Shenzhen (China): Foraying into home automation or the smart home arena, the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei has announced it will launch an open source Operating System (OS) 'Honor Lite OS' and 'HiLink' a communication protocol for Internet of Things (IoT) products.

The twin products under the company's sub-brand 'Honor', are expected to launch in the second quarter of 2016 in China. The company has partnered with Chinese home appliances company Haier and IOT solutions company Broadlink for the HiLink platform which aims at providing a 'universal language' to IoT products, or web-connected home appliances.