When Yu Chengdong announced the pure-blood Hongmeng partner, everyone must have been disappointed. There was no Tencent WeChat and the reason why it was not compatible with the Hongmeng system. We can analyze it from multiple angles:
1. Technical difficulties: The underlying architecture and interface calls need to be changed. Due to the differences between Hongmeng system and Android system, WeChat needs to make corresponding changes to its underlying architecture and interface calls when adapting to Hongmeng system. This involves complex programming and debugging work, which requires sufficient testing and optimization to ensure a stable and good user experience on the Hongmeng system.
Adaptation and testing of functional modules. WeChat has many functions, including chat, payment, mini programs, etc. Each functional module requires detailed testing and optimization on the Hongmeng system to ensure the integrity and stability of the function. In particular, the special function of mini programs needs to be compatible and migrated on the Hongmeng system, which is a huge challenge for the technical team.
2. Business interests and strategic issues: competition and conflicts of interest. As a social platform and application, WeChat has certain commercial competition and conflicts of interest with Huawei as a mobile phone manufacturer. WeChat's core functions and user stickiness have made it an indispensable part for many users, and Huawei hopes to increase its competitiveness and share in the mobile phone market by promoting Hongmeng OS. In this context, WeChat’s support and adaptation to the Hongmeng system may involve some business rights and strategic issues.
The impact of WeChat mini programs. As one of the important functions of WeChat, WeChat mini program is favored by many developers and enterprises. However, the proliferation of WeChat mini programs may have an impact on APP developers, which is also a problem for Huawei. The support and adaptation of WeChat mini programs need to have an impact on the ecosystem, which may involve some commercial balance of rights and compromises.
3. Development cost and investment: The complexity and time-consuming nature of adaptation work. WeChat’s architecture is huge, and the adaptation work takes a long time to complete. Re-developing a set of mini programs suitable for the Hongmeng system will consume huge resources and time, and not all developers have the ability to develop Hongmeng mini programs.
Uncertainty in the number of users. There are currently no exact figures showing the number of HarmonyOS NEXT users, which makes it difficult for WeChat to evaluate the value of the adaptation work. WeChat needs to evaluate users' willingness to upgrade to HarmonyOS NEXT and the number of people who upgrade before deciding whether to invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources in adaptation work.
To sum up, there are many reasons why WeChat is not compatible with Hongmeng system, including technical difficulties, business rights and strategic issues, as well as development costs and investment. However, with the continuous development and improvement of the Hongmeng system, and WeChat's gradual adaptation and optimization of the Hongmeng system, WeChat is expected to be better compatible with the Hongmeng system in the future and provide users with a better user experience. We hope that our motherland will become stronger and stronger, and Chinese people should support more domestically produced products.
