Huawei‘s mobiles are no longer what they were since May 2019, when the United States imposed the veto on the Chinese company. At least in the West, the dependency on Google and its services is too great to be an easy stone to get around. However, Huawei has resources and infrastructure to spare not to give up. It even has a plan for its rivals, in the event that the United States also dedicates itself to leave them without Google Services.
With the arrival of Trump to the White House, tensions between China and the United States increased. It was then, when Huawei was accused of espionage and became part of the blacklist of companies, with which North American corporations cannot do business. Hence it came that Google, tied hands, had to stop certifying Huawei terminals , and therefore, these do not come with the Play Store or any other Google application installed as standard.
Huawei’s plan B, and for everyone
Huawei’s plan B has been known to us for a long time and it’s called HarmonyOS. It is a proprietary operating system that aims to be the alternative to Android, and is already taking its first steps. However, the question since then has been to know, if the United States could make a similar decision with other Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, OPPO, Realme, Vivo, OnePlus etc …
In this sense, the CEO of Huawei Consumer, Richard Yu, has reached out to these and other Chinese manufacturers, when the hypothetical case arrived. The manager stated that if the United States blocks Google Services (GMS) in other Chinese manufacturers , HarmonyOS could be used by all these companies, to avoid their dependence on Google. The statement once again opens the debate on the possible concern of some Chinese brands that what has happened with Huawei be replicated again.
It is not the first time that the different Chinese manufacturers have worked together. Let’s remember the common file transfer standard shared by Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo or Realme. However, in the case of HarmonyOS, Huawei would have to open its code for the different firms interested in implementing this Operating System, something that today is not a reality, but that falls within the company’s plans.
Taking your first steps
Building an ecosystem independent of Google is possible, but convincing the Western public to use it is quite another undertaking. However, HarmonyOS continues its development from strength to strength . On December 16, Huawei launched the first HarmonyOS 2.0 developer beta, also opening the private beta for the P40, Mate 30 and MatePad Pro.
Source>Huawei Central