GUANGZHOU — Huawei Technologies looks to complete its departure from Google’s Android operating system this year with the rollout of a new OS developed fully in-house, further sidestepping U.S. export controls that had cramped the Chinese company’s mobile business.

The new HarmonyOS Next ships with Huawei’s flagship Mate 70 smartphone due out later this year. It uses memory three times as efficiently as the current operating system, HarmonyOS, and supports on-device artificial intelligence.

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