A new report has just surfaced that is related to the business ties between Google and Huawei. The latter is currently banned from using the former’s services on its smartphones, but it seems like the search engine giant is trying to appeal this ruling and try and rebuild business relations.
Back in early 2019, Huawei was dealt a decisive blow by the US Government’s Commerce Department. The Chinese tech giant was placed on the “Entity List” which has banned the company from collaborating or using technology and software from companies based in the US. One such brand was Google and Huawei smartphones since have not arrived with official Google services.
Thus, Huawei smartphones since the Mate 30 series do not arrive with Google services and feature the vanilla Android OS alongside HMS (Huawei Mobile Services). However, it seems like Google is planning on gaining special permission from the White House that will allow it to partner with Huawei again. Interestingly, a Huawei executive had stated a few weeks prior that the company will not work with Google even if the ban was removed. However, this statement alone may not represent the entire company’s wishes as the statement has already been backtracked on.
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This is great news but whether Huawei is still leaning on Google services is still unknown. As it stands right now, the smartphone brand is willing to spend billions in its own HMS and AppGallery service, which is the world’s third largest App Store. The move will also seek to distance a large number of Android users from Google’s ecosystem that will ultimately hurt the company. Hence, it arrives as no surprise if Google actually ends up receiving special permission.
Unfortunately, finer details are still at large as it is unclear if whether Google wishes to rebuild ties or just simply gain additional permissions for its Open Source program. The news first broke by overseas German and Spanish media outlets and also detailed that the decision on the special permission is yet to be decided by the US President, Donald Trump.
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