Rumor: Huawei can’t release Honor 20 Pro due to trade ban

Huawei is reportedly unable to release its Honor 20 Pro due to the US government’s trade ban. The phone would not have passed the Google inspection in time. The Honor 20 could be released.

The Honor 20 Pro was scheduled to be released at the beginning of July, but has been postponed to an unknown date, reports the French 01Net. Honor has not yet commented on the article. In the documentation that Honor sent on the occasion of the announcement of the Honor 20 Pro, there was no release date, while Huawei and Honor usually report it immediately with announcements.

Every Android smartphone with Google services must pass the search giant’s approval. That would have happened with the cheaper Honor 20, but the Pro version would not have been ready for that.

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. The postponement may make it possible to still do the inspection, but that temporary license may only apply to existing products and not to new models.