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As expected, Huawei has replaced HarmonyOS with EMUI 14, which, unfortunately, is still based on Android 14 and, as expected, comes without Google Play Store support. Beyond that, you're getting ...

The Mate XT was unveiled in China last year, billed by the company as the world's first commercially available trifold smartphone, featuring an extra hinge so that it can fold up into a kind of Z ...

The Mate XT runs on EMUI 14.2, built on HarmonyOS 4 and Android 12. This operating system serves as an alternative solution, as Huawei remains barred from using Google Mobile Services due to ...

despite running Huawei’s Android-based EMUI software. Last year the company launched its own Android-free operating system, HarmonyOS Next, but the Mate XT has not yet been upgraded to that ...

That said, the user interface feels outdated. Unlike in China, where HarmonyOS is the standard, the global variant runs on EMUI 14, which doesn’t have the most modern-looking UI. Surprisingly fo ...

The Mate XT Ultimate's global version runs on EMUI 14 rather than the China-exclusive HarmonyOS. The software is functional and gets the job done, but its look and feel don't impress me.

While the global version runs EMUI 14 based on Android 14 (unlike the Chinese version, which runs HarmonyOS), the lack of proper Google support has made it hard for me to fully enjoy this foldable.

It packs a 90Hz LTPO display, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage, running EMUI 14 on Android 14 ... 12GB RAM and up to 512GB storage, running on HarmonyOS 4.3. The battery is a 10100mAh dual-cell ...