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Google Decided to End Business with Huawei. How This Impacts Users.
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Learn if your Huawei phone is safe and what you need to know if you’re going to buy a new one.

Sad and worrying news for Huawei mobile users, like you and me. Google recently announced that it will no longer provide support to the giant Chinese company for many Android hardware and software operations.

This move is followed by a Trump administration decision to add Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to the trade blacklist and impose restrictions that will affect how the company will do business with other U.S. organizations.

On top of that, important US chipmakers like Intel, Qualcomm, and others have also joined Google and cut off deals with the Chinese company, Bloomberg reported.

So, the big US tech players decided to comply with this new legislation, but the consequences will surely impact the tech industry, consumers, and each of us, in general.

While we are aware of the geopolitical implications involved, a trade war between China and US, which will probably lead to an imminent technological cold war, there are also actual real-life implications for those who have (at least) one Huawei device at home.

All the buzz around the recent Huawei ban has probably sparked confusion and raised some key questions like:

Is my Huawei device safe? Should I stop using it and switch to another alternative? What about Android security updates? I want to purchase a new Huawei smartphone, is it safe or not?

In this article, we’ll try to understand what’s the best approach to dealing with this situation and provide actionable and useful tips you can apply for a better user experience.

Here are some key aspects related to the Huawei ban to keep in mind

The US Government applied new regulations for the Chinese company, by adding it to the “Entity List” which means it can’t “buy parts of technology from US suppliers without government approval as its equipment is considered potential tools for Chinese espionage”.

Following this ban, the US Department of Industry and Security, Commerce said Huawei still has a 90-day “temporary general license” which allows the company to continue using the US intel with the license.

During this limited license available until August 19, 2019, Huawei will work closely with US corporations to maintain business relationships and provide software updates for the existing Huawei devices. Read more details about this temporary license.

From a positive perspective, ZTE telecom Chinese company went through a similar situation. It was blacklisted by the US government, but it finally lifted the trade ban and allowed the company to continue getting essential hardware parts and software from US companies.

However, in the case of Huawei, Google decided not to provide software hardware, and technical services to the Chinese phone maker. This means that the giant tech player will control the Chinese company’s access to Android, its core operating system, and parts of it, such as:

* Its Play store
* Own applications
* Google Assistant
* Gmail email service
* Tools that require access to third-party services.

While the US-based technology companies such as Intel and Qualcomm decided to comply with the latest US government order, it looks like Microsoft remains silent on potential Windows ban which will block Huawei’s access to get Windows licenses. The Verge tried to reach out to Microsoft reps, but no further commend has been given on this situation. However, it appears that the company stopped selling Huawei’s MateBook X Pro, one of the Windows laptops in the US, at its online store.

In anticipation of this move and current tensions between US government and China, Huawei has worked on a “plan B” and already started developing a proprietary operating system, for both smartphones and computers, as an alternative to Google’s Android OS. We’ll see how things will evolve going forward.
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