It’s been six months since Huawei was banned by the U.S. government from buying or selling components and services from U.S. companies. However, until now, the full force of the ban has not come into effect, all thanks to the delay of the ban’s enforcement. The second temporary extension, enforced in August, will end on Tuesday, November 19. Now, a report from Politico states that the U.S commerce department is expected to grant another 6-month extension to Huawei.
The extension should allow Huawei to continue to support its existing set of smartphones and devices that use U.S. components. So, existing Huawei devices could be safe for another six months, if this extension is permitted. However, the U.S. government is yet to officially announce anything in this regard and is likely to do it just before the current extension ends.
Even if Huawei gets a reprieve for another 6-months, that still doesn’t change the fact that none of its new devices can use Google Play services. The Mate 30 series will continue to struggle internationally without GAPPs support and we aren’t seeing any solution in this regard.
Despite US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stating that the U.S. government will start granting licenses to U.S companies to trade with Huawei a few weeks back, we are yet to hear about it. With the U.S. – China trade war still going on strong, it remains to be seen if Huawei will get any real reprieve anytime soon.
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