Huawei exec: There is no going back to GMS even if ban is lifted [Updated]

30 January 2020
The company is strictly focusing on building up its Huawei Mobile Services portfolio.

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Anonymous, 31 Jan 2020Google does not make the open source version of android, th... moreAnd who provides the Android version that the community uses, Microsoft?

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    • Anonymous
    • KSu
    • 04 Feb 2020

    Coolstan, 03 Feb 2020Who told you that? I have been using Huawei devices for a l... moreHey all new updated devices have locked bootloaders with no way to unlock it.
    Huawei isn't developer community friendly like other manufacturers who give you an option to unlock bootloader.

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      • Coolstan
      • fsV
      • 03 Feb 2020

      nani?, 31 Jan 2020but sadly Huawei does not let you unlock the BL :(Who told you that? I have been using Huawei devices for a long time and I have never had issues with unlocking the bootloader.

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        • Anonymous
        • 3x8
        • 02 Feb 2020

        We would be with you Huawei, phone sector needs a second player in software arena anyway.

          Crazy idea: Maybe Huawei should permanently abandon official Android
          https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-android-future-1079326/

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            • MAX
            • 8AU
            • 01 Feb 2020

            Lesson learned. Why use 3rd party software to operate your device. Huawei, learned the lesson, Samsung on other smart devices manufacturer should already b working on their own OS and even their own GPS global map, just like Apple. Create you own stuff. period.

              I want Sony ecosystem

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                • Anonymous
                • uSW
                • 01 Feb 2020

                There's 1.3 billion people in China. Unlike Nokia, Huawei have a base population that can support its own OS. The population of EU is only 500 million. The population of US is only 320 million. Huawei needs their own OS for long-term survival.

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                  • 31 Jan 2020

                  nani?, 31 Jan 2020what? you don't need to be rooted to flash the google servi... morebut sadly Huawei does not let you unlock the BL :(

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                    • nani?
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                    • 31 Jan 2020

                    AnonD-889996, 31 Jan 2020Wrong. Maps, YouTube, GMail aren’t needed at all. What t... morewhat? you don't need to be rooted to flash the google services you just need to have TWRP or orange fox

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 81X
                      • 31 Jan 2020

                      I hope Huaweis developer fund spurs a set of apps and services that surpass Googles, that other manufacturers take notice and jump on board, and as a result a more open distributed app store maintained by device manufacturers becomes viable. Without a need for GMS, AOSP might become the preferred version, freeing the world of one of the most egregious privacy violators. (/pie in the sky)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • xyK
                        • 31 Jan 2020

                        Huawei is top of the top today
                        https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/09/huawei-launches-its-own-operating-system-hongmengos-or-harmonyos.html
                        they have develop new os so np GJ

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                          • Fmx
                          • 31 Jan 2020

                          not just huawei mobile services but please do the harmony os in 2021!

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 31 Jan 2020

                            kek, 30 Jan 2020F for Huawei. They will probably are going to start ship... moreExactly, It means the same as using Cisco Equipment. Full of back doors that cannot be patched due to be hardware related. (FBI, CIA) Cough Cough!!!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • uSW
                              • 31 Jan 2020

                              Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Realme needs to work together and develop their own OS and app store to secure their future. What the US did to ZTE and Huawei, can also happen to any of them as well.

                                The way I interpret the later statement, it makes clear that Huawei wants its own something which is not Android, not even close to Android Open Source.

                                This could be a good thing or bad, who knows. Maybe Chinese will start their own spying like Americans are doing. It would've been far better had Amercian Govt. developed a little restraint on their own data collection crap.
                                Or maybe US already hacked everything on Earth by Quantum Computing or something, maybe I'm over imagining... :D

                                Anyhow, wish Huawei all the best with this. I hope this entire stuff doesn't get too ugly for us consumers, whom nobody listens anyways to.

                                  Whackcar, 31 Jan 2020Learn to read before you reply nonsense. Also, Android p... moreThat´s it!! 2020 and still explaining this... :)

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                                    • Pajson89
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                                    • 31 Jan 2020

                                    Great move by huawei.

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                                      • flauschie123
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                                      • 31 Jan 2020

                                      Sure, the move makes perfect sense.
                                      User surveillance by the Chinese government is so much easier if you control the ecosystem.
                                      That's the reason why they blocked Google in China in the first place.

                                        AnonD-889996, 31 Jan 2020Wrong. Maps, YouTube, GMail aren’t needed at all. What t... moreLearn to read before you reply nonsense.

                                        Also, Android phones don't NEED any google services at all, that includes Google Playstore & Google Services Framework & so on. They are entirely optional, and Android phones can run without them on base Google AOSP Roms. All recent Huawei phones come without any Google service whatsoever.

                                        Next time do some research before you spread misinformation.