Huawei begins beta testing HarmonyOS 3 for AITO M7

Huawei announced a Beta testing program for the latest HarmonyOS 3 software developed for AITO M7. The latest update is meant to improve the overall performance of the car itself and offer some new and some improved functionalities.

AITO is backed by Huawei and by using its HarmonyOS avoids issues with software development, something that Volkswagen Group is struggling with. Any owner of electric VW can confirm that the software feels like it’s decades old and is the constant source of annoyances and a painful sticky point for the company.

Huawei has just pushed the Beta update for AITO M7 owners who registered via the car’s app to take part in the program. The internal testing will continue till November 15, the beta testing is closed and will be rolled out to 800 users only.

Those who did manage to register will receive 500 points in their AITO app on top of the access to all the new features if they share the news of the upgrade. One lucky user will receive 1,500 AITO points for the best and highest quality post - the results will be announced on November 21.

The OTA V1.0.103SP06 comes with a bunch of upgrades and enhanced basic functionalities. According to Huawei, the stability of software is improved and the car’s performance and efficiency will be improved as well.

The updated OS comes with a Super Desktop function that offers to use the car’s infotainment screen as a second screen for a laptop or a phone. The OTA update adds new time wallpaper function, active noise reduction, new car wash mode, optimized energy recovery, optimized power performance in eco-mode, improved parking assist, improved vehicle charging compatibility, new air purification reminder and a reminder for a mobile phone left behind together with better connectivity.

The sort of major upgrade this is clearly shows that leaving the software development to the professionals and licensing it rather than spending precious time and huge budgets is the way forward. It was Elon Musk who said years ago that the future car companies will be no different than software developers and the survival of business will depend on the quality of its software solutions.

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