| Customers: BMW Group Mechanical and Instrument Engineering Contractors: Huawei Product: Harmony OSProject date: 2025/03
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In mid-March 2025, the German concern BMW announced a strategic partnership with Huawei. As part of the agreement, the HarmonyOS Next software platform will be integrated into the next generation BMW Neue Klasse electric vehicles designed for the Chinese market.
According to Sean Green, President and CEO of BMW Group in China, almost 25% of mobile app users rely on Huawei devices in the local market. The collaboration aims to ensure seamless integration of BMW and HarmonyOS automotive systems, which will help improve the user experience.
In addition, BMW will strengthen interaction with Chinese technology partners, especially in the fields of artificial intelligence, voice control and large language models (LLM). In China, BMW has four research and development centers located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. Thus, for BMW, China is the largest research site outside Germany.
Overall, BMW's decision to use the HarmonyOS Next platform reflects China's rapid digital transformation with a focus on self-developed ecosystems. As part of the partnership until the end of 2025, BMW will introduce a digital key feature for HarmonyOS users that will allow drivers to lock and unlock their cars, as well as remotely start the engine using Huawei smartphones. Subsequently, the functionality of intelligent interaction will be expanded.
At the same time, Neue Klasse vehicles designed for the global market will continue to run the BMW iDrive X operating system, which is based on Android Automotive OS.[1]
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