Huawei smartphones will remain without Android updates and Google services
The agency claims that since the termination of cooperation Huawei smartphones will no longer receive Android updates, and new devices will not have access to Google services, including the Google Play app store, Gmail, YouTube mail and others. Huawei will have access to the open version of Android, but the company will lose technical support from Google.
The information has already been confirmed by Google. It is also known that Huawei lawyers in China are currently studying the situation, but the company refuses any comments on this matter.
In Thursday, May 16, US Department of Commerce has made Huawei and 70 related companies in the black list ", contrary to the national security activities of States" for. The decision obliges American manufacturers who sell Huawei any equipment or technology to obtain a special license from the US authorities for any cooperation.
In 2016, the US authorities suspected that Huawei was spying on users and transmitting the collected data to the Chinese government. In August 2018, Donald Trump signed a decree that introduces a state of emergency in the country to protect information technologies from external threats, in particular, industrial espionage. The decree allowed the US Department of Commerce to block transactions involving foreign communications companies if they pose a threat to the country's security.
In March 2019, Huawei Executive Director Richard Yu said that Huawei already has its own operating systems for smartphones and computers in case of banning Android and Windows. At the same time, the company notes that they do not want to abandon other people's operating systems, and would prefer Google and Microsoft ecosystems.
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