Huawei negotiates with Aptoide as an alternative to Play Store

Huawei has started negotiations with Aptoide, a Portuguese download store. That could serve as an alternative to the Play Store. Huawei also has its own AppGallery, but it contains fewer apps.

Aptoide and Huawei have consulted, claims Dinheiro Vivo. It is not clear how far those negotiations are. Huawei has its own download store for apps with AppGallery, but Aptoide has a wider range with 900,000 apps. Aptoide cannot offer an alternative to other Google services such as Play Services and SafetyNet, as a result of which many Android apps will still not work or will only work on smartphones without those services.

Huawei says that US companies have urged the US government to lift the trade ban. The CEO claims this in a press conference, part of which China Global TV Network has put online.

Meanwhile, pro-Huawei sentiment in China is rising, South China Morning Post reported. Several top people with iPhones have traded in their smartphones for a copy of Huawei. The fact that state media reports this indicates that the Chinese government does not disapprove of the sentiment to trade in an iPhone for a Huawei.

The US Department of Commerce has banned US companies from trading with Huawei and 70 companies related to the Chinese company. Based on this decision, Google was recently forced to stop providing Huawei with an Android license, but a three-month delay followed soon after.