You'll be surprised to hear why the Commerce Department withdrew a 'Huawei-killer' rule change - Android

Last week, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said that . Currently, Huawei is banned from accessing its U.S. supply chain which means that its Mate 30 flagship series had to use an open-source version of Android. Huawei's newest phones cannot use Google apps like Search, Maps, Gmail, Drive, and the Play Store. This doesn't matter in China where most Google apps are banned anyway but does impact international versions of Huawei's phones. The upcoming P40 line will also be without the Google version of Android but will be the first to include the new Huawei Mobile Services to replace Google's ecosystem.

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