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| Google requests an exception to continue working with Huawei |
After the U.S. government banned some Chinese companies working with U.S. firms in mid-May 2019, Google applied to the U.S. government for a license that forced Huawei to abandon the popular Google operating system application. robot.
The US research giant hopes to continue working with Huawei. A few days after warning new users to avoid using new Huawei devices to avoid unofficial downloads of their apps for security reasons, it first asked the U.S. government to waive the acquisition of Huawei. Cooperat.
Googleer and Samer Samat from the Google Store, Android Store, disclosed the request during a conversation with the German News Agency (DPA), although he did not say when a decision would be made on the request.
If there is an exception from the search giant, Huawei can update its current devices immediately to obtain Google mobile services. This means that apps and services such as stores, maps, YouTube and Gmail are available "on Android smartphones.
In November 2019, Microsoft acquired a similar license to continue using Huawei products on laptops (such as MateBook 13) to load on Windows, as Huawei plans to launch the MateBook D and MateBook X Pro simultaneously with the Linux system.
Since Huawei had to give up Google Mobile services and the Google Play app store, it had to develop alternatives to it, namely Huawei Mobile Services and AppGallery.
It is unclear how the commercial blockade will affect Huawei's business, because the company has so far only launched two devices that do not support Google Android, the Mate 30 and Mate XS foldable devices.
It is possible to support the sale of Huawei phones in the West by accessing a variety of applications on the Google Play Store, not to mention the support of Google applications such as Gmail, YouTube and Maps.
When Huawei tried to quickly expand the apps available in its app store (AppGallery), the Chinese company store suffered a shortage of some of the most popular apps, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Netflix and Facebook Messenger.
It is worth noting that Huawei overtook Apple in mid-2018 to become the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world after Samsung.