So the recently launched phones from the giant Mobile phone producing company, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship phones were released by Huawei in September. The state of the art Mate 30 series have not as yet hit markets outside of China as they do not still feature the All important Google Mobile Services (GMS) all because of the US trade ban on Huawei. Now, a new report published on the The Information reveals has revealed that the giant company will be releasing the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro smartphones in global markets in 2020.Moreover,in China, Android smartphones do not feature apps which are linked with Google. However, the scenario is quite different outside of China as all android devices is equipped with GMS. Furthermore,the US trade ban has been extended by 90 days. This arrangement makes it possible for Huawei to work along with firms based in the U.S. with some restrictions. Huawei is to yet to receive a green signal on providing its future Android phones with GMS.
Now it should be noted that if the company is in fact working on the global release of Huawei P40 and P40 Pro, then there is still that possibility that the ban will be over by the time P40 series arrives in global markets. Now if all goes through,, Google may issue CMS certifications for forthcoming Huawei devices.On the other hand, what Huawei can do is launch the P40 and P40 Pro in the global markets with its own Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) as a replacement for GMS. It should however be noted that, HMS won’t give access to Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive and so on. Huawei may develop its very own apps or they can at least partner with third-party firms to build apps which can work similarly as the ones we can find on GMS. However, Huawei will be facing a daunting task of readying HMS with all the required GMS counterparts.
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Huawei has in turn released the Honor 9X in the global markets after the US trade ban took effect. This particular device is loaded with GMS. All of this was madethanks to the rebranding of the existing Huawei P Smart Z phone as Honor 9X. The P Smart Z had debuted before the ban was imposed on Huawei. When Google certifies a device to support GMS, the license is attached to the service provider and model number of the device for a particular region. The certification requires the device to under certain tests like Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA), Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS), Google Mobile Services Test Suite (GTS) and Vendor Test Suite (VTS) that mainly pertains to the version of Android OS and the hardware that is equipped with.
Google only wants to know whether the hardware and software of the devices meet the requirements of GMS. This basically means that the smartphone OEMS can change those hardware components which have been tested during the GMS licensing without notifying Google. Such devices can have a different exterior design.Following this strategyhelped Huawei to make use of the same license for the Honor 9X that it was granted for P Smart Z. Hence, the company could launch the Honor 9X with a different appearance and specs than the P Smart Z with GMS onboard. Both phones have identical specs, and the only major difference is that the Honor 9X has better rear cameras.
