A temporary license granted by the US government to some companies to send software update patches to Huawei expired this week. This means Huawei can no longer update its existing Android devices.
Huawei has been a major casualty of the trade war between China and the U. S. After the company was put on an Entity List by the U. S. government last year, it lost the ability to release new Android phones with Google’s suite of apps and services pre-loaded. However, the company continued updating its existing devices with software updates as they were unaffected by the ban. That was possible because some U. S. companies were granted a temporary reprieve by the government that allowed them to send software updates to Huawei which in turn allowed it to support its existing smartphone and networking equipment customers.
