Huawei and Omlet, a spinoff from Stanford University to create an open social ecosystem, jointly announced their partnership today at CES 2015. Coming pre-installed on upcoming Huawei Android devices, Omlet's open social platform will provide a way for people chat and share photos with friends without losing ownership of the data they choose to share.

To protect users' privacy, all photos and data are shared in real time using Omlet. Users have full control of their data — Omlet lets users decide where to store their data using services such as Box, Dropbox, or Baidu Cloud. In addition, the partnership will free people to share messages, images, videos and themes from across the device with one click.

The first feature from Huawei and Omlet will make photo sharing possible from a locked screen. Called Share-First, users would be able to snap a photo and share it, all without unlocking their device. At the same time, recipients will be able to view and save the photo from their locked device.

Also new to Huawei is the Theme Share feature, ideal for Huawei customers who enjoy downloading themes to their devices. With Theme Share, it will be easy for them to share their favorite themes with their friends.

In addition, the Social Gallery feature built on the Omlet platform will allow users to build, share and comment on a photo album with friends without the use of any central data storage.

These features will start to ship with Huawei devices later this year.