Following a blacklist from US President Trump, Google has severed ties with Chinese giant Huawei.
In what will likely be a significant blow to its global smartphone and tablet business, Huawei has today learned that Google is planning to pull the Chinese company’s access to many of its core Android apps and services, including the Google Play Store, Gmail, Search and Chrome. The move will mean that Huawei is limited to using the public version of Android called Android Open Source Project (AOSP), according to sources who spoke to Reuters.
The change essentially bans the Chinese phone- and tablet-maker from integrating Google software and core apps into any of its future products, although already-released devices will be able to continue using the search giant’s technology in the short term.
As Android is an open-source operating system, Huawei can theoretically use updates to the public release of the OS – which would include the upcoming Android Q – to continue development of its smartphones.
