Huawei now officially has a disaster on their hands. It has been confirmed that the Chinese tech giant’s new Huawei Mate 30 will not have the Android operating system. It will also not contain Google apps or services. This situation had been rumored for a very long time. However, experts in the industry did not think that it was actually going to happen. It was a common belief that Huawei and the U.S. government would be able to reach and agreement that would allow the company’s new smartphone to have an Android operating system. However, that has obviously not happened.
It should be noted that it is not Google’s choice to withhold Android and Google apps from the new Huawei Mate 30. President Donald Trump placed a ban on Huawei that prevents any company based in the United States from doing business with them. This means that Android is not legally allowed to be installed in any new Huawei phone. It was thought that Huawei would postpone or cancel the release of the Mate 30 since it will not have Android in it. However, the company said that it is going to go through with the release of the phones anyway.
The ban will now force Huawei to install its own HarmonyOS in all of its smartphones. It is not known how this stacks up to Android. There is a good chance that sales of the new phone will suffer because Android is the most popular operating system in the world. People want to have the features that Android offers them. Therefore, it seems likely that consumers will avoid buying the new Huawei Mate 30 and buy a different phone that contains Android. Only time will tell if this is the case. There is no question that the U.S. ban is having a very negative impact on the company’s bottom line.
Huawei has not revealed a specific release date for the Mate 30 smartphone. There are some industry experts who believe that Huawei is stalling in the hopes that the U.S. government will put a stop to the ban. Details are sketchy at this point. Huawei has not released an official statement on the matter. President Trump has not hinted at lifting the ban. Therefore, it is unclear why Huawei would have any optimism of such a thing happening. The ban was put into place because the U.S. government thought Huawei might be spying for the Chinese government.
