Honor CEO says future devices will have Google services

28 January 2021
Honor phones will finally be relevant outside of China again.

Sort by:

Twist of the year

    • C
    • Chandan Duggal
    • 56G
    • 28 Jan 2021

    RishiGuru, 28 Jan 2021I say, life without Google Services is not all that bad aft... moreYa very much possible ❤️💯
    -Google contacts = outlook email(sync contacts)
    -youtube = vanced utube
    -gmail = outlook
    -Google drive =onedrive(outlook)
    -Google maps =waze
    -Playstore =appgallery/petal
    search/apkpure/aurora store)
    -Chrome =edge(outlook) /huawei browser
    -Google photos =web version
    -Google search =bing(outlook)/petal search


      Perfetto 👌

        I'll say, Honor fate will be like Huawei before the year is out.

        Honor, like Huawei, is CCP owned and funded.

          • ?
          • Anonymous
          • 7W$
          • 28 Jan 2021

          YUKI93, 28 Jan 2021All I care about is the unlockable bootloader. Never cared ... morePeople always said they don't care about google and proudly said they deGoogle their phone. They degoogle only the apps but the GMS is still in the system core. These kind of people just don't want admit they still need some of google product in their everyday life. Because they don't want show how hypocrite they are

            • ?
            • Anonymous
            • 847
            • 28 Jan 2021

            My bet is that they are going to be more expensive... The V40 show it even without a telephoto camera. The Honor 30 series were better phones and have a better price/value/specs relation.

            Seems that now they want overprice them and match other alleged premium brands...

              • ?
              • Anonymous
              • K0V
              • 28 Jan 2021

              Anonymous, 28 Jan 2021Good to see Huawei finally finding a way to bypass the ban ... moreHonor is actually independant, they were bought, they is no acting, Honor is no longer part of Huawei.

                • r
                • rRadD
                • XS8
                • 28 Jan 2021

                This is nice! Hope they partner with Leica too.

                  All I care about is the unlockable bootloader. Never cared much about Google services since I myself have totally deGoogled my Android phone, but I definitely want to have custom ROM on an Honor (and also on a Huawei) smartphones.

                    Well. I just hope that Honor allow GMS as an option... Because some people where buying Huawei and Honor devices because they didn't have GMS. But good news either way.

                      Nice. Hope they keep magic UI aswell or at least keep it's instant translation features, video calling, cloud services and desktop projection mode which were all based on Emui.

                        • y
                        • yronk
                        • HkH
                        • 28 Jan 2021

                        okay...please release honor note 11

                          • ?
                          • Anonymous
                          • 8uS
                          • 28 Jan 2021

                          Good to see Huawei finally finding a way to bypass the ban by acting like Honor is a different company. They have some amazing tech so it's good to have them back on market - the more competition the better!

                            I say, life without Google Services is not all that bad after all. But I admit you need to make minor compromises.

                            I recently switched to a Honor 9X Pro (6/256GB, Global variant) as they were selling very cheap during stock clearance in my country. After the US trade ban, Huawei/ Honor is unable to add GMS and subsequently Google Playstore in their software. Hence 9X Pro is devoid of GMS is solely reliant on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). I was very skeptical before & during the purchase of 9X Pro how I will be able to use this device as it lacks GMS.

                            Now I can safely say I can live with it. Inbuilt Huawei AppGallery and authentic Amazon AppStore fulfills 70% of my app needs in this phone. For the rest 30% I get it from ApkPure app store. In this phone I have completely switched to Microsoft Cloud based eco-system. I trust it. Believe me when I say Microsoft eco system is damn good on Android. Just never used it before as I was so accustomed to the Google ecosystem on Android. In my eyes Microsoft is the saving grace on non GMS Android phones.

                            Other than the software situation, 9X Pro just obliterates my Poco M2 Pro/ Redmi Note 9 Pro in hardware section, performance & product quality. The M2 Pro (6/128 GB) retails for ₹16K in my country while 9X Pro (6/256 GB) comes for ₹14K. You also get 10% card discounts over them, time to time, bringing the price down to ₹12.75K ($170/€156) in case of 9X Pro.

                            So on 9X Pro I do not get GMS, but the software is rock stable. Everything works as planned. The overall experience of using Huawei's EMUI on Android 9 is superior to Xiaomi's MIUI running on Android 10. Strange but true. EMUI have a level of finesse & immediacy in software which I have not found in any other Chinese brands. In the end I love 9X Pro more than my M2 Pro.

                            HiSilicon Kirin 810 SoC in 9X Pro is on another level to Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G found in my M2 Pro. Using both phones side my side you will feel the difference in the fluidity of the UI, be it CPU oriented tasks or pure gaming. Gaming is awesome on 9X Pro, just look at the scores.

                            AnTuTu (v8) Scores by GSMArena:

                            Honor 9X Pro (Kirin 810): 312668
                            Realme 7 (Mediatek G95): 292828
                            Poco X3 (Snapdragon 732G): 283750
                            Redmi Note 9 Pro/ Poco M2 Pro (Snapdragon 720G): 279625
                            Poco M3 (Snapdragon 662): 177904

                            I underestimated Honor 9X Pro as it came devoid of GMS and thought it will be unusable as I am a Google junkie. However after receiving the phone it took me just 3 days to figure out all the alternatives. It is true GMS is still better than HMS by a huge margin, but Amazon App Store & APKPure saves it and I get 90% of all my apps I need.

                            Huawei knew they are going to face a hurricane without Google support, so prepared a double edged sword (Honor 9X Pro) with a level of construction quality, display quality, SoC, performance, storage size unheard in its sub $200 price range. It is a pity that many (previously, me included) did not realize its potential, but those (now, me included) who used it knows how great the phone is. This is why 9X Pro is now my primary device.

                              Nice. And now consider releasing compacts model as well.

                                • ?
                                • Anonymous
                                • tEB
                                • 28 Jan 2021

                                Of course they will have google services.
                                You spy on them now they officially spy on you lol.
                                Those tsmc and Qualcomm based versions definitely will not be sold in China !