The problems related to suspicions of espionage over Huawei have reached the worst point that the company could reach after the official veto of the Trump government.
The top leader of the United States, including the brand in the list of brands vetoed by American companies, so among them, there will be one that will stop working with the manufacturer of the P30 Pro: and is none other than Google.
Does Huawei run out
of Android?
As reported by Reuters by sources close to the conflict, Google would have withdrawn Huawei access to its products and services, something that would imply the impossibility of giving life to Android due to the dependence on services that has the operating system.
That is to say. Android has a free software license that will remain intact, so Huawei can continue using it without problems, the conflict will come with the services that comprise it, since Gmail, the Play Store, Google Maps and many more belong to the Framework of Play Services , exclusive property of Google and accessible through licenses, which Huawei would have lost with the veto. Therefore, the situation would be the following:
- Huawei may continue to use Android to be free software.
- This version of Android would not have access to services due to the absence of licenses.
- The phones would arrive without Gmail, Play Store, Google Maps and without classic Google services.
- Huawei will have to use its own application store like the one it already offers in China.
An imminent danger
If so, Huawei’s phones would lose all the sense of the world, and it is unknown if there were any viable alternatives that could be implemented quickly.
On the other hand, there would also be the question of whether current phones would lose the access to that currently, something that will probably happen with a simple update of the services, since the agreement also breaks the support service with the brand.
A simple update of Gmail with news or correction of errors, and the client would stop working.
What options would
Huawei have to replace Android?
Since Samsung worked on its own Tizen operating system, there has been speculation about the possibility of the brand leaving aside Android to venture on their own. It is a risky move, but it was still a possibility that was left in the bedroom and felt like an emergency exit in case the Koreans had problems or some kind of confrontation with Google.
Well, that’s just what happened to Huawei, and in principle the solution they could offer is to give access to their own application store, something they already do in China with the models they sell. How will that movement be received in Europe?
If the situation was already strained by the accusations of espionage against the brand, relying on an own application store will not help to mitigate confidence, so things could get complicated for the second manufacturer with the highest sales worldwide.
