Earlier this year, Chinese technology giant sold-ff its sub-brand Honor to Zhixin New Information Technology Co. Ltd. which is a consortium of over 30 agents and dealers of the Honor brand and the Shenzhen Smart City Development Group Co. Ltd.
Soon after being independent of Huawei, Honor started working on strengthening its supply chain and forming partnerships with vendors across the world. It also started getting components from brands like Qualcomm, Intel, and more.
Recently, it was revealed that Honor has received the nod to start using Google’s Android on its smartphones. But, there are rumors making rounds claiming that the brand has not yet received authorization from Google, making it difficult for Honor to enter the overseas market and thus, needs to lower its sales forecast.
Now, Honor has officially responded and claims that the rumors about not getting authorization from Google are untrue. This means that the company has indeed received permission to start using Android on its smartphones.
After Honor became an independent brand, the company retained a team of more than 8,000 people for different divisions, including Research & Development, Sales, Marketing, Procurement, and Manufacturing.
Honor CEO George Zhao previously stated that the chipset supply for the company will be fully restored and within a couple of months, it will launch flagship smartphones, including one in the Honor Magic lineup and the Honor 50 series in June, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset.
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