The trade war between the US and China seems to be moving to a new level. Google is suspending cooperation with Huawei due to the fact that the US government recently blacklisted the latter on the Entity List. As a result, Huawei may lose the ability to use Android and Google services in its smartphones, Reuters news agency reported, citing its own source familiar with the situation.
If this is indeed the case, then Huawei will have to stop using Google's hardware and software products, except for those licensed as open source software. Simply put, Huawei will lose access to updates to the Android operating system, and its future smartphones outside of China will not be able to use popular apps and services from Google itself, including the Play Store and Gmail email.
According to the source, the possibility of Huawei using certain services is still being discussed within Google. Huawei officials are also looking into the impact of the US Department of Commerce's actions, a Huawei spokesman said Friday. Note that Huawei has so far refused to give detailed comments on the current situation. Representatives of the US Department of Commerce have not yet made official statements.
Note that Huawei will still be able to use versions of the Android operating system available under an open source software license. The system itself is freely available to anyone who wants to use it. However, Google will stop providing Huawei technical support and joint development, and more importantly for ordinary users, Google will stop providing Huawei with the ability to use its services. And without Google services, Android smartphones, to put it mildly, will be inferior.
Recall that last Thursday, the Trump administration officially blacklisted Huawei. , immediately imposing restrictions that would make it extremely difficult for the Chinese tech giant to do business with US companies.
Source: 3dnews.ru