The entire mobile phone industry is in the midst of a major storm, which will see only the strongest stand up. The drop in global sales, however, Huawei further accuses this drop due to its problems with the United States government and Google . The firm is doing its best to create an alternative strategy to Google, which will try to open the eyes of the world to a possible life beyond what the search engine giant offers.
It is not an easy task, but luckily, Huawei has been responsible during these years, to fatten up a box full of money, talent, R&D and prestige, which it will try to draw as a trump card for salvation. Meanwhile, the world must continue and Huawei must continue to put into circulation new models with a certain disadvantage over its rivals: the presence of Google Services.
New mobiles with Google Services
All Huawei flagships launched after the P30 Pro family have reached the market without Google Play and other Google applications, despite the fact that we have seen that they are easy to install, as we recently saw with the new P40 Lite. However, the surprise jumped today, as we tell you on our site, since the new Huawei P Smart 2020 will indeed come with Google Services . How is this possible if the United States veto continues?
The explanation
The answer is that Huawei can still have Google support on previously certified mobiles. As Huawei Germany has confirmed to our site, in the specific case of the Huawei P Smart 2020, it launches with Google Services as it is a mobile based on a previous certification and that is why they can continue to operate with the same license. However, we see that the terminal has notable hardware changes compared to the P Smart 2019, such as a different camera module, but it has the same RAM, internal memory and 3,400 mAh battery capacity. A change is also seen in the microUSB port, which now becomes USB-C.
Explanation of Huawei Germany Customer Service to questions from our site
A strategy with an expiration date
However, the terminal is launched with EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9 Pie, which is Google’s firewall, since launching with Android 10 would require a different license and then yes, it would arrive without Google Services. Using the same license, Huawei can “camouflage” new devices, which in Google’s eyes are not if not old terminals that must continue to be supported. However, Huawei cannot always hang on to EMUI 9.1, so this strategy is intended to be a temporary solution that allows the company to take a breath, while continuing to prepare its arsenal of applications and alternatives to Google.
New Huawei P Smart 2020
We do not believe that Google, delighted to continue working with Huawei, will have any problem with this “emptiness” in the limitation found by the Chinese company. Considering that the 2019 Huawei P Smart was a super-sales in Europe last year, it is a breath of fresh air for Huawei to be able to communicate the arrival of the P Smart 2020 with Google Services, something that national operators will also receive with open arms.