The US ban has forced Huawei to develop its own suite of apps which it calls Huawei Mobile Services. HMS is an alternative to Google Mobile Sevices (GMS) and will ship with phones this year.
At a press conference yesterday, December 31, the rotating chairman of Huawei, Xu Zhijun, said in his New Year speech that Huawei Mobile Services will be finished this year and will be available not only on local phones but also those that will be sold outside China too.
As of a few weeks ago, it was revealed that most of the main apps for HMS such as the ones for navigation (maps), payment, messaging, and gaming will be finished by the end of December.
Huawei Mobile Services should be ready by the time the Huawei P40 series is about to launch and should ship with both phones. It should then become a standard feature for future devices.
Huawei faced challenges last year following the United States’ decision to place it on an entity list. However, it still recorded up to 18% in growth but will be facing an even tougher 2020 as its P-series flagships will not have Google Mobile services support, unlike last year’s P30 series which already got certified before the ban took effect.
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