📵 Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world.

#⃣ Details of the specific services affected by the suspension were still being discussed internally at Google, according to the source. Huawei attorneys are also studying the impact of the blacklist, a Huawei spokesman said on Friday. Huawei was not immediately reachable for further comment.

✅ Huawei will continue to have access to the version of the Android operating system available through the open source license, known as Android Open Source Project (AOSP), that is available for free to anyone who wishes to use it. There are about 2.5 billion active Android devices worldwide, according to Google.

❎ But Google will stop providing Huawei with access, technical support and collaboration involving its proprietary apps and services going forward, the source said.

Huawei has said it has spent the last few years preparing a contingency plan by developing its own technology in case it is blocked from using Android. Some of this technology is already being used in products sold in China, the company has said.

In an interview with Reuters in March, Eric Xu, rotating chairman of Huawei, struck a defiant note in anticipation of retaliatory actions by U.S. companies. “No matter what happens, the Android Community does not have any legal right to block any company from accessing its open-source license,” he said.

Popular Google apps such as Gmail, YouTube and the Chrome browser that are available through Google’s Play Store will disappear from future Huawei handsets as those services are not covered by the open source license and require a commercial agreement with Google.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-alphabet-exclusive/exclusive-google-suspends-some-business-with-huawei-after-trump-blacklist-source-idUSKCN1SP0NB

#Huawei recently lost it's access to Android OS, Intel technologies and Microsoft services.

And it would be fine: they have their own os and chips. But now British ARM decided to join this blockade: without their technologies, Huawei will not be able to make 'Kirin' Processors, compatible with modern apps and drivers.

Looks horrifying...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-arm/uk-chip-designer-arm-complying-with-new-u-s-rules-on-huawei-idUSKCN1SS1A9

#Android #GooglePlay #Huawei

#HUAWEI DEVELOPER CONFERENCE 2020 (Together)
https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/events/hdc2020/