 20. The showcase will be headlined by the first-ever public hardware demonstration of the Atlas 950 SuperPoD, which the company describes as the industry’s largest-scale super node.

Huawei-Backed Qijing GT7 'Smart Shooting Brake' Enters Mass Production, Launch Set for June 26

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0800

The first mass-produced Qijing GT7 rolled off the assembly line on June 22, marking a major milestone for the Huawei-GAC joint effort that aims to redefine the electric shooting brake segment. The vehicle, co-branded under “Huawei Qiankun | Qijing,” will officially hit the market on June 26.