Huawei has been in the attention in recent months, for justifications that have honestly been out of its control. The trade regulations that the USA has put on Huawei and its company partners such as Google has deeply influenced all involved stakeholders.
Google had been compelled to repeal Huawei’s Android license for the upcoming phones, which meant that the Chinese OEM will be incapable to install the Google Play Store, Google Play Services or any other Google application on its new smartphones.
The similar statements had resurfaced in association to the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 series, wherein a Google agent had been associated saying that the Huawei Mate 30 cannot be bought with the licensed version of Android or Google applications and services.
With the launch of the Huawei Mate 30 series, the announcements have turned out to be real, as the phones have been launched without Google applications and services.
Because of the open-source essence of AOSP, Huawei is not totally debarred from utilizing Android on its smartphone, though an assertion can also be made to that verge.
Huawei has stressed that Android still stays its first choice, and its recently published HarmonyOS has always been askew as a “Plan B” for its phones.
During the Huawei Developer Conference 2019, the firm had also mentioned that they will put the foundations for Harmony OS in the Chinese market first before broadening it to the global market — which implies that we have still some time, and some options, away from seeing HarmonyOS on a regularly sold smartphone outside of China.
As of now, Huawei is inclined to use a Google-less Android with EMUI on its phones instead of Huawei releasing an Android-less smartphone. This sums up why Huawei is considering AppGallery instead of GooglePlay store.
