The new Huawei smartphones will not have access to the Play Store
Final week, the US added Huawei to its Entity Record, which implies US corporations can't do enterprise with Huawei without express authorities' approval. A report of Reuters claims that Google is ceasing most of its partnerships with Huawei and that the corporate's new smartphones won't have entry to the Play Retailer and different companies.
Reuters says Google has stopped offering Huawei with {hardware} and software program merchandise, besides these coated by open supply licenses. In different phrases, whereas Huawei can nonetheless use the Android working system, most proprietary companies shall be inaccessible, together with the Google Play Retailer, Gmail, and presumably the rest that requires the Play Companies Framework.
The precise particulars are nonetheless being mentioned internally at Google in keeping with a supply who spoke to Reuters. The colossus, nevertheless, has issued a preliminary assertion:
We're respecting the "order" and reviewing the implications. For customers of our companies, Google Play and Google Play Defend safety protections will proceed to work on current Huawei gadgets.
Whereas safety updates are a part of AOSP and are nonetheless obtainable for Huawei, Android's WebView system is up to date through the Play Retailer, and Play Defend is a key part of Google's Android companies.
If that seems to be true, it might be an enormous blow to Huawei's smartphone enterprise. Whereas the producer might theoretically associate with non-American corporations to offer options to Google's apps (or use the interior working system it has been engaged on for some time), the shortage of entry to the Play Retailer can be a serious disadvantage to any potential purchaser.
