[2] In May 2019, Huawei was added to the Entity List by the US Department of Commerce, effectively banning the company's software products from gaining access to Google Mobile Services (GMS), Google Play Store and other such applications.

Then, on 2 June 2021, Huawei launched HarmonyOS 2.0 with AppGallery pre-installed on its own smartphones and tablets.

By the end of 2024, the company expects an additional 5,000 native apps to hit on HarmonyOS AppGallery and hopes to exceed 500,000 native apps for HarmonyOS in the near future.

[15][16] On 22 April 2024, it was reported that Huawei has 1,000 apps in negotiations, alongside its 5,000 apps in total that are scheduled to be updated by planned September launch announced at HarmonyOS Developer Day HDD 2024 on 17 May 2024.

[18] On 19 September 2024, it has been reported by Huawei that more than 10,000 apps and meta-services launched on HarmonyOS Next before commercial release in Q4.