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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 6917960" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>If you buy any new Huawei phone today, or its sister brand which I forget the name of, they are very much hobbled and certainly don't have access to the Google Play Store or, I think I'm right in saying, Google Maps. This is as a result of US sanctions against the company and anyone who deals with it. So Google is effectively banned from the brand and does not supply Huawei with even the latest versions of Android.</p><p>Potential buyers should be made aware of this situation.</p><p></p><p>There is talk of Huawei introducing its own operating system, but that is hardly likely to catch on outside China [which is a vast market].</p><p></p><p>For the difinitive position, read this...</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.google.com/android/thread/29434011?hl=en[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 6917960, member: 718"] If you buy any new Huawei phone today, or its sister brand which I forget the name of, they are very much hobbled and certainly don't have access to the Google Play Store or, I think I'm right in saying, Google Maps. This is as a result of US sanctions against the company and anyone who deals with it. So Google is effectively banned from the brand and does not supply Huawei with even the latest versions of Android. Potential buyers should be made aware of this situation. There is talk of Huawei introducing its own operating system, but that is hardly likely to catch on outside China [which is a vast market]. For the difinitive position, read this... [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.google.com/android/thread/29434011?hl=en[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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