‘Huawei Mate 30 may not have Google services on board’

The Huawei Mate 30 phones are not allowed to have Google services on board due to the trade ban of US companies with Huawei. Google has told Reuters news agency. Huawei has not yet responded.

Although the US government has given US companies until the end of November to deal with ongoing business with Huawei, the release of new smartphones such as the Mate 30 phones is not included, Reuters writes. Google would not say whether it has requested an exception for Huawei phones.

Until now, a few new models from Huawei with Google services on them, such as the Honor 20 Pro, have been released in recent months, but Google was already testing it before the trade ban came into effect in mid-May. This does not apply to the Mate 30 phones.

For example, without Google services, there is no Play Store, Google Maps, Gmail and Play Services on the phones. Huawei can use Android, because the operating system itself can be downloaded as open source software and that does not require contact with the American Google. The US government has imposed the trade ban, because it suspects Huawei of spying via network equipment. Huawei has always denied that.

Huawei could use its soon-to-be-announced Kirin 990-soc, despite ARM also cutting ties with Huawei. The licensing of the ARMv8 architecture predates the trade ban. It is not obvious that Huawei will put its own operating system HarmonyOS on the Mate 30. The manufacturer said it will not release a phone with HarmonyOS this year.

Huawei has not responded to Google’s statements. Reuters writes that Huawei wants to announce its Kirin 990-soc on September 6, followed by the presentation of the Mate 30 series on September 18.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro from last year, with Google services