Google has affirmed that its Google Play app store will continue to function for existing Huawei device users, following reports that the US company will suspend business with the Chinese telecoms giant, which last week was added to a US trade blacklist. Huawei says it prepared for US tech ban years agoGoogle’s compliance with the US order would mean that future Huawei devices will lose access to Google services including the Google Play app store, as well as popular apps such as Gmail and YouTube. Huawei would only be able to access the company’s open-source licence for the Android operating system, but this system excludes many of Google’s own services. Huawei has said previously that it has developed a proprietary operating system for smartphones and computers as a “plan B”, should US restrictions jeopardise its business relationship with Google. Related story:Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist

Source: The Star May 20, 2019 03:56 UTC