Huawei has announced the first manufacturers which will run its LiteOS lightweight operating system for the smart home, and has added a communications platform called HiLink. This could be an alternative to the current frontrunners in the race to standardize IoT device discovery and comms, AllJoyn and IoTivity, and it reflects the race by all major players, including Google, to create a top-to-bottom stack for the connected home. While Huawei will provide the communication framework for devices, the initial gadgets themselves will come from Chinese vendors Haier and Broadlink – with other suppliers apparently due to join the party soon. LiteOS, which comes under Huawei’s Honor brand, is an open source platform with software developers’ kit (SDK). When it unveiled…