McDonald’s China division has a network of more than 5,500 restaurants and more than 200,000 employees, serves more than 1 billion customers each year, and is working on developing native apps on HarmonyOS. It is part of the first wave of multinational food companies. The US fast food chain said in a statement on Wednesday.
HarmonyOS NextA new version of Huawei’s mobile operating platform will allow McDonald’s customers to access the application and order meals from a variety of devices, including smartphones, tablets and smart cars, the Chicago, Illinois-based company said. Stated.
After this transaction, ownership of McDonald’s China division increased from 20% to 48%. A consortium led by state-backed conglomerate CITIC holds 52% control.
The cooperation with Huawei also comes at a time when McDonald’s, which aims to have 50,000 restaurants worldwide by 2027, entered into a strategic partnership with Alphabet’s Google Cloud. generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in restaurants around the world. However, Google’s AI solutions are not available on the mainland.
Huawei’s deal with McDonald’s China builds on the momentum HarmonyOS has gained from the rise of Big Tech companies in mainland China.
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According to , more than 700 million devices currently run on HarmonyOS, and more than 2.2 million third-party developers have created apps for the platform. Richard Yu ChendongHe is also the CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group and Chairman of the Intelligent Automotive Solutions Business Unit. August Annual Developer Conference.